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AMBERWAVE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

86Patents
7Active
86Granted
39Portfolio score

Filing activity: Sep 12, 1994 → Nov 26, 2007 · 7 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6995430B2 Strained-semiconductor-on-insulator device structures Electricity 392 Expired
US6831292B2 Semiconductor structures employing strained material layers with defined impurity gradients and methods for fabricating same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 283 Expired
US7074623B2 Methods of forming strained-semiconductor-on-insulator finFET device structures Electricity 173 Expired
US6703688B1 Relaxed silicon germanium platform for high speed CMOS electronics and high speed analog circuits Electricity 170 Expired
US6960781B2 Shallow trench isolation process Electricity 151 Expired
US6555839B2 Buried channel strained silicon FET using a supply layer created through ion implantation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 147 Expired
US5926473A Distributed processing ethernet switch with adaptive cut-through switching Electricity 106 Expired
US7626246B2 Solutions for integrated circuit integration of alternative active area materials Electricity 103 Active
US6583015B2 Gate technology for strained surface channel and strained buried channel MOSFET devices Electricity 100 Expired
US6900094B2 Method of selective removal of SiGe alloys Electricity 96 Expired
US6593191B2 Buried channel strained silicon FET using a supply layer created through ion implantation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 88 Expired
US7109516B2 Strained-semiconductor-on-insulator finFET device structures Electricity 85 Expired
US7049627B2 Semiconductor heterostructures and related methods Electricity 84 Expired
US7420201B2 Strained-semiconductor-on-insulator device structures with elevated source/drain regions Electricity 77 Expired
US7335545B2 Control of strain in device layers by prevention of relaxation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 76 Expired
US7638842B2 Lattice-mismatched semiconductor structures on insulators Electricity 73 Expired
US6677655B2 Silicon wafer with embedded optoelectronic material for monolithic OEIC Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 72 Expired
US6881632B2 Method of fabricating CMOS inverter and integrated circuits utilizing strained surface channel MOSFETS Electricity 72 Expired
US5521913A Distributed processing ethernet switch with adaptive cut-through switching Electricity 63 Expired
US6646322B2 Relaxed silicon germanium platform for high speed CMOS electronics and high speed analog circuits Electricity 63 Expired
US6649480B2 Method of fabricating CMOS inverter and integrated circuits utilizing strained silicon surface channel MOSFETs Electricity 62 Expired
US6602613B1 Heterointegration of materials using deposition and bonding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US7307273B2 Control of strain in device layers by selective relaxation Electricity 55 Expired
US6677192B1 Method of fabricating a relaxed silicon germanium platform having planarizing for high speed CMOS electronics and high speed analog circuits Electricity 53 Expired
US6724008B2 Relaxed silicon germanium platform for high speed CMOS electronics and high speed analog circuits Electricity 52 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.