Inventor · Round Rock, TX, US

Bruce E. White

27Patents
17h-index
24Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 25, 1997 → Mar 4, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6297095A Memory device that includes passivated nanoclusters and method for manufacture Electricity 142 Expired
US6320784A Memory cell and method for programming thereof Physics 102 Expired
US6576532B1 Semiconductor device and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US6897095B1 Semiconductor process and integrated circuit having dual metal oxide gate dielectric with single metal gate electrode Electricity 64 Expired
US5773314A Plug protection process for use in the manufacture of embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells Electricity 60 Expired
US6706599B1 Multi-bit non-volatile memory device and method therefor Electricity 59 Expired
US6130102A Method for forming semiconductor device including a dual inlaid structure Electricity 52 Expired
US6330184A Method of operating a semiconductor device Physics 46 Expired
US6107136A Method for forming a capacitor structure Electricity 38 Expired
US6307782A Process for operating a semiconductor device Physics 29 Expired
US6958265B2 Semiconductor device with nanoclusters Electricity 28 Expired
US6531731B2 Integration of two memory types on the same integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6274899A Capacitor electrode having conductive regions adjacent a dielectric post Electricity 25 Expired
US6235603A Method for forming a semiconductor device using an etch stop layer Electricity 24 Expired
US6172905A Method of operating a semiconductor device Physics 24 Expired
US6274424A Method for forming a capacitor electrode Electricity 23 Expired
US6790727B2 Integration of two memory types on the same integrated circuit Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7361543B2 Method of forming a nanocluster charge storage device Electricity 14 Expired
US6855979B2 Multi-bit non-volatile memory device and method therefor Electricity 11 Expired
US7517747B2 Nanocrystal non-volatile memory cell and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US7910482B2 Method of forming a finFET and structure Electricity 10 Active
US7361567B2 Non-volatile nanocrystal memory and method therefor Electricity 9 Expired
US7361561B2 Method of making a metal gate semiconductor device Electricity 7 Active
US7800164B2 Nanocrystal non-volatile memory cell and method therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7820491B2 Light erasable memory and method therefor Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.