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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
49 patentsUS6703648B1Mar 9, 2004
Strained silicon PMOS having silicon germanium source/drain extensions and method for its fabrication
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC200 citations99
US6682973B1Jan 27, 2004
Formation of well-controlled thin SiO, SiN, SiON layer for multilayer high-K dielectric applications
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC595 citations99
US6646307B1Nov 11, 2003
MOSFET having a double gate
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1,496 citations99
US6465334B1Oct 15, 2002
Enhanced electroless deposition of dielectric precursor materials for use in in-laid gate MOS transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC154 citations99
US7402207B1Jul 22, 2008
Method and apparatus for controlling the thickness of a selective epitaxial growth layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC104 citations98
US6811448B1Nov 2, 2004
Pre-cleaning for silicidation in an SMOS process
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC123 citations98
US6787864B2Sep 7, 2004
Mosfets incorporating nickel germanosilicided gate and methods for their formation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC126 citations98
US6562718B1May 13, 2003
Process for forming fully silicided gates
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC107 citations98
US6475874B2Nov 5, 2002
Damascene NiSi metal gate high-k transistor
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC137 citations98
US6300203B1Oct 9, 2001
Electrolytic deposition of dielectric precursor materials for use in in-laid gate MOS transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC101 citations98
US6297159B1Oct 2, 2001
Method and apparatus for chemical polishing using field responsive materials
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC128 citations98
US6703277B1Mar 9, 2004
Reducing agent for high-K gate dielectric parasitic interfacial layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC61 citations96
US6656749B1Dec 2, 2003
In-situ monitoring during laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC57 citations96
US6632729B1Oct 14, 2003
Laser thermal annealing of high-k gate oxide layers
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC53 citations96
US6555439B1Apr 29, 2003
Partial recrystallization of source/drain region before laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC53 citations96
US6465309B1Oct 15, 2002
Silicide gate transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC57 citations96
US7456062B1Nov 25, 2008
Method of forming a semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations93
US6924182B1Aug 2, 2005
Strained silicon MOSFET having reduced leakage and method of its formation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC26 citations93
US6878592B1Apr 12, 2005
Selective epitaxy to improve silicidation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC51 citations93
US6867428B1Mar 15, 2005
Strained silicon NMOS having silicon source/drain extensions and method for its fabrication
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC46 citations93
US6825115B1Nov 30, 2004
Post silicide laser thermal annealing to avoid dopant deactivation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC28 citations93
US6812106B1Nov 2, 2004
Reduced dopant deactivation of source/drain extensions using laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC38 citations93
US6797614B1Sep 28, 2004
Nickel alloy for SMOS process silicidation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC24 citations93
US6780789B1Aug 24, 2004
Laser thermal oxidation to form ultra-thin gate oxide
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC24 citations93
US6743689B1Jun 1, 2004
Method of fabrication SOI devices with accurately defined monocrystalline source/drain extensions
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC21 citations93
US6730576B1May 4, 2004
Method of forming a thick strained silicon layer and semiconductor structures incorporating a thick strained silicon layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC28 citations93
US6680250B1Jan 20, 2004
Formation of deep amorphous region to separate junction from end-of-range defects
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC43 citations93
US6432805B1Aug 13, 2002
Co-deposition of nitrogen and metal for metal silicide formation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC21 citations93
US6048790AApr 11, 2000
Metalorganic decomposition deposition of thin conductive films on integrated circuits using reducing ambient
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC48 citations93
US7241700B1Jul 10, 2007
Methods for post offset spacer clean for improved selective epitaxy silicon growth
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC22 citations92
US6602781B1Aug 5, 2003
Metal silicide gate transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC52 citations92
US6368950B1Apr 9, 2002
Silicide gate transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC41 citations92
US6342414B1Jan 29, 2002
Damascene NiSi metal gate high-k transistor
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC24 citations92
US6559051B1May 6, 2003
Electroless deposition of dielectric precursor materials for use in in-laid gate MOS transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC33 citations90
US7402485B1Jul 22, 2008
Method of forming a semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations84
US7312125B1Dec 25, 2007
Fully depleted strained semiconductor on insulator transistor and method of making the same
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations84
US7091097B1Aug 15, 2006
End-of-range defect minimization in semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations84
US7071065B1Jul 4, 2006
Strained silicon PMOS having silicon germanium source/drain extensions and method for its fabrication
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC15 citations84
US6905923B1Jun 14, 2005
Offset spacer process for forming N-type transistors
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations84
US6867080B1Mar 15, 2005
Polysilicon tilting to prevent geometry effects during laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC19 citations84
US6551888B1Apr 22, 2003
Tuning absorption levels during laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC13 citations84
US6605513B2Aug 12, 2003
Method of forming nickel silicide using a one-step rapid thermal anneal process and backend processing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations83
US6806172B1Oct 19, 2004
Physical vapor deposition of nickel
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations79
US7351638B1Apr 1, 2008
Scanning laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6962857B1Nov 8, 2005
Shallow trench isolation process using oxide deposition and anneal
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations74
US6902966B2Jun 7, 2005
Low-temperature post-dopant activation process
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6858503B1Feb 22, 2005
Depletion to avoid cross contamination
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations74
US6746944B1Jun 8, 2004
Low nisi/si interface contact resistance with preamorphizing and laser thermal annealing
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC9 citations74
US6784506B2Aug 31, 2004
Silicide process using high K-dielectrics
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations73
PATON ERIC N
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