Inventor
RIM KERN
US160 patents
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IBM
36 patentsUS7329923B2Feb 12, 2008
High-performance CMOS devices on hybrid crystal oriented substrates
IBM138 citations99
US6603156B2Aug 5, 2003
Strained silicon on insulator structures
IBM178 citations99
US6429061B1Aug 6, 2002
Method to fabricate a strained Si CMOS structure using selective epitaxial deposition of Si after device isolation formation
IBM254 citations99
US7524740B1Apr 28, 2009
Localized strain relaxation for strained Si directly on insulator
IBM70 citations98
US7227205B2Jun 5, 2007
Strained-silicon CMOS device and method
IBM72 citations98
US6815738B2Nov 9, 2004
Multiple gate MOSFET structure with strained Si Fin body
IBM141 citations98
US6667528B2Dec 23, 2003
Semiconductor-on-insulator lateral p-i-n photodetector with a reflecting mirror and backside contact and method for forming the same
IBM91 citations97
US7002209B2Feb 21, 2006
MOSFET structure with high mechanical stress in the channel
IBM61 citations96
US6451702B1Sep 17, 2002
Methods for forming lateral trench optical detectors
IBM68 citations96
US8987823B2Mar 24, 2015
Method and structure for forming a localized SOI finFET
IBM20 citations93
US8928086B2Jan 6, 2015
Strained finFET with an electrically isolated channel
IBM19 citations93
US7381623B1Jun 3, 2008
Pre-epitaxial disposable spacer integration scheme with very low temperature selective epitaxy for enhanced device performance
IBM31 citations93
US7217949B2May 15, 2007
Strained Si MOSFET on tensile-strained SiGe-on-insulator (SGOI)
IBM11 citations93
US7129548B2Oct 31, 2006
MOSFET structure with multiple self-aligned silicide contacts
IBM20 citations93
US7034362B2Apr 25, 2006
Double silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) structures
IBM34 citations93
US7791144B2Sep 7, 2010
High performance stress-enhance MOSFET and method of manufacture
IBM28 citations92
US7202513B1Apr 10, 2007
Stress engineering using dual pad nitride with selective SOI device architecture
IBM30 citations92
US7132322B1Nov 7, 2006
Method for forming a SiGe or SiGeC gate selectively in a complementary MIS/MOS FET device
IBM27 citations91
US9583492B2Feb 28, 2017
Structure and method for advanced bulk fin isolation
IBM6 citations84
US9548386B1Jan 17, 2017
Structure and method for compressively strained silicon germanium fins for pFET devices and tensily strained silicon fins for nFET devices
IBM11 citations84
US9299618B1Mar 29, 2016
Structure and method for advanced bulk fin isolation
IBM7 citations84
US9293583B2Mar 22, 2016
Finfet with oxidation-induced stress
IBM6 citations84
US9190520B2Nov 17, 2015
Strained finFET with an electrically isolated channel
IBM15 citations84
US9190329B1Nov 17, 2015
Complex circuits utilizing fin structures
IBM6 citations84
US9178068B1Nov 3, 2015
FinFET with oxidation-induced stress
IBM11 citations84
US8969155B2Mar 3, 2015
Fin structure with varying isolation thickness
IBM11 citations84
US8766363B2Jul 1, 2014
Method and structure for forming a localized SOI finFET
IBM14 citations84
US7977185B2Jul 12, 2011
Method and apparatus for post silicide spacer removal
IBM9 citations84
US7812397B2Oct 12, 2010
Ultra thin channel (UTC) MOSFET structure formed on BOX regions having different depths and different thicknesses beneath the UTC and source/drain regions and method of manufacture thereof
IBM8 citations84
US7808081B2Oct 5, 2010
Strained-silicon CMOS device and method
IBM11 citations84
US7737032B2Jun 15, 2010
MOSFET structure with multiple self-aligned silicide contacts
IBM8 citations84
US7714358B2May 11, 2010
Semiconductor structure and method of forming the structure
IBM12 citations84
US7608489B2Oct 27, 2009
High performance stress-enhance MOSFET and method of manufacture
IBM12 citations84
US7560326B2Jul 14, 2009
Silicon/silcion germaninum/silicon body device with embedded carbon dopant
IBM18 citations84
US7452784B2Nov 18, 2008
Formation of improved SOI substrates using bulk semiconductor wafers
IBM11 citations84
US7442619B2Oct 28, 2008
Method of forming substantially L-shaped silicide contact for a semiconductor device
IBM9 citations84
QUALCOMM INC
6 patentsUS10332881B1Jun 25, 2019
Integrating a gate-all-around (GAA) field-effect transistor(s) (FET(S)) and a finFET(s) on a common substrate of a semiconductor die
QUALCOMM INC59 citations98
US9871121B2Jan 16, 2018
Semiconductor device having a gap defined therein
QUALCOMM INC25 citations94
US9257556B2Feb 9, 2016
Silicon germanium FinFET formation by Ge condensation
QUALCOMM INC19 citations93
US10439039B2Oct 8, 2019
Integrated circuits including a FinFET and a nanostructure FET
QUALCOMM INC8 citations84
US9853112B2Dec 26, 2017
Device and method to connect gate regions separated using a gate cut
QUALCOMM INC7 citations84
US9799560B2Oct 24, 2017
Self-aligned structure
QUALCOMM INC13 citations84
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC
4 patentsUS9349658B1May 24, 2016
Methods of forming fin isolation regions on finFET semiconductor devices using an oxidation-blocking layer of material
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC31 citations94
US9577100B2Feb 21, 2017
FinFET and nanowire semiconductor devices with suspended channel regions and gate structures surrounding the suspended channel regions
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC17 citations84
US9431306B2Aug 30, 2016
Methods of forming fin isolation regions on FinFET semiconductor devices using an oxidation-blocking layer of material and by performing a fin-trimming process
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC7 citations84
US9117875B2Aug 25, 2015
Methods of forming isolated germanium-containing fins for a FinFET semiconductor device
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC14 citations84
LIU YAOCHENG
2 patentsSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
1 patentCHANG PAUL
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