Inventor · Hsinchu, TW

Tao Cheng

50Patents
10h-index
71Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 5, 1995 → May 19, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5631793A Capacitor-couple electrostatic discharge protection circuit Electricity 79 Expired
US6576934B2 Embedded SCR protection device for output and input pad Electricity 21 Expired
US6492208B1 Embedded SCR protection device for output and input pad Electricity 19 Expired
US7897995B2 Lateral bipolar junction transistor with reduced base resistance Electricity 18 Active
US6940108B2 Slot design for metal interconnects Electricity 16 Expired
US7667302B1 Integrated circuit chip with seal ring structure Electricity 16 Active
US7671469B2 SiGe device with SiGe-embedded dummy pattern for alleviating micro-loading effect Electricity 13 Active
US7821038B2 Power and ground routing of integrated circuit devices with improved IR drop and chip performance Electricity 10 Active
US9761534B2 Semiconductor package, semiconductor device using the same and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 10 Active
US8242586B2 Integrated circuit chip with seal ring structure Electricity 10 Active
US6611028B2 Dynamic substrate-coupled electrostatic discharging protection circuit Electricity 8 Expired
US8138616B2 Bond pad structure Electricity 8 Active
US7532446B2 Protection circuit for electro static discharge Electricity 7 Expired
US6465308B1 Tunable threshold voltage of a thick field oxide ESD protection device with a N-field implant Electricity 7 Expired
US6479872B1 Dynamic substrate-coupled electrostatic discharging protection circuit Electricity 6 Expired
USD614537S1 All terrain vehicle General 5 Expired
US9597752B2 Composite solder ball, semiconductor package using the same, semiconductor device using the same and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 5 Active
US6531382B1 Use of a capping layer to reduce particle evolution during sputter pre-clean procedures Electricity 5 Expired
US9908203B2 Composite solder ball, semiconductor package using the same, semiconductor device using the same and manufacturing method thereof Electricity 4 Active
US7894170B2 ESD protection device Electricity 4 Expired
US6717220B2 Tunable threshold voltage of a thick field oxide ESD protection device with a N-field implant Electricity 3 Expired
US7491584B2 ESD protection device in high voltage and manufacturing method for the same Electricity 3 Active
US7203050B2 NPN Darlington ESD protection circuit Electricity 3 Expired
US8860544B2 Integrated inductor Electricity 2 Active
US9905515B2 Integrated circuit stress releasing structure Electricity 2 Active

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