Inventor · Seoul, KR

Ki-Nam Kim

160Patents
19h-index
207Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 25, 1989 → Jul 6, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6297090A Method for fabricating a high-density semiconductor memory device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 149 Expired
US6388281B1 Triple metal line 1T/1C ferroelectric memory device and method for fabrication thereof Electricity 55 Expired
US7542350B2 Methods of restoring data in flash memory devices and related flash memory device memory systems Physics 48 Active
US6613621B2 Methods of forming self-aligned contact pads using a damascene gate process Electricity 42 Expired
US6133116A Methods of forming trench isolation regions having conductive shields therein Electricity 40 Expired
US6961271B2 Memory device in which memory cells having complementary data are arranged Physics 40 Expired
US7675783B2 Nonvolatile memory device and driving method thereof Physics 40 Active
US7042760B2 Phase-change memory and method having restore function Physics 39 Expired
US5895947A Intergrated circuit memory devices including capacitors on capping layer Electricity 27 Expired
US7692970B2 Flash memory devices that utilize age-based verify voltages to increase data reliability and methods of operating same Physics 26 Active
US6350649B1 Bit line landing pad and borderless contact on bit line stud with etch stop layer and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 26 Expired
US7701771B2 Memory device including 3-dimensionally arranged memory cell transistors and methods of operating the same Electricity 25 Active
US6764941B2 Bit line landing pad and borderless contact on bit line stud with localized etch stop layer and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 24 Expired
US6787906B1 Bit line pad and borderless contact on bit line stud with localized etch stop layer formed in an undermined region Electricity 23 Expired
US6404001B2 Multilevel conductive interconnections including capacitor electrodes for integrated circuit devices Electricity 22 Expired
US6737694B2 Ferroelectric memory device and method of forming the same Electricity 21 Expired
US7560760B2 Ferroelectric memory devices having expanded plate lines Electricity 20 Active
US6262446A Methods of forming multilevel conductive interconnections including capacitor electrodes for integrated circuit devices Electricity 20 Expired
US6198651A Ferroelectric memory devices which utilize boosted plate line voltages to improve reading reliability and methods of operating same Physics 19 Expired
US7508732B2 Multi-bit flash memory device including memory cells storing different numbers of bits Physics 19 Active
US6515323B1 Ferroelectric memory device having improved ferroelectric characteristics Electricity 18 Expired
US8791405B2 Optical waveguide and coupler apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Physics 17 Active
US9720449B2 Flexible display device including touch sensor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Active
US6391736B1 Method for fabricating a capacitor of a semiconductor device and a capacitor made thereby Electricity 16 Expired
US9607419B2 Method of fitting virtual item using human body model and system for providing fitting service of virtual item Physics 16 Active

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