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7268388 One-transistor composite-gate memory  
One-transistor memory devices facilitate nonvolatile data storage through the manipulation of oxygen vacancies within a trapping layer of a field-effect transistor (FET), thereby providing control...
7268384 Semiconductor substrate having first and second pairs of word lines  
The invention includes methods of forming memory circuitry. In one implementation, a semiconductor substrate includes a pair of word lines having a bit node received therebetween. A bit node...
7268382 DRAM cells  
The invention includes a method of forming a rugged semiconductor-containing surface. A first semiconductor layer is formed over a substrate, and a second semiconductor layer is formed over the...
7268078 Chemical vapor deposition of titanium from titanium tetrachloride and hydrocarbon reactants  
A process for depositing titanium metal layers via chemical vapor deposition is disclosed. The process provides deposited titanium layers having a high degree of conformality, even in trenches and...
7268072 Method and structure for reducing contact aspect ratios  
An intermediate metal plug is used to raise the platform to which contact is to be made. In the illustrated process, a partial bit line plug is formed adjacent a stacked capacitor, and an...
7268067 Semiconductor integrated circuit package having electrically disconnected solder balls for mounting  
Integrated circuit packages that connect solder balls between solder ball pads of a die and substrate pads of a printed circuit board (PCB). The solder balls are electrically disconnected from any...
7268059 Methods for securing components of semiconductor device assemblies to each other with adhesive materials that include pressure-sensitive and curable components  
A method for securing a semiconductor device component to another element is provided. An adhesive material includes a pressure-sensitive component and a curable component is used to at least...
7268057 Methods of filling openings with oxide, and methods of forming trenched isolation regions  
The invention includes methods in which oxide is formed within openings in a three-step process. A first step is deposition of oxide under a pressure of greater than 15 mTorr. A second step is...
7268054 Methods for increasing photo-alignment margins  
Methods and structures are provided for increasing alignment margins when contacting pitch multiplied interconnect lines with other conductive features in memory devices. The portions of the lines...
7268039 Method of forming a contact using a sacrificial structure  
A method of forming a double-sided capacitor using at least one sacrificial structure, such as a sacrificial liner or a sacrificial plug. A sacrificial liner is formed along sidewalls of at least...
7268035 Methods of forming semiconductor constructions comprising cerium oxide and titanium oxide  
The invention includes semiconductor constructions comprising dielectric materials which contain cerium oxide and titanium oxide. The dielectric materials can contain a homogeneous distribution of...
7268034 Methods of forming pluralities of capacitors, and integrated circuitry  
A method of forming a plurality of capacitors includes providing a plurality of capacitor electrodes comprising sidewalls. The plurality of capacitor electrodes are supported at least in part with...
7268031 Memory device with high dielectric constant gate dielectrics and metal floating gates  
A memory cell transistor includes a high dielectric constant tunnel insulator, a metal floating gate, and a high dielectric constant inter-gate insulator comprising a metal oxide formed over a...
7268030 Methods of forming semiconductor constructions  
Thin film transistor based three-dimensional CMOS inverters utilizing a common gate bridged between a PFET device and an NFET device. One or both of the NFET and PFET devices can have an active...
7268023 Method of forming a pseudo SOI substrate and semiconductor devices  
The present invention is generally directed to a method of forming a pseudo SOI substrate and semiconductor devices. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises forming a plurality of...
7268022 Stable PD-SOI devices and methods  
One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a partially depleted silicon-on-insulator structure. The structure includes a well region formed above an oxide insulation layer. In various...
7268018 Method for fabricating semiconductor component with stiffener and circuit decal  
A semiconductor component includes a stiffener, a circuit decal attached to the stiffener, and a semiconductor die attached to the stiffener. The circuit decal includes conductors which function as...
7268013 Method of fabricating a semiconductor die package having improved inductance characteristics  
A ball grid array (BGA) package that includes a central cavity for receiving a semiconductor die therein is disclosed. The die rests on a base laminate, the die side of which includes traces...
7268012 Methods for fabrication of thin semiconductor assemblies including redistribution layers and packages and assemblies formed thereby  
Methods for creating redistribution layers for only selected dice, such as known good dice, to form relatively thin semiconductor component assemblies and packages, and the assemblies and packages...
7268004 Thermoelectric control for field emission display  
An active matrix display that does not require a transistor or similar current switching device at each pixel. Instead, the display employs in each pixel a temperature-controlled current source...
7267999 MRAM layer having domain wall traps  
A common pinned layer is shared by multiple memory cells in an MRAM device. The common pinned layer includes a plurality of domain wall traps that prevent the formation of domain walls within a...
7267608 Method and apparatus for conditioning a chemical-mechanical polishing pad  
A conditioner including abrasive elements for conditioning a polishing pad to be used in abrasive semiconductor substrate treatment processes, such as chemical-mechanical polishing or...
7266879 Method for magnetically establishing an electrical connection with a contact of a semiconductor device component  
A method for establishing electrical contact includes nonrigidly applying force to a semiconductor substrate in directions substantially normal to a plane of the semiconductor substrate includes a...
7266633 System and method for communicating the synchronization status of memory modules during initialization of the memory modules  
A memory system includes a memory hub controller coupled to a plurality of memory modules each of which includes a memory hub. The memory hub controller and the memory hubs each include at least...
7265706 Minimized SAR-type column-wide ADC for image sensors  
An improved analog-to-digital converter wherein a minimal amount of circuitry is provided for conversion of an analog signal to a series of digital bits. A comparator is provided for generating...
7265674 Thin flexible, RFID labels, and method and apparatus for use  
A radio frequency identification (REID) device may include a first, thin, flexible sheet, an antenna, and an integrated circuit. A surface portion of the first sheet may be affixed to a second,...
7265563 Test method for semiconductor components using anisotropic conductive polymer contact system  
A contact system for electrically engaging semiconductor components includes an interface board mountable to an automated test handler, and a floating substrate on the interface board. The...
7265529 Zero power start-up circuit  
An improved start-up circuit and method for self-bias circuits is described that applies a start-up voltage and current to a self-bias circuit to initialize its operation in its desired stable...
7265453 Semiconductor component having dummy segments with trapped corner air  
A semiconductor component includes a leadframe, a die, upper and lower body segments encapsulating the die, and dummy segments on the leadframe. The dummy segments are configured to vent trapped...
7265414 NROM memory device with a high-permittivity gate dielectric formed by the low temperature oxidation of metals  
A high permittivity gate dielectric formed by low temperature metal oxidation is used in an NROM memory cell. The gate dielectric has a dielectric constant greater than silicon dioxide and is...
7265330 Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers  
Microelectronic imager assemblies comprising a workpiece including a substrate and a plurality of imaging dies on and/or in the substrate. The substrate includes a front side and a back side, and...
7265328 Method and apparatus providing an optical guide for an imager pixel having a ring of air-filled spaced slots around a photosensor  
A device and method to provide an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light onto a photosensor of the pixel and to improve the optical crosstalk immunity of an image sensor. The optical...
7265052 Methods of forming conductive through-wafer vias  
The present invention is generally directed to various methods of forming conductive through-wafer vias. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises providing a layer of semiconducting...
7265016 Stepped gate configuration for non-volatile memory  
A memory device having a field effect transistor with a stepped gate dielectric and a method of making the same are herein disclosed. The stepped gate dielectric is formed on a semiconductor...
7265012 Formation of standard voltage threshold and low voltage threshold MOSFET devices  
Wells are formed in a substrate where standard Vt and low Vt devices of both a first and second type are to be fabricated. Wells defining the locations of first type standard Vt devices are masked,...
7264988 Electro-and electroless plating of metal in the manufacture of PCRAM devices  
Non-volatile, resistance variable memory devices, integrated circuit elements, and methods of forming such devices are provided. According to one embodiment of a method of the invention, a memory...
7264844 Forming oxide buffer layer for improved magnetic tunnel junctions  
A metal manganese oxide buffer layer is used to seed a barrier layer in a magnetic tunnel junction memory element having pinned and free magnetic layers. An alumina tunnel barrier layer is formed...
7264768 Single substrate annealing of magnetoresistive structure  
A device for magnetically annealing magnetoresistive elements formed on wafers includes a heated chuck and a delivery mechanism for individually placing the wafers individually on the chuck one at...
7264742 Method of planarizing a surface  
A method for removing at least a portion of a structure, such as a layer, film, or deposit, including ruthenium metal and/or ruthenium dioxide includes contacting the structure with a material...
7264539 Systems and methods for removing microfeature workpiece surface defects  
Systems and methods for removing microfeature workpiece surface defects are disclosed. A method for processing a microfeature workpiece in accordance with one embodiment includes removing surface...
7264456 Leadframe and method for reducing mold compound adhesion problems  
An integrated circuit leadframe has a pair of leadframe rails that are specially treated to adhere to injection mold compounds to a lesser or greater degree than portions of the leadframe rails...
7263768 Method of making a semiconductor device having an opening in a solder mask  
The present invention features a novel design for a fiducial and pin one indicator that utilizes a single solder resist opening in a die mounting substrate to perform the combined functions of...
7263570 Method of providing an interface to a plurality of peripheral devices using bus adapter chips  
A method of electrically coupling a central processing unit (CPU) of a network server to a plurality of network interface modules. The method comprises providing each of the plurality of network...
7263543 Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements to transpose the data using a memory stack  
A method for transposing data in a plurality of processing elements is comprised of a plurality of shifting operations and a plurality of storing operations. The shifting and storing operations are...
7263022 No-precharge FAMOS cell and latch circuit in a memory device  
The fuse and latch circuit has a Floating gate Avalanche injection Metal Oxide Semiconductor (FAMOS) transistor (fuse) that is coupled to a read circuit. The read circuit includes circuitry that...
7263017 AC sensing for a resistive memory  
Alternating current is used to sense a logic state of a memory cell that has a resistive memory element. The memory element can be in an array and a memory device can include the array and...
7263006 Memory block erasing in a flash memory device  
The flash memory cell erase operation performs an erase operation at a first erase voltage for a first erase time. An erase verify read operation is then performed for an increasing sensing time...
7262996 Programmable soft-start control for charge pump  
A programmable soft-start control circuit having two memory registers for regulating the ramp-up time period of charging current in a charge pump of an integrated circuit. The two memory registers...
7262780 Simple and robust color saturation adjustment for digital images  
A method and system for adjusting saturation in digital images that operates as closely as possible to the long-, medium-, short-(LMS) cone spectral response space. According to the method, a...
7262641 Current differential buffer  
The present technique relates to a method and apparatus for operating a differential buffer. In the differential buffer, a first stage may include a differential pair configured to receive input...