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Micron patent applications published on 20 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:26:18 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 20 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080288697	Memory module having a cover pivotally coupled thereto
2	20080286659	Extensions of Self-Assembled Structures to Increased Dimensions via a “Bootstrap” Self-Templating Method
3	20080285369	BLOCK ERASE FOR VOLATILE MEMORY
4	20080285341	READING NON-VOLATILE MULTILEVEL MEMORY CELLS
5	20080284996	OPTICAL COMPENSATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
6	20080284879	Methods and apparatuses for vignetting correction in image signals
7	20080284465	On-die system and method for controlling termination impedance of memory device data bus terminals
8	20080284000	Integrated Circuit Packages, Methods of Forming Integrated Circuit Packages, And Methods of Assembling Integrated Circuit Packages
9	20080283940	LOW-TEMPERATURE GROWN HIGH QUALITY ULTRA-THIN CoTiO3 GATE DIELECTRICS
10	20080283830	Zinc-tin oxide thin-film transistors
11	20080283815	Variable resistance memory device having reduced bottom contact area and method of forming the same

Micron patents granted on 18 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:23:10 +0000

23 US patents granted on 18 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,454,671	Memory device testing system and method having real time redundancy repair analysis
2	7,454,646	Efficient clocking scheme for ultra high-speed systems
3	7,454,593	Row and column enable signal activation of processing array elements with interconnection logic to simulate bus effect
4	7,454,558	Non-volatile memory with erase block state indication in data section
5	7,454,549	Systems and methods for performing a hot input function
6	7,454,451	Method for finding local extrema of a set of values for a parallel processing element
7	7,453,751	Sample and hold memory sense amplifier
8	7,453,746	Reconstruction of signal timing in integrated circuits
9	7,453,737	Program method with optimized voltage level for flash memory
10	7,453,723	Memory with weighted multi-page read
11	7,453,718	Digital data apparatuses and digital data operational methods
12	7,453,152	Device having reduced chemical mechanical planarization
13	7,453,134	Integrated circuit device with a circuit element formed on an active region having rounded corners
14	7,453,115	Dielectric relaxation memory
15	7,453,112	Integrated circuit memory cells and methods of forming
16	7,453,103	Semiconductor constructions
17	7,453,082	Small electrode for a chalcogenide switching device and method for fabricating same
18	7,452,816	Semiconductor processing method and chemical mechanical polishing methods
19	7,452,770	Reduced cell-to-cell shorting for memory arrays
20	7,452,766	Finned memory cells and the fabrication thereof
21	7,452,760	Thin film transistors and semiconductor constructions
22	7,452,759	Carbon nanotube field effect transistor and methods for making same
23	7,452,732	Comparing identifying indicia formed using laser marking techniques to an identifying indicia model

Micron patent applications published on 13 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:17:49 +0000

14 US patent applications published on 13 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080282060	ACTIVE MEMORY COMMAND ENGINE AND METHOD
2	20080280560	METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PLACING A RFID TAG IN A CONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION MODE
3	20080280455	ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING METAL BETA-DIKETIMINATE COMPOUNDS
4	20080280396	STACKED DIE PACKAGE FOR PERIPHERAL AND CENTER DEVICE PAD LAYOUT DEVICE
5	20080279471	Methods, apparatuses and systems for piecewise generation of pixel correction values for image processing
6	20080279254	SEMICONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR WITH HIGH SENSITIVITY
7	20080279022	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SELF REFRESH TEST MODE
8	20080278820	TETRAFORM MICROLENSES AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
9	20080278700	SUB-RESOLUTION ASSIST DEVICES AND METHODS
10	20080278613	Methods, apparatuses and systems providing pixel value adjustment for images produced with varying focal length lenses
11	20080278610	Configurable pixel array system and method
12	20080277799	LOW TEMPERATURE METHODS OF FORMING BACK SIDE REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THROUGH WAFER INTERCONNECTS, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING SAME, AND ASSEMBLIES
13	20080277734	IMPLANTATION PROCESSES FOR STRAINING TRANSISTOR CHANNELS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH STRAINED TRANSISTOR CHANNELS
14	20080277693	IMAGER ELEMENT, DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH RECESSED TRANSFER GATE

Micron patents granted on 11 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:54:22 +0000

19 US patents granted on 11 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	D580,434	Mobile card reader
2	7,451,343	System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network
3	7,450,465	Read command triggered synchronization circuitry
4	7,450,462	System and memory for sequential multi-plane page memory operations
5	7,450,450	Circuitry for a programmable element
6	7,450,447	Memory device and method having low-power, high write latency mode and high-power, low write latency mode and/or independently selectable write latency
7	7,450,425	Non-volatile memory cell read failure reduction
8	7,450,422	NAND architecture memory devices and operation
9	7,450,410	High speed data bus
10	7,449,953	Input buffer design using common-mode feedback (CMFB)
11	7,449,941	Master bias current generating circuit with decreased sensitivity to silicon process variation
12	7,449,939	Bias generator with feedback control
13	7,449,910	Test system for semiconductor components having conductive spring contacts
14	7,449,766	Methods of forming a contact opening in a semiconductor assembly using a disposable hard mask
15	7,449,736	Pixel with transfer gate with no isolation edge
16	7,449,410	Methods of forming CoSi.sub.2, methods of forming field effect transistors, and methods of forming conductive contacts
17	7,449,391	Methods of forming plurality of capacitor devices
18	7,449,390	Methods of forming memory
19	7,449,368	Technique for attaching die to leads

Micron patent applications published on 06 November 2008

Administrator — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:45:48 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 06 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080274625	METHODS OF FORMING ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONTAINING Zr-Sn-Ti-O FILMS
2	20080274413	Sub-10 nm line features via rapid graphoepitaxial self-assembly of amphiphilic monolayers
3	20080273389	Flash memory cells, NAND cell units, methods of forming NAND cell units, and methods of programming NAND cell unit strings
4	20080273385	NAND step up voltage switching method
5	20080273106	Class AB amplifier and imagers and systems using same
6	20080272845	OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER (OTA)
7	20080272497	METHODS OF FORMING CONDUCTIVE VIAS THROUGH SUBSTRATES, AND STRUCTURES AND ASSEMBLIES RESULTING THEREFROM
8	20080272478	Circuit and method for interconnecting stacked integrated circuit dies
9	20080272466	SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES INCLUDING VIAS OF NONUNIFORM CROSS SECTION AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
10	20080272421	METHODS, CONSTRUCTIONS, AND DEVICES INCLUDING TANTALUM OXIDE LAYERS

Micron patents granted on 04 November 2008

Administrator — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:34:02 +0000

29 US patents granted on 04 November 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,448,038	Method for using filtering to load balance a loop of parallel processing elements
2	7,447,974	Memory controller method and system compensating for memory cell data losses
3	7,447,973	Memory controller method and system compensating for memory cell data losses
4	7,447,847	Memory device trims
5	7,447,720	Method for finding global extrema of a set of bytes distributed across an array of parallel processing elements
6	7,447,240	Method and system for synchronizing communications links in a hub-based memory system
7	7,447,106	Delay stage-interweaved analog DLL/PLL
8	7,447,085	Multilevel driver
9	7,446,855	Methods and apparatuses for configuring radiation in microlithographic processing of workpieces using an adjustment structure
10	7,446,812	Wide dynamic range operations for imaging
11	7,446,807	Imager pixel with capacitance for boosting reset voltage
12	7,446,610	Low voltage CMOS differential amplifier
13	7,446,580	System and method to improve the efficiency of synchronous mirror delays and delay locked loops
14	7,446,415	Method for filling electrically different features
15	7,446,393	Co-sputter deposition of metal-doped chalcogenides
16	7,446,385	Methods of fabricating optical packages, systems comprising the same, and their uses
17	7,446,372	DRAM tunneling access transistor
18	7,446,368	Deposition of metal oxide and/or low asymmetrical tunnel barrier interpoly insulators
19	7,446,363	Capacitor including a percentage of amorphous dielectric material and a percentage of crystalline dielectric material
20	7,446,357	Split trunk pixel layout
21	7,446,351	Transistor structures and transistors with a germanium-containing channel
22	7,446,277	Method for sorting integrated circuit devices
23	7,446,028	Multi-component integrated circuit contacts
24	7,445,996	Low resistance peripheral contacts while maintaining DRAM array integrity
25	7,445,991	Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
26	7,445,990	Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
27	7,445,973	Transistor surround gate structure with silicon-on-insulator isolation for memory cells, memory arrays, memory devices and systems and methods of forming same
28	7,445,951	Trench photosensor for a CMOS imager
29	7,444,934	Supercritical fluid-assisted direct write for printing integrated circuits

Micron patent applications published on 30 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:44:00 +0000

9 US patent applications published on 30 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080270854	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RUNNING TEST AND REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS IN PARALLEL
2	20080268591	Methods of Forming Capacitors
3	20080268568	MATERIAL SIDEWALL DEPOSITION METHOD
4	20080266976	NAND MEMORY DEVICE AND PROGRAMMING METHODS
5	20080266971	PROGRAMMING A FLASH MEMORY DEVICE
6	20080266953	SINGLE LATCH DATA CIRCUIT IN A MULTIPLE LEVEL CELL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
7	20080266444	Method, apparatus, and system for continuous autofocusing
8	20080266192	METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF CHANGING ANTENNA POLARIZATION
9	20080265340	DISPOSABLE PILLARS FOR CONTACT FORMATION

Micron patents granted on 28 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:19:34 +0000

34 US patents granted on 28 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,444,579	Non-systematic coded error correction
2	7,444,559	Generation of memory test patterns for DLL calibration
3	7,444,550	System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network
4	7,444,537	System and method for communicating a software-generated pulse waveform between two servers in a network
5	7,444,458	Method for assigning addresses to memory devices
6	7,444,030	Image encoding with dynamic buffer-capacity-level-based compression adjustment
7	7,443,761	Loop filtering for fast PLL locking
8	7,443,750	Switched capacitor DRAM sense amplifier with immunity to mismatch and offsets
9	7,443,749	Switched capacitor DRAM sense amplifier with immunity to mismatch and offsets
10	7,443,743	Method and system for improved efficiency of synchronous mirror delays and delay locked loops
11	7,443,715	SRAM cells with repressed floating gate memory, low tunnel barrier interpoly insulators
12	7,443,437	Image sensor with a gated storage node linked to transfer gate
13	7,443,427	Wide dynamic range linear-and-log active pixel
14	7,443,219	Phase interpolation apparatus, systems, and methods
15	7,443,216	Trimmable delay locked loop circuitry with improved initialization characteristics
16	7,443,038	Flip-chip image sensor packages
17	7,443,032	Memory device with chemical vapor deposition of titanium for titanium silicide contacts
18	7,443,022	Board-on-chip packages
19	7,443,009	N well implants to separate blocks in a flash memory device
20	7,443,006	Photon amplification of image sensors
21	7,442,979	Reduced cell-to-cell shorting for memory arrays
22	7,442,977	Gated field effect devices
23	7,442,976	DRAM cells with vertical transistors
24	7,442,970	Active photosensitive structure with buried depletion layer
25	7,442,910	High dynamic range cascaded integration pixel cell
26	7,442,655	Selective oxidation methods and transistor fabrication methods
27	7,442,643	Methods of forming conductive elements using organometallic layers and flowable, curable conductive materials
28	7,442,633	Decoupling capacitor for high frequency noise immunity
29	7,442,608	Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using angled implantation
30	7,442,600	Methods of forming threshold voltage implant regions
31	7,442,578	Underfill compounds including electrically charged filler elements, microelectronic devices having underfill compounds including electrically charged filler elements, and methods of underfilling micoelectronic devices
32	7,442,472	Methods of forming reticles
33	7,442,319	Poly etch without separate oxide decap
34	7,441,949	System and method for providing temperature data from a memory device having a temperature sensor

Micron patent applications published on 23 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:36:05 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 23 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080263412	PROGRAM FAILURE RECOVERY
2	20080263392	JTAG controlled self-repair after packaging
3	20080262818	Creation of Clock and Data Simulation Vectors with Periodic Jitter
4	20080261383	SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECE CARRIERS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECES
5	20080261349	PROTECTIVE COATING FOR PLANARIZATION
6	20080259696	DISTRIBUTED WRITE DATA DRIVERS FOR BURST ACCESS MEMORIES
7	20080259689	MIMICKING PROGRAM VERIFY DRAIN RESISTANCE IN A MEMORY DEVICE
8	20080259180	Methods, systems and apparatuses for high-quality green imbalance compensation in images
9	20080258125	Resistive memory cell fabrication methods and devices
10	20080258057	Integrated circuit chips, apparatuses for obtaining backscatter data from samples, methods of backscatter analysis, and methods of forming alpha particle emission and detection systems
11	20080257187	Methods of forming a stamp, methods of patterning a substrate, and a stamp and a patterning system for same

Micron patents granted on 21 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:20:50 +0000

31 US patents granted on 21 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,441,172	DVI link with parallel test data
2	7,440,860	Sequential unique marking
3	7,440,344	Level shifter for low voltage operation
4	7,440,339	Stacked columnar 1T-nMTj MRAM structure and its method of formation and operation
5	7,440,336	Memory device having terminals for transferring multiple types of data
6	7,440,332	Low power multiple bit sense amplifier
7	7,440,321	Multiple select gate architecture with select gates of different lengths
8	7,440,317	One transistor SOI non-volatile random access memory cell
9	7,440,310	Memory cell with trenched gated thyristor
10	7,440,255	Capacitor constructions and methods of forming
11	7,440,012	Method and apparatus for optimizing image sensor noise and dynamic range
12	7,439,752	Methods of providing semiconductor components within sockets
13	7,439,598	Microelectronic imaging units
14	7,439,594	Stacked non-volatile memory with silicon carbide-based amorphous silicon thin film transistors
15	7,439,576	Ultra-thin body vertical tunneling transistor
16	7,439,564	Methods of forming capacitor constructions
17	7,439,479	Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor
18	7,439,450	Plating buss and a method of use thereof
19	7,439,338	Beta-diketiminate ligand sources and metal-containing compounds thereof, and systems and methods including same
20	7,439,195	Systems and methods for forming metal oxides using metal compounds containing aminosilane ligands
21	7,439,194	Lanthanide doped TiOx dielectric films by plasma oxidation
22	7,439,169	Integrated circuit and methods of redistributing bondpad locations
23	7,439,158	Strained semiconductor by full wafer bonding
24	7,439,157	Isolation trenches for memory devices
25	7,439,155	Isolation techniques for reducing dark current in CMOS image sensors
26	7,439,152	Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
27	7,439,140	Formation of standard voltage threshold and low voltage threshold MOSFET devices
28	7,439,138	Method of forming integrated circuitry
29	7,439,136	Method of forming a layer comprising epitaxial silicon
30	7,438,632	Method and apparatus for cleaning a web-based chemical mechanical planarization system
31	7,438,626	Apparatus and method for removing material from microfeature workpieces

Micron patent applications published on 16 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:02:20 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 16 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080254637	Methods for removing photoresist defects and a source gas for same
2	20080254627	METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FEATURE SIZE AND POSITION
3	20080254571	System in package (SIP) with dual laminate interposers
4	20080253614	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED ANALYSIS OF IMAGES
5	20080253188	PROGRAMMING METHOD TO REDUCE GATE COUPLING INTERFERENCE FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
6	20080253187	MULTIPLE SELECT GATE ARCHITECTURE
7	20080252759	Method, apparatus and system providing green-green imbalance compensation
8	20080252379	High slew rate amplifier, analog-to digital converter using same, CMOS imager using the analog-to-digital converter and related methods
9	20080251951	USE OF A DUAL TONE RESIST TO FORM PHOTOMASKS AND INTERMEDIATE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES
10	20080251887	SERIAL SYSTEM FOR BLOWING ANTIFUSES
11	20080251871	Semiconductor fabrication method and system
12	20080251828	ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION
13	20080251699	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT IMAGING AND DETECTION USING A HYBRID FILTER

Micron patents granted on 14 October 2008

Administrator — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:07:13 +0000

23 US patents granted on 14 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,437,729	Method for load balancing a loop of parallel processing elements
2	7,437,726	Method for rounding values for a plurality of parallel processing elements
3	7,437,647	Mode entry circuit and method
4	7,437,632	Circuits and methods for repairing defects in memory devices
5	7,437,630	Testing a multibank memory module
6	7,437,625	Memory with element redundancy
7	7,437,579	System and method for selective memory module power management
8	7,436,708	NAND memory device column charging
9	7,436,705	Multiple level cell memory device with single bit per cell, re-mappable memory block
10	7,436,442	Low light sensor signal to noise improvement
11	7,436,267	Microstrip line dielectric overlay
12	7,436,231	Low power and low timing jitter phase-lock loop and method
13	7,436,202	Method and apparatus for calibrating driver impedance
14	7,436,067	Methods for forming conductive structures and structures regarding same
15	7,436,020	Flash memory with metal-insulator-metal tunneling program and erase
16	7,436,018	Discrete trap non-volatile multi-functional memory device
17	7,435,913	Slanted vias for electrical circuits on circuit boards and other substrates
18	7,435,688	Semiconductor processing methods of transferring patterns from patterned photoresists to materials, and structures comprising silicon nitride
19	7,435,641	Low leakage MIM capacitor
20	7,435,636	Fabrication of self-aligned gallium arsenide MOSFETs using damascene gate methods
21	7,435,620	Low temperature methods of forming back side redistribution layers in association with through wafer interconnects
22	7,435,536	Method to align mask patterns
23	7,435,324	Noncontact localized electrochemical deposition of metal thin films

Micron patent applications published on 09 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:30:30 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 09 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080248653	Etchant gas and a method for removing material from a late transition metal structure
2	20080248645	METHOD TO CREATE A METAL PATTERN USING A DAMASCENE-LIKE PROCESS
3	20080248618	ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF CeO2/Al2O3 FILMS AS GATE DIELECTRICS
4	20080248597	Methods for determining a dose of an impurity implanted in a semiconductor substrate and an apparatus for same
5	20080247653	Method and apparatus for parallelization of image compression encoders
6	20080247226	Memory devices having electrodes comprising nanowires, systems including same and methods of forming same
7	20080246578	OPEN PATTERN INDUCTOR
8	20080246520	DELAY-LOCKED LOOP (DLL) SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FORWARD CLOCK PATH DELAY
9	20080246133	Flip-chip image sensor packages and methods of fabricating the same
10	20080246066	Optic wafer with reliefs, wafer assembly including same and methods of dicing wafer assembly

Micron patents granted on 07 October 2008

Administrator — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:31:30 +0000

31 US patents granted on 07 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	7,434,152	Multiple-level data compression read mode for memory testing
2	7,434,081	System and method for read synchronization of memory modules
3	7,433,751	Sorting a group of integrated circuit devices for those devices requiring special testing
4	7,433,585	System and method of lens placement
5	7,433,250	Sense amplifier circuit
6	7,433,249	Apparatus with equalizing voltage generation circuit and methods of use
7	7,433,248	System and method for enhanced mode register definitions
8	7,433,237	Memory utilizing oxide nanolaminates
9	7,433,231	Multiple select gates with non-volatile memory cells
10	7,433,227	Resistance variable memory device with sputtered metal-chalcogenide region and method of fabrication
11	7,432,968	CMOS image sensor with reduced 1/f noise
12	7,432,774	Microstrip line dielectric overlay
13	7,432,604	Semiconductor component and system having thinned, encapsulated dice
14	7,432,600	System having semiconductor component with multiple stacked dice
15	7,432,593	Semiconductor package assembly and method for electrically isolating modules
16	7,432,562	SRAM devices, and electronic systems comprising SRAM devices
17	7,432,548	Silicon lanthanide oxynitride films
18	7,432,546	Apparatus having a memory device with floating gate layer grain boundaries with oxidized portions
19	7,432,540	Dual conversion gain gate and capacitor combination
20	7,432,491	Pixel with spatially varying sensor positions
21	7,432,214	Compositions for dissolution of low-k dielectric film, and methods of use
22	7,432,212	Methods of processing a semiconductor substrate
23	7,432,197	Methods of patterning photoresist, and methods of forming semiconductor constructions
24	7,432,166	Methods of forming a nitrogen enriched region
25	7,432,152	Methods of forming HSG layers and devices
26	7,432,148	Shallow trench isolation by atomic-level silicon reconstruction
27	7,432,121	Isolation process and structure for CMOS imagers
28	7,432,025	Methods of forming reticles
29	7,431,966	Atomic layer deposition method of depositing an oxide on a substrate
30	7,431,773	Atomic layer deposition apparatus and method
31	7,431,225	Methods of operating a liquid vaporizer

Micron patent applications published on 02 October 2008

Administrator — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:53:41 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 02 October 2008 and assigned to Micron

1	20080242241	Wireless communications systems, remote communications systems, external device circuits, wireless device communications modification methods, and wireless communications device communications methods
2	20080241386	Atomic Layer Deposition Methods
3	20080239806	NON-VOLATILE MULTILEVEL MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING
4	20080239272	Reduced lens heating methods, apparatus, and systems
5	20080239116	Method and apparatus for automatic linear shift parallax correction for multi-array image systems
6	20080239111	Method and appratus for dark current compensation of imaging sensors
7	20080238686	METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DETERMINING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS TAGGED WITH RFID TAGS
8	20080238685	METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF DETERMINING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTS TAGGED WITH RFID TAGS
9	20080238684	Multi-Antenna Element Systems and Related Methods
10	20080237802	STRUCTURES INCLUDING PASSIVATED GERMANIUM