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FASL LLC

30Patents
1Active
30Granted
36Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 2, 2000 → Feb 24, 2006 · 1 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6912163B2 Memory device having high work function gate and method of erasing same Electricity 113 Expired
US7122853B1 Method to improve yield and simplify operation of polymer memory cells Electricity 85 Expired
US6949433B1 Method of formation of semiconductor resistant to hot carrier injection stress Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US7033957B1 ONO fabrication process for increasing oxygen content at bottom oxide-substrate interface in flash memory devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6958511B1 Flash memory device and method of fabrication thereof including a bottom oxide layer with two regions with different concentrations of nitrogen Electricity 42 Expired
US6949481B1 Process for fabrication of spacer layer with reduced hydrogen content in semiconductor device Electricity 33 Expired
US6884681B1 Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory with deuterated materials Electricity 31 Expired
US6791880B1 Non-volatile memory read circuit with end of life simulation Physics 26 Expired
US6707078B1 Dummy wordline for erase and bitline leakage Physics 24 Expired
US6803275B1 ONO fabrication process for reducing oxygen vacancy content in bottom oxide layer in flash memory devices Electricity 24 Expired
US6969886B1 ONO fabrication process for reducing oxygen vacancy content in bottom oxide layer in flash memory devices Electricity 18 Expired
US7067377B1 Recessed channel with separated ONO memory device Electricity 16 Expired
US7009887B1 Method of determining voltage compensation for flash memory devices Physics 16 Expired
US6955965B1 Process for fabrication of nitride layer with reduced hydrogen content in ONO structure in semiconductor device Electricity 14 Expired
US6944057B1 Method to obtain temperature independent program threshold voltage distribution using temperature dependent voltage reference Physics 12 Expired
US6803265B1 Liner for semiconductor memories and manufacturing method therefor Electricity 11 Expired
US6809033B1 Innovative method of hard mask removal Electricity 8 Expired
US6977195B1 Test structure for characterizing junction leakage current Electricity 5 Expired
US6813735B1 I/O based column redundancy for virtual ground with 2-bit cell flash memory Physics 4 Expired
US6730564B1 Salicided gate for virtual ground arrays Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US7394125B1 Recessed channel with separated ONO memory device Electricity 2 Active
US7019366B1 Electrostatic discharge performance of a silicon structure and efficient use of area with electrostatic discharge protective device under the pad approach and adjustment of via configuration thereto to control drain junction resistance Electricity 2 Expired
US6936515B1 Method for fabricating a memory device having reverse LDD Electricity 2 Expired
US6979577B2 Method and apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device Physics 1 Expired
US7074677B1 Memory with improved charge-trapping dielectric layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

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