Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Nian Yang

83Patents
12h-index
56Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 13, 2001 → Sep 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7042766B1 Method of programming a flash memory device using multilevel charge storage Physics 97 Expired
US6570787B1 Programming with floating source for low power, low leakage and high density flash memory devices Physics 51 Expired
US6461905B1 Dummy gate process to reduce the Vss resistance of flash products Electricity 44 Expired
US6643185B1 Method for repairing over-erasure of fast bits on floating gate memory devices Physics 34 Expired
US6660588B1 High density floating gate flash memory and fabrication processes therefor Electricity 26 Expired
US6606273B1 Methods and systems for flash memory tunnel oxide reliability testing Physics 26 Expired
US6987696B1 Method of improving erase voltage distribution for a flash memory array having dummy wordlines Physics 26 Expired
US7845608B1 Mounting apparatus for electronic device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Active
US7724075B2 Method to provide a higher reference voltage at a lower power supply in flash memory devices Physics 20 Active
US7345916B2 Method and apparatus for high voltage operation for a high performance semiconductor memory device Physics 19 Active
US6828623B1 Floating gate memory device with homogeneous oxynitride tunneling dielectric Electricity 18 Expired
US10567407B2 Method and system for detecting malicious web addresses Electricity 15 Active
USD624913S1 Thin client General 11 Expired
US7957204B1 Flash memory programming power reduction Physics 10 Expired
US6812514B1 High density floating gate flash memory and fabrication processes therefor Electricity 9 Expired
US7352626B1 Voltage regulator with less overshoot and faster settling time Physics 8 Expired
US6486682B1 Determination of dielectric constants of thin dielectric materials in a MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) stack Electricity 8 Expired
US6825526B1 Structure for increasing drive current in a memory array and related method Electricity 7 Expired
US7505298B2 Transfer of non-associated information on flash memory devices Physics 7 Active
US6764920B1 Method for reducing shallow trench isolation edge thinning on tunnel oxides using partial nitride strip and small bird's beak formation for high performance flash memory devices Electricity 7 Expired
US6472236B1 Determination of effective oxide thickness of a plurality of dielectric materials in a MOS stack Electricity 7 Expired
US6991987B1 Method for producing a low defect homogeneous oxynitride Electricity 7 Expired
US6797650B1 Flash memory devices with oxynitride dielectric as the charge storage media Electricity 6 Expired
US7626882B2 Flash memory device with external high voltage supply Physics 6 Active
US6717850B1 Efficient method to detect process induced defects in the gate stack of flash memory devices Physics 6 Expired

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