Inventor
KIM UNSOON
US53 patents
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ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
20 patentsUS6004862ADec 21, 1999
Core array and periphery isolation technique
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC219 citations99
US6509232B1Jan 21, 2003
Formation of STI (shallow trench isolation) structures within core and periphery areas of flash memory device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC65 citations96
US5907781AMay 25, 1999
Process for fabricating an integrated circuit with a self-aligned contact
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC59 citations96
US6664191B1Dec 16, 2003
Non self-aligned shallow trench isolation process with disposable space to define sub-lithographic poly space
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC38 citations93
US6040597AMar 21, 2000
Isolation boundaries in flash memory cores
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC29 citations93
US6693009B1Feb 17, 2004
Flash memory cell with minimized floating gate to drain/source overlap for minimizing charge leakage
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC25 citations89
US6433383B1Aug 13, 2002
Methods and arrangements for forming a single interpoly dielectric layer in a semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC50 citations87
US7985687B1Jul 26, 2011
System and method for improving reliability in a semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations84
US6924220B1Aug 2, 2005
Self-aligned gate formation using polysilicon polish with peripheral protective layer
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC12 citations84
US6607925B1Aug 19, 2003
Hard mask removal process including isolation dielectric refill
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC16 citations84
US5981341ANov 9, 1999
Sidewall spacer for protecting tunnel oxide during isolation trench formation in self-aligned flash memory core
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC18 citations84
US6764920B1Jul 20, 2004
Method for reducing shallow trench isolation edge thinning on tunnel oxides using partial nitride strip and small bird's beak formation for high performance flash memory devices
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC10 citations74
US6555867B1Apr 29, 2003
Flash memory gate coupling using HSG polysilicon
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6 citations74
US6548855B1Apr 15, 2003
Non-volatile memory dielectric as charge pump dielectric
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations74
US6103593AAug 15, 2000
Method and system for providing a contact on a semiconductor device
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC8 citations74
US6610577B1Aug 26, 2003
Self-aligned polysilicon polish
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC11 citations73
US6566230B1May 20, 2003
Shallow trench isolation spacer for weff improvement
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC7 citations70
US7078314B1Jul 18, 2006
Memory device having improved periphery and core isolation
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC4 citations63
US6444530B1Sep 3, 2002
Process for fabricating an integrated circuit with a self-aligned contact
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC2 citations63
US6670691B1Dec 30, 2003
Shallow trench isolation fill process
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC0 citations51
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP
15 patentsUS9853039B1Dec 26, 2017
Split-gate flash cell formed on recessed substrate
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP16 citations92
US10014380B2Jul 3, 2018
Memory first process flow and device
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP4 citations84
US12029041B2Jul 2, 2024
Method of forming high-voltage transistor with thin gate poly
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP1 citations73
US10872898B2Dec 22, 2020
Embedded non-volatile memory device and fabrication method of the same
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP4 citations73
US10242996B2Mar 26, 2019
Method of forming high-voltage transistor with thin gate poly
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP1 citations73
US9917166B2Mar 13, 2018
Memory first process flow and device
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP3 citations73
US10923601B2Feb 16, 2021
Charge trapping split gate device and method of fabricating same
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations63
US11690227B2Jun 27, 2023
Method of forming high-voltage transistor with thin gate poly
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations62
US11342429B2May 24, 2022
Memory first process flow and device
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations62
US10818761B2Oct 27, 2020
Memory first process flow and device
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations52
US10497710B2Dec 3, 2019
Split-gate flash cell formed on recessed substrate
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations52
US10403731B2Sep 3, 2019
Memory first process flow and device
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations52
US10177040B2Jan 8, 2019
Manufacturing of FET devices having lightly doped drain and source regions
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations52
US10141393B1Nov 27, 2018
Three dimensional capacitor
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP1 citations52
US9966477B2May 8, 2018
Charge trapping split gate device and method of fabricating same
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP0 citations52
SPANSION LLC
10 patentsUS9368606B2Jun 14, 2016
Memory first process flow and device
SPANSION LLC9 citations84
US7842618B2Nov 30, 2010
System and method for improving mesa width in a semiconductor device
SPANSION LLC5 citations74
US9209197B2Dec 8, 2015
Memory gate landing pad made from dummy features
SPANSION LLC5 citations73
US7767517B2Aug 3, 2010
Semiconductor memory comprising dual charge storage nodes and methods for its fabrication
SPANSION LLC3 citations63
US7679129B1Mar 16, 2010
System and method for improving oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) coupling in a semiconductor device
SPANSION LLC3 citations63
US7439141B2Oct 21, 2008
Shallow trench isolation approach for improved STI corner rounding
SPANSION LLC4 citations63
US7307002B2Dec 11, 2007
Non-critical complementary masking method for poly-1 definition in flash memory device fabrication
SPANSION LLC4 citations59
US9917211B2Mar 13, 2018
Flash memory cells having trenched storage elements
SPANSION LLC0 citations52
US7785965B2Aug 31, 2010
Dual storage node memory devices and methods for fabricating the same
SPANSION LLC0 citations50
US7294573B1Nov 13, 2007
Method for controlling poly 1 thickness and uniformity in a memory array fabrication process
SPANSION LLC0 citations47
WU YIDER
2 patentsZHENG WEI
1 patentLEE CHUNGHO
1 patentKIM UNSOON
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