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VLSI Technology, Inc.

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1,089Patents
0Active
1,089Granted
48Portfolio score

Filing activity: May 30, 1984 → Feb 8, 2001

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5841663A Apparatus and method for synthesizing integrated circuits using parameterized HDL modules Physics 333 Expired
US5200809A Exposed die-attach heatsink package Electricity 266 Expired
US5332864A Integrated circuit package having an interposer Electricity 264 Expired
US5624582A Optimization of dry etching through the control of helium backside pressure Electricity 257 Expired
US5404460A Method for configuring multiple identical serial I/O devices to unique addresses through a serial bus Physics 252 Expired
US5615263A Dual purpose security architecture with protected internal operating system Physics 243 Expired
US5646831A Electrically enhanced power quad flat pack arrangement Electricity 227 Expired
US6292766A Simulation tool input file generator for interface circuitry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 212 Expired
US5414299A Semi-conductor device interconnect package assembly for improved package performance Electricity 211 Expired
US6297170A Sacrificial multilayer anti-reflective coating for mos gate formation Electricity 205 Expired
US6212633A Secure data communication over a memory-mapped serial communications interface utilizing a distributed firewall Electricity 184 Expired
US6057598A Face on face flip chip integration Electricity 177 Expired
US6182264A Smart dynamic selection of error correction methods for DECT based data services Electricity 173 Expired
US6069407A BGA package using PCB and tape in a die-up configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 169 Expired
US5537580A Integrated circuit fabrication using state machine extraction from behavioral hardware description language Physics 169 Expired
US5994766A Flip chip circuit arrangement with redistribution layer that minimizes crosstalk Electricity 160 Expired
US4745084A Method of making a customized semiconductor integrated device Electricity 157 Expired
US6127811A Micro-electromechanical system and voltage shifter, method of synchronizing an electronic system and a micromechanical system of a micro-electromechanical system Electricity 156 Expired
US5612893A Method and apparatus for compacting integrataed circuits with transistor sizing Physics 152 Expired
US5625568A Method and apparatus for compacting integrated circuits with standard cell architectures Physics 144 Expired
US5963104A Standard cell ring oscillator of a non-deterministic randomizer circuit Physics 142 Expired
US5420460A Thin cavity down ball grid array package based on wirebond technology Electricity 138 Expired
US6108738A Multi-master PCI bus system within a single integrated circuit Physics 134 Expired
US5519627A Datapath synthesis method and apparatus utilizing a structured cell library Physics 131 Expired
US5689091A Multi-layer substrate structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 128 Expired

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