Patent assignee · US · COMPANY

Micron Technologies, Inc.

76Patents
50Active
76Granted
62Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 6, 1992 → Dec 29, 2023 · 16 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6084302A Barrier layer cladding around copper interconnect lines Electricity 153 Expired
US7671459B2 Microelectronic devices, stacked microelectronic devices, and methods for manufacturing such devices Electricity 141 Expired
US5990903A Method and apparatus for performing chroma key, transparency and fog operations Physics 78 Expired
US6180450A Semiconductor processing methods of forming stacked capacitors Electricity 76 Expired
US5196360A Methods for inhibiting outgrowth of silicide in self-aligned silicide process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6198168A Integrated circuits using high aspect ratio vias through a semiconductor wafer and method for forming same Electricity 71 Expired
US5634974A Method for forming hemispherical grained silicon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 68 Expired
US8680888B2 Methods and systems for routing in a state machine Physics 64 Active
US7847282B2 Vertical tunneling transistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US5756404A Two-step nitride deposition Electricity 48 Expired
US5698455A Method for predicting process characteristics of polyurethane pads Performing Operations; Transporting 48 Expired
US5323350A Integrated circuit memory with dual P-sense amplifiers associated with each column line Physics 40 Expired
US6504255B2 Digit line architecture for dynamic memory Physics 24 Expired
US6121126A Methods and structures for metal interconnections in integrated circuits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7601608B2 Memory array buried digit line Electricity 21 Active
US8741758B2 Cross-hair cell wordline formation Electricity 18 Active
US7517804B2 Selective etch chemistries for forming high aspect ratio features and associated structures Electricity 11 Active
US5901194A Timer circuit with programmable decode circuitry Electricity 10 Expired
US5898625A Fast power up reference voltage circuit and method Physics 9 Expired
US5956611A Field emission displays with reduced light leakage Electricity 9 Expired
US6069832A Method for multiple staged power up of integrated circuit Physics 8 Expired
US7619669B2 Power savings with multiple readout circuits Electricity 7 Active
US7848158B2 Methods and apparatuses for programming flash memory using modulated pulses Physics 6 Active
US9299442B2 Dynamic data caches, decoders and decoding methods Physics 6 Active
US5923040A Wafer sample retainer for an electron microscope Electricity 6 Expired

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