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Inventor

STEPHENS JEREMY K

US17 patents

Patents

17 patents
US6420216B1Jul 16, 2002

Fuse processing using dielectric planarization pillars

IBM331 citations99
US5915183AJun 22, 1999

Raised source/drain using recess etch of polysilicon

IBM69 citations96
US7295618B2Nov 13, 2007

Automatic adaptive equalization method and system for high-speed serial transmission link

IBM21 citations92
US6449202B1Sep 10, 2002

DRAM direct sensing scheme

IBM37 citations92
US6348395B1Feb 19, 2002

Diamond as a polish-stop layer for chemical-mechanical planarization in a damascene process flow

IBM25 citations92
US6261914B1Jul 17, 2001

Process for improving local uniformity of chemical mechanical polishing using a self-aligned polish rate enhancement layer

IBM21 citations92
US5972787AOct 26, 1999

CMP process using indicator areas to determine endpoint

IBM20 citations89
US6711078B2Mar 23, 2004

Writeback and refresh circuitry for direct sensed DRAM macro

IBM14 citations84
US6552944B2Apr 22, 2003

Single bitline direct sensing architecture for high speed memory device

IBM16 citations84
US7352815B2Apr 1, 2008

Data transceiver and method for equalizing the data eye of a differential input data signal

IBM10 citations83
US6696759B2Feb 24, 2004

Semiconductor device with diamond-like carbon layer as a polish-stop layer

IBM7 citations74
US7733964B2Jun 8, 2010

Automatic adaptive equalization method for high-speed serial transmission link

IBM6 citations73
US6129610AOct 10, 2000

Polish pressure modulation in CMP to preferentially polish raised features

IBM9 citations73
US6102776AAug 15, 2000

Apparatus and method for controlling polishing of integrated circuit substrates

IBM15 citations72
US6614714B2Sep 2, 2003

Semiconductor memory system having a data clock system for reliable high-speed data transfers

IBM5 citations63
US6232222B1May 15, 2001

Method of eliminating a critical mask using a blockout mask and a resulting semiconductor structure

IBM6 citations62
US6775736B2Aug 10, 2004

Embedded DRAM system having wide data bandwidth and data transfer data protocol

IBM0 citations47