Inventor
SHANK STEVEN M
US213 patents
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IBM
19 patentsUS9455187B1Sep 27, 2016
Backside device contact
IBM40 citations98
US9274283B1Mar 1, 2016
Silicon photonics alignment tolerant vertical grating couplers
IBM51 citations94
US9059252B1Jun 16, 2015
Silicon waveguide on bulk silicon substrate and methods of forming
IBM37 citations94
US9514987B1Dec 6, 2016
Backside contact to final substrate
IBM18 citations93
US10090422B2Oct 2, 2018
Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance
IBM8 citations92
US9368653B1Jun 14, 2016
Silicon photonics integration method and structure
IBM15 citations92
US6780720B2Aug 24, 2004
Method for fabricating a nitrided silicon-oxide gate dielectric
IBM37 citations92
US10720538B2Jul 21, 2020
Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance
IBM2 citations84
US9887156B2Feb 6, 2018
Backside device contact
IBM4 citations84
US9874690B2Jan 23, 2018
Integrated waveguide structure with perforated chip edge seal
IBM15 citations84
US9755087B2Sep 5, 2017
Silicon photonics integration method and structure
IBM6 citations84
US9229164B2Jan 5, 2016
Butt-coupled buried waveguide photodetector
IBM7 citations84
US9231131B2Jan 5, 2016
Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance
IBM6 citations84
US9171971B2Oct 27, 2015
Encapsulated sensors
IBM7 citations84
US9117946B2Aug 25, 2015
Buried waveguide photodetector
IBM8 citations84
US8765536B2Jul 1, 2014
Stress engineered multi-layers for integration of CMOS and Si nanophotonics
IBM14 citations84
US7951666B2May 31, 2011
Deep trench capacitor and method
IBM15 citations84
US7291568B2Nov 6, 2007
Method for fabricating a nitrided silicon-oxide gate dielectric
IBM13 citations81
US9356164B2May 31, 2016
Integrated photodetector waveguide structure with alignment tolerance
IBM2 citations74
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC
14 patentsUS11029465B1Jun 8, 2021
Micro-ring modulator
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC21 citations94
US11378743B1Jul 5, 2022
Optical components in the back-end-of-line stack of a photonics chip using plural cores vertically stacked
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC12 citations85
US11803009B2Oct 31, 2023
Photonics structures having a locally-thickened dielectric layer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC4 citations75
US12028053B2Jul 2, 2024
Structure including resistor network for back biasing FET stack
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11791334B2Oct 17, 2023
Heterojunction bipolar transistor with buried trap rich isolation region
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11721719B2Aug 8, 2023
Heterojunction bipolar transistor with buried trap rich isolation region
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11644620B2May 9, 2023
Switchable polarization rotators
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC3 citations73
US11637068B2Apr 25, 2023
Thermally and electrically conductive interconnects
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC3 citations73
US11437522B2Sep 6, 2022
Field-effect transistors with a polycrystalline body in a shallow trench isolation region
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11271077B2Mar 8, 2022
Trap-rich layer in a high-resistivity semiconductor layer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC4 citations73
US11221506B2Jan 11, 2022
Polarization switches including a phase change material
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11163114B2Nov 2, 2021
Waveguide structures
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
US11158535B2Oct 26, 2021
Multi-depth regions of high resistivity in a semiconductor substrate
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC4 citations73
US11127816B2Sep 21, 2021
Heterojunction bipolar transistors with one or more sealed airgap
GLOBALFOUNDRIES US INC2 citations73
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC
13 patentsUS10429582B1Oct 1, 2019
Waveguide-to-waveguide couplers with multiple tapers
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC59 citations98
US10192779B1Jan 29, 2019
Bulk substrates with a self-aligned buried polycrystalline layer
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC71 citations97
US10509244B1Dec 17, 2019
Optical switches and routers operated by phase-changing materials controlled by heaters
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC23 citations94
US10461152B2Oct 29, 2019
Radio frequency switches with air gap structures
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC15 citations94
US10795083B1Oct 6, 2020
Heterogeneous directional couplers for photonics chips
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC13 citations86
US10795082B1Oct 6, 2020
Bragg gratings with airgap cladding
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC12 citations86
US10156676B1Dec 18, 2018
Waveguides with multiple airgaps arranged in and over a silicon-on-insulator substrate
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC18 citations86
US9922973B1Mar 20, 2018
Switches with deep trench depletion and isolation structures
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC17 citations85
US10580893B2Mar 3, 2020
Sealed cavity structures with non-planar surface features to induce stress
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC7 citations84
US10393960B1Aug 27, 2019
Waveguides with multiple-level airgaps
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC12 citations84
US9716136B1Jul 25, 2017
Embedded polysilicon resistors with crystallization barriers
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC12 citations84
US9466753B1Oct 11, 2016
Photodetector methods and photodetector structures
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC8 citations83
US10224396B1Mar 5, 2019
Deep trench isolation structures
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC11 citations79
CENTER FOR ADVANCED FIBEROPTIC
1 patentGALILEO ELECTRO OPTICS CORP
1 patentASSEFA SOLOMON
1 patentKEMERER TIMOTHY W
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