IMEC VZW
947Patents
882Active
947Granted
62Portfolio score
Filing activity: May 15, 1995 → Feb 28, 2024 · 4 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.