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IMEC VZW

947Patents
882Active
947Granted
62Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 15, 1995 → Feb 28, 2024 · 4 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9287273B2 Method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising transistors each having a different effective work function Electricity 400 Active
US6387827B1 Method for growing thin silicon oxides on a silicon substrate using chlorine precursors Electricity 327 Expired
US5933190A Pixel structure, image sensor using such pixel structure and corresponding peripheral circuitry Electricity 254 Expired
US6566745B1 Image sensor ball grid array package and the fabrication thereof Electricity 202 Expired
US6506664B1 Method of transferring ultra-thin substrates and application of the method to the manufacture of a multi-layer thin film device Electricity 115 Expired
US5726065A Method of preparing solar cell front contacts Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US6552414B1 Semiconductor device with selectively diffused regions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US6058211A Data compression method and apparatus Electricity 69 Expired
US5742814A Background memory allocation for multi-dimensional signal processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 67 Expired
US6362484B1 Imager or particle or radiation detector and method of manufacturing the same Electricity 63 Expired
US5918035A Method for processor modeling in code generation and instruction set simulation Physics 57 Expired
US6384317B1 Solar cell and process of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 56 Expired
US9966325B2 Semiconductor die package and method of producing the package Electricity 53 Active
US6730997B2 Method of transferring ultra-thin substrates and application of the method to the manufacture of a multi-layered thin film device Electricity 53 Expired
US5731584A Position sensitive particle sensor and manufacturing method therefor Electricity 51 Expired
US5779802A Thin film deposition chamber with ECR-plasma source Electricity 49 Expired
US10204782B2 Combined anneal and selective deposition process Electricity 47 Active
US6578129B1 Optimized virtual memory management for dynamic data types Physics 45 Expired
US10636739B2 Integrated circuit chip with power delivery network on the backside of the chip Electricity 43 Active
US6597727B2 Programmable modem apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital data, design method and use method for the modem Electricity 43 Expired
US5723981A Method for measuring the electrical potential in a semiconductor element Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6093577A Low temperature adhesion bonding method for composite substrates Electricity 38 Expired
US7099949B1 Interprocess communication protocol system Electricity 35 Expired
US5914504A DRAM applications using vertical MISFET devices Electricity 33 Expired
US5953060A Method for reducing fixed pattern noise in solid state imaging devices Electricity 33 Expired

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