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TOWER PARTNERS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.

187Patents
118Active
187Granted
55Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 19, 1996 → Aug 30, 2024 · 28 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6168965A Method for making backside illuminated image sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 239 Expired
US6169319A Backside illuminated image sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 178 Expired
US6181597A EEPROM array using 2-bit non-volatile memory cells with serial read operations Electricity 171 Expired
US6081456A Bit line control circuit for a memory array using 2-bit non-volatile memory cells Electricity 164 Expired
US8378407B2 Floating gate inverter type memory cell and array Physics 162 Active
US6157570A Program/erase endurance of EEPROM memory cells Electricity 139 Expired
US6108240A Implementation of EEPROM using intermediate gate voltage to avoid disturb conditions Physics 137 Expired
US6147904A Redundancy method and structure for 2-bit non-volatile memory cells Electricity 137 Expired
US6256231A EEPROM array using 2-bit non-volatile memory cells and method of implementing same Electricity 135 Expired
US6044022A Programmable configuration for EEPROMS including 2-bit non-volatile memory cell arrays Physics 135 Expired
US6218695A Area efficient column select circuitry for 2-bit non-volatile memory cells Electricity 127 Expired
US6174758A Semiconductor chip having fieldless array with salicide gates and methods for making same Electricity 112 Expired
US6221687A Color image sensor with embedded microlens array Electricity 100 Expired
US7609093B2 Comparator with low supply current spike and input offset cancellation Electricity 87 Active
US9917104B1 Hybrid MOS-PCM CMOS SOI switch Electricity 69 Active
US6346442B1 Methods for fabricating a semiconductor chip having CMOS devices and a fieldless array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US6362498B1 Color image sensor with embedded microlens array Electricity 57 Expired
US7390718B2 SONOS embedded memory with CVD dielectric Electricity 54 Expired
US7773138B2 Color pattern and pixel level binning for APS image sensor using 2×2 photodiode sharing scheme Electricity 53 Active
US7358583B2 Via wave guide with curved light concentrator for image sensing devices Electricity 49 Active
US6469929B1 Structure and method for high speed sensing of memory arrays Physics 48 Expired
US6351415B1 Symmetrical non-volatile memory array architecture without neighbor effect Physics 46 Expired
US6878981B2 Triple-well charge pump stage with no threshold voltage back-bias effect Electricity 44 Expired
US6456557B1 Voltage regulator for memory device Physics 41 Expired
US6937523B2 Neighbor effect cancellation in memory array architecture Physics 40 Expired

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