Inventor
STEPHENS JEREMY K
US17 patents
Patents
17 patentsUS6420216B1Jul 16, 2002
Fuse processing using dielectric planarization pillars
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Raised source/drain using recess etch of polysilicon
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Automatic adaptive equalization method and system for high-speed serial transmission link
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US6449202B1Sep 10, 2002
DRAM direct sensing scheme
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US6348395B1Feb 19, 2002
Diamond as a polish-stop layer for chemical-mechanical planarization in a damascene process flow
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US6261914B1Jul 17, 2001
Process for improving local uniformity of chemical mechanical polishing using a self-aligned polish rate enhancement layer
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US5972787AOct 26, 1999
CMP process using indicator areas to determine endpoint
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US6711078B2Mar 23, 2004
Writeback and refresh circuitry for direct sensed DRAM macro
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US6552944B2Apr 22, 2003
Single bitline direct sensing architecture for high speed memory device
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US7352815B2Apr 1, 2008
Data transceiver and method for equalizing the data eye of a differential input data signal
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US6696759B2Feb 24, 2004
Semiconductor device with diamond-like carbon layer as a polish-stop layer
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Automatic adaptive equalization method for high-speed serial transmission link
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US6129610AOct 10, 2000
Polish pressure modulation in CMP to preferentially polish raised features
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US6102776AAug 15, 2000
Apparatus and method for controlling polishing of integrated circuit substrates
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US6614714B2Sep 2, 2003
Semiconductor memory system having a data clock system for reliable high-speed data transfers
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US6232222B1May 15, 2001
Method of eliminating a critical mask using a blockout mask and a resulting semiconductor structure
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US6775736B2Aug 10, 2004
Embedded DRAM system having wide data bandwidth and data transfer data protocol
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