Inventor
GROVES ROBERT A
US56 patents
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IBM
42 patentsUS6701779B2Mar 9, 2004
Perpendicular torsion micro-electromechanical switch
IBM82 citations98
US6635506B2Oct 21, 2003
Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates
IBM155 citations98
US6549096B2Apr 15, 2003
Switched inductor/varactor tuning circuit having a variable integrated inductor
IBM79 citations97
US6661069B1Dec 9, 2003
Micro-electromechanical varactor with enhanced tuning range
IBM48 citations96
US6492708B2Dec 10, 2002
Integrated coil inductors for IC devices
IBM46 citations95
US7463112B1Dec 9, 2008
Area efficient, differential T-coil impedance-matching circuit for high speed communications applications
IBM31 citations93
US6833603B1Dec 21, 2004
Dynamically patterned shielded high-Q inductor
IBM45 citations93
US6696343B1Feb 24, 2004
Micro-electromechanical varactor with enhanced tuning range
IBM16 citations93
US6414371B1Jul 2, 2002
Process and structure for 50+ gigahertz transistor
IBM38 citations93
US8704576B1Apr 22, 2014
Variable resistance switch for wide bandwidth resonant global clock distribution
IBM20 citations92
US7851923B2Dec 14, 2010
Low resistance and inductance backside through vias and methods of fabricating same
IBM16 citations92
US7563714B2Jul 21, 2009
Low resistance and inductance backside through vias and methods of fabricating same
IBM35 citations92
US7045372B2May 16, 2006
Apparatus and method for forming a battery in an integrated circuit
IBM31 citations92
US7005371B2Feb 28, 2006
Method of forming suspended transmission line structures in back end of line processing
IBM22 citations92
US6876282B2Apr 5, 2005
Micro-electro-mechanical RF switch
IBM18 citations92
US6798029B2Sep 28, 2004
Method of fabricating micro-electromechanical switches on CMOS compatible substrates
IBM28 citations92
US6762088B2Jul 13, 2004
High Q inductor with faraday shield and dielectric well buried in substrate
IBM28 citations92
US6720230B2Apr 13, 2004
Method of fabricating integrated coil inductors for IC devices
IBM29 citations92
US6650000B2Nov 18, 2003
Apparatus and method for forming a battery in an integrated circuit
IBM37 citations92
US6534843B2Mar 18, 2003
High Q inductor with faraday shield and dielectric well buried in substrate
IBM35 citations92
US6489663B2Dec 3, 2002
Spiral inductor semiconducting device with grounding strips and conducting vias
IBM30 citations92
US6489857B2Dec 3, 2002
Multiposition micro electromechanical switch
IBM20 citations90
US6714113B1Mar 30, 2004
Inductor for integrated circuits
IBM43 citations86
US7273806B2Sep 25, 2007
Forming of high aspect ratio conductive structure using injection molded solder
IBM11 citations84
US7053460B2May 30, 2006
Multi-level RF passive device
IBM15 citations84
US6836029B2Dec 28, 2004
Micro-electromechanical switch having a conductive compressible electrode
IBM18 citations84
US9058130B2Jun 16, 2015
Tunable sector buffer for wide bandwidth resonant global clock distribution
IBM7 citations83
US9054682B2Jun 9, 2015
Wide bandwidth resonant global clock distribution
IBM7 citations83
US7608909B2Oct 27, 2009
Suspended transmission line structures in back end of line processing
IBM12 citations83
US7129561B2Oct 31, 2006
Tri-metal and dual-metal stacked inductors
IBM10 citations74
US7212091B2May 1, 2007
Micro-electro-mechanical RF switch
IBM7 citations73
US6831542B2Dec 14, 2004
Micro-electromechanical inductive switch
IBM11 citations73
US6762479B2Jul 13, 2004
Microwave array transistor for low-noise and high-power applications
IBM6 citations70
US11204379B2Dec 21, 2021
Structures and methods for RF de-embedding
IBM0 citations63
US6936764B2Aug 30, 2005
Three dimensional dynamically shielded high-Q BEOL metallization
IBM6 citations63
US11011295B2May 18, 2021
High efficiency on-chip 3D transformer structure
IBM0 citations62
US9318620B2Apr 19, 2016
Folded conical inductor
IBM2 citations62
US9171663B2Oct 27, 2015
High efficiency on-chip 3D transformer structure
IBM3 citations62
US8836460B2Sep 16, 2014
Folded conical inductor
IBM3 citations62
US7602265B2Oct 13, 2009
Apparatus for accurate and efficient quality and reliability evaluation of micro electromechanical systems
IBM2 citations62
US6423603B2Jul 23, 2002
Method of forming a microwave array transistor for low-noise and high-power applications
IBM2 citations59
US6303975B1Oct 16, 2001
Low noise, high frequency solid state diode
IBM4 citations59
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC
4 patentsUS9548158B2Jan 17, 2017
3D multipath inductor
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC16 citations89
US9865392B2Jan 9, 2018
Solenoidal series stacked multipath inductor
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC3 citations72
US9570233B2Feb 14, 2017
High-Q multipath parallel stacked inductor
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC2 citations72
US10643790B2May 5, 2020
Manufacturing method for 3D multipath inductor
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC2 citations70
GROVES ROBERT A
2 patentsDING HANYI
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