Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Michael J. Shapiro

60Patents
15h-index
84Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1976 → Apr 6, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5563105A PECVD method of depositing fluorine doped oxide using a fluorine precursor containing a glass-forming element Electricity 303 Expired
US6221769A Method for integrated circuit power and electrical connections via through-wafer interconnects Electricity 149 Expired
US8379847B2 Data and control encryption Electricity 139 Active
US6268660A Silicon packaging with through wafer interconnects Electricity 56 Expired
US8214660B2 Structure for an apparatus for monitoring and controlling heat generation in a multi-core processor Physics 44 Active
US8327126B2 Multicore processor and method of use that adapts core functions based on workload execution Physics 43 Active
US6184572A Interlevel dielectric stack containing plasma deposited fluorinated amorphous carbon films for semiconductor devices Electricity 30 Expired
US7617403B2 Method and apparatus for controlling heat generation in a multi-core processor Physics 23 Active
US7996346B2 Method for autonomic workload distribution on a multicore processor Physics 23 Active
US7721119B2 System and method to optimize multi-core microprocessor performance using voltage offsets Physics 18 Active
US5712702A Method and apparatus for determining chamber cleaning end point Chemistry; Metallurgy 18 Expired
US7584369B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling heat generation in a multi-core processor Physics 18 Active
US8544006B2 Resolving conflicts by restarting execution of failed discretely executable subcomponent using register and memory values generated by main component after the occurrence of a conflict Physics 17 Active
US8232648B2 Semiconductor article having a through silicon via and guard ring Electricity 16 Active
US8558345B2 Integrated decoupling capacitor employing conductive through-substrate vias Electricity 15 Active
US7268570B1 Apparatus and method for customized burn-in of cores on a multicore microprocessor integrated circuit chip Physics 14 Active
US5643640A Fluorine doped plasma enhanced phospho-silicate glass, and process Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US5352656A Method for the chemical vapor deposition of group IB and group VIIIB metal barrier layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6057250A Low temperature reflow dielectric-fluorinated BPSG Electricity 12 Expired
US6150258A Plasma deposited fluorinated amorphous carbon films Electricity 11 Expired
US8785289B2 Integrated decoupling capacitor employing conductive through-substrate vias Electricity 11 Active
US6573538B2 Semiconductor device with internal heat dissipation Electricity 10 Expired
US7962770B2 Dynamic processor reconfiguration for low power without reducing performance based on workload execution characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US7420378B2 Power grid structure to optimize performance of a multiple core processor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US8312455B2 Optimizing execution of single-threaded programs on a multiprocessor managed by compilation Physics 9 Active

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