Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Johann Alsmeier

246Patents
47h-index
159Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 30, 1994 → Jul 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9449987B1 Three dimensional memory device with epitaxial semiconductor pedestal for peripheral transistors Electricity 391 Active
US8187936B2 Ultrahigh density vertical NAND memory device and method of making thereof Electricity 294 Active
US8349681B2 Ultrahigh density monolithic, three dimensional vertical NAND memory device Electricity 262 Active
US9230973B2 Methods of fabricating a three-dimensional non-volatile memory device Electricity 203 Active
US9227456B2 Memories with cylindrical read/write stacks Physics 181 Active
US5627092A Deep trench dram process on SOI for low leakage DRAM cell Electricity 175 Expired
US8824183B2 Non-volatile memory having 3D array of read/write elements with vertical bit lines and select devices and methods thereof Electricity 155 Active
US8193054B2 Ultrahigh density vertical NAND memory device and method of making thereof Electricity 146 Active
US8198672B2 Ultrahigh density vertical NAND memory device Electricity 141 Active
US8658499B2 Three dimensional NAND device and method of charge trap layer separation and floating gate formation in the NAND device Electricity 137 Active
US9023719B2 High aspect ratio memory hole channel contact formation Electricity 133 Active
US8878278B2 Compact three dimensional vertical NAND and method of making thereof Electricity 120 Active
US8283228B2 Method of making ultrahigh density vertical NAND memory device Electricity 118 Active
US9530790B1 Three-dimensional memory device containing CMOS devices over memory stack structures Electricity 108 Active
US9230987B2 Multilevel memory stack structure and methods of manufacturing the same Electricity 107 Active
US8884357B2 Vertical NAND and method of making thereof using sequential stack etching and landing pad Electricity 99 Active
US8847302B2 Vertical NAND device with low capacitance and silicided word lines Electricity 94 Active
US10629616B1 Bonded three-dimensional memory devices and methods of making the same by replacing carrier substrate with source layer Electricity 93 Active
US8946023B2 Method of making a vertical NAND device using sequential etching of multilayer stacks Electricity 87 Active
US6235574A High performance DRAM and method of manufacture Electricity 85 Expired
US9502471B1 Multi tier three-dimensional memory devices including vertically shared bit lines Electricity 83 Active
US8445347B2 3D vertical NAND and method of making thereof by front and back side processing Electricity 81 Active
US8614126B1 Method of making a three-dimensional memory array with etch stop Electricity 77 Active
US9576975B2 Monolithic three-dimensional NAND strings and methods of fabrication thereof Electricity 72 Active
US9570463B1 Multilevel memory stack structure with joint electrode having a collar portion and methods for manufacturing the same Electricity 72 Active

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