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Chih-Chao Yang — 888 Patents

IBM: 837 patents #5 of 70,183Top 1%
Globalfoundries: 21 patents #139 of 4,424Top 4%
ITITRI: 11 patents #451 of 9,619Top 5%
Infineon Technologies Ag: 8 patents #1,246 of 7,486Top 20%
TETessera: 7 patents #62 of 271Top 25%
UMUnited Microelectronics: 3 patents #1,523 of 4,560Top 35%
NLNational Applied Research Laboratories: 3 patents #58 of 506Top 15%
ETElpis Technologies: 2 patents #16 of 121Top 15%
NMNovatek Microelectronics: 1 patents #575 of 986Top 60%
CUClemson University: 1 patents #68 of 317Top 25%
GUGlobalfoundries U.S.: 1 patents #22 of 211Top 15%
Glenmont, NY: #1 of 67 inventorsTop 2%
New York: #4 of 115,490 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #82 of 4,157,543Top 1%
888 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 101–125 of 888 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11244853 Fully aligned via interconnects with partially removed etch stop layer Koichi Motoyama, Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Chanro Park 2022-02-08
11244850 On integrated circuit (IC) device simultaneously formed capacitor and resistor Jim Shih-Chun Liang, Baozhen Li 2022-02-08
11239278 Bottom conductive structure with a limited top contact area Baozhen Li, Theodorus E. Standaert, Koichi Motoyama 2022-02-01
11239165 Method of forming an interconnect structure with enhanced corner connection Ruilong Xie, Christopher J. Waskiewicz, Kangguo Cheng 2022-02-01
11239160 E-fuse with dielectric zipping Tianji Zhou, Saumya Sharma, Ashim Dutta 2022-02-01
11227997 Planar resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device with a shared top electrode Ashim Dutta, Saumya Sharma, Tianji Zhou 2022-01-18
11227892 MRAM integration with BEOL interconnect including top via Ashim Dutta, Ekmini Anuja De Silva, Dominik Metzler 2022-01-18
11227792 Interconnect structures including self aligned vias Terry A. Spooner, Koichi Motoyama, Shyng-Tsong Chen 2022-01-18
11223655 Semiconductor tool matching and manufacturing management in a blockchain Prasad Bhosale, Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo, Michael Rizzolo 2022-01-11
11222817 Advanced copper interconnects with hybrid microstructure Daniel C. Edelstein 2022-01-11
11222815 Semiconductor device with reduced via resistance Conal E. Murray 2022-01-11
11217742 Bottom electrode for semiconductor memory device Theodorus E. Standaert, Daniel C. Edelstein 2022-01-04
11211291 Via formation with robust hardmask removal Ruilong Xie, Christopher J. Waskiewicz, Kangguo Cheng 2021-12-28
11205591 Top via interconnect with self-aligned barrier layer Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Chanro Park, Koichi Motoyama 2021-12-21
11205592 Self-aligned top via structure Ruilong Xie, Cheng Chi, Kangguo Cheng 2021-12-21
11205588 Interconnect architecture with enhanced reliability Baozhen Li, Naftali E. Lustig 2021-12-21
11201056 Pitch multiplication with high pattern fidelity Chanro Park, Koichi Motoyama, Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng 2021-12-14
11201112 Fully-aligned skip-vias Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Chanro Park, Koichi Motoyama 2021-12-14
11195751 Bilayer barrier for interconnect and memory structures formed in the BEOL Baozhen Li 2021-12-07
11177169 Interconnects with gouged vias Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Koichi Motoyama, Hosadurga Shobha 2021-11-16
11177163 Top via structure with enlarged contact area with upper metallization level Koichi Motoyama, Chanro Park, Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng 2021-11-16
11177167 Ultrathin multilayer metal alloy liner for nano Cu interconnects Daniel C. Edelstein, Alfred Grill, Seth L. Knupp, Son V. Nguyen, Takeshi Nogami +2 more 2021-11-16
11177213 Embedded small via anti-fuse device Baozhen Li, Tianji Zhou, Ashim Dutta, Saumya Sharma 2021-11-16
11177214 Interconnects with hybrid metal conductors Kenneth Chun Kuen Cheng, Chanro Park, Koichi Motoyama 2021-11-16
11171044 Planarization controllability for interconnect structures Ruilong Xie, Chanro Park, Kangguo Cheng, Julien Frougier 2021-11-09