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Micron patent applications published on 11 March 2010

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15 US patent applications published on 11 March 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100064352	MIXED ENCLAVE OPERATION IN A COMPUTER NETWORK
2	20100064186	METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS TO REPAIR MEMORY
3	20100064114	STACKED DEVICE IDENTIFICATION ASSIGNMENT
4	20100064089	BUS WIDTH NEGOTIATION
5	20100062580	Fabrication processes for forming dual depth trenches using a dry etch that deposits a polymer
6	20100062579	SELF-ALIGNED TRENCH FORMATION
7	20100062571	MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES
8	20100061165	Circuitry and Methods for Improving Differential Signals That Cross Power Domains
9	20100061155	MEMORY ARRAY SEGMENTATION AND METHODS
10	20100061147	REDUCING EFFECTS OF PROGRAM DISTURB IN A MEMORY DEVICE
11	20100060335	Seamless Coarse and Fine Delay Structure for High Performance DLL
12	20100060320	SIGNAL DRIVER CIRCUIT HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE
13	20100059898	SIGNAL DELIVERY IN STACKED DEVICE
14	20100059897	INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES FOR STACKED DIES, INCLUDING PENETRATING STRUCTURES FOR THROUGH-SILICON VIAS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
15	20100059705	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM MICROFEATURE WORKPIECES

Micron patents granted on 09 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:40 +0000

16 US patents granted on 09 March 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,676,710	Error detection, documentation, and correction in a flash memory device
2	7,676,648	Method for manipulating data in a group of processing elements to perform a reflection of the data
3	7,676,627	Single segment data object management
4	7,675,778	Memory devices having reduced word line current and method of operating and manufacturing the same
5	7,675,772	Multilevel memory cell operation
6	7,675,526	System and method for multi-sampling primitives to reduce aliasing
7	7,675,324	Pre-driver logic
8	7,675,169	Apparatus and method for packaging circuits
9	7,675,131	Flip-chip image sensor packages and methods of fabricating the same
10	7,675,093	Antiblooming imaging apparatus, system, and methods
11	7,674,698	Metal-substituted transistor gates
12	7,674,683	Bulk-isolated PN diode and method of forming a bulk-isolated PN diode
13	7,674,670	Methods of forming threshold voltage implant regions
14	7,674,669	FIN field effect transistor
15	7,674,655	Semiconductor assemblies and methods of manufacturing such assemblies including forming trenches in a first side of the molding material
16	7,674,652	Methods of forming an integrated circuit package

Micron patent applications published on 04 March 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:11:40 +0000

17 US patent applications published on 04 March 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100058124	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIALIZING A MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY DEVICE AND PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM USING SAME
2	20100057802	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A SEARCH ENGINE
3	20100055871	MEMORY IN LOGIC CELL
4	20100055837	MULTI-CHIP MODULE AND METHODS
5	20100054070	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING REFRESH TO AVOID MEMORY CELL DATA LOSSES
6	20100054068	TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF MEMORY SIGNALS USING DIGITAL SIGNALS
7	20100054058	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISSUING ADDRESS AND DATA SIGNALS TO A MEMORY ARRAY
8	20100054041	ADJUSTING PROGRAMMING OR ERASE VOLTAGE PULSES IN RESPONSE TO A RATE OF PROGRAMMING OR ERASING
9	20100053353	Method and system for aiding user alignment for capturing partially overlapping digital images
10	20100053157	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING OR PREPARING DIGITAL OBJECTS OR PORTIONS THEREOF FOR SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING
11	20100052777	High Performance Input Receiver Circuit For Reduced-Swing Inputs
12	20100052183	MICROFEATURE WORKPIECE SUBSTRATES HAVING THROUGH-SUBSTRATE VIAS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF FORMATION
13	20100052157	CHANNEL FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE AND METHODS OF FORMATION
14	20100052086	ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGES
15	20100052027	DRAM Layout with Vertical FETS and Method of Formation
16	20100051895	PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, A PHASE CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, AND METHODS OF FORMING THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
17	20100051577	COPPER LAYER PROCESSING

Micron patents granted on 02 March 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:04:26 +0000

15 US patents granted on 02 March 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,673,094	Memory devices with buffered command address bus
2	7,672,171	Non-planar flash memory array with shielded floating gates on silicon mesas
3	7,671,914	Increasing readout speed in CMOS APS sensors through block readout
4	7,671,648	System and method for an accuracy-enhanced DLL during a measure initialization mode
5	7,671,647	Apparatus and method for trimming static delay of a synchronizing circuit
6	7,671,644	Process insensitive delay line
7	7,671,459	Microelectronic devices, stacked microelectronic devices, and methods for manufacturing such devices
8	7,671,407	Embedded trap direct tunnel non-volatile memory
9	7,670,958	Etching methods
10	7,670,907	Isolation regions for semiconductor devices and their formation
11	7,670,905	Semiconductor processing methods, and methods of forming flash memory structures
12	7,670,898	Methods of forming semiconductor constructions
13	7,670,646	Methods for atomic-layer deposition
14	7,670,469	Methods and apparatus for making integrated-circuit wiring from copper, silver, gold, and other metals
15	7,670,466	Methods and apparatuses for electrochemical-mechanical polishing

Micron patent applications published on 25 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:27:28 +0000

14 US patent applications published on 25 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100047966	INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
2	20100047945	Methods Of Forming Particle-Containing Materials
3	20100046311	ON-CHIP TEMPERATURE SENSOR
4	20100046305	ERASE OPERATION IN A FLASH DRIVE MEMORY
5	20100046303	PROGRAM-VERIFY METHOD
6	20100046300	REDUCTION OF QUICK CHARGE LOSS EFFECT IN A MEMORY DEVICE
7	20100046299	PROGRAMMING RATE IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL IN A SOLID STATE MEMORY
8	20100046295	FAST DATA ACCESS MODE IN A MEMORY DEVICE
9	20100045354	DELAY-LOCK LOOP AND METHOD ADAPTING ITSELF TO OPERATE OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE
10	20100045341	Method and Apparatus for High Resolution ZQ Calibration
11	20100044876	CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES FOR MICROFEATURE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING MICROFEATURE DEVICES
12	20100044763	Method and apparatus providing an imager with a shared power supply and readout line for pixels
13	20100044664	MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
14	20100043824	MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE CLEANING SYSTEMS WITH POLYELECTROLYTE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

Micron patents granted on 23 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:40:26 +0000

15 US patents granted on 23 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,669,092	Apparatus, method, and system of NAND defect management
2	7,669,064	Diagnostic and managing distributed processor system
3	7,669,027	Memory command delay balancing in a daisy-chained memory topology
4	7,668,893	Data generator having linear feedback shift registers for generating data pattern in forward and reverse orders
5	7,668,012	Memory cell programming
6	7,668,000	Method and apparatus providing a cross-point memory array using a variable resistance memory cell and capacitance
7	7,667,632	Quantizing circuits for semiconductor devices
8	7,667,260	Nanoscale floating gate and methods of formation
9	7,667,258	Double-sided container capacitors using a sacrificial layer
10	7,667,234	High density memory array having increased channel widths
11	7,666,801	Systems and methods for forming metal oxides using metal compounds containing aminosilane ligands
12	7,666,797	Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material
13	7,666,788	Methods for forming conductive vias in semiconductor device components
14	7,666,776	Methods of forming conductive structures
15	7,666,578	Efficient pitch multiplication process

Micron patent applications published on 18 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:33:04 +0000

18 US patent applications published on 18 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100042908	DATA AND ERROR CORRECTION CODE MIXING DEVICE AND METHOD
2	20100042889	MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A MEMORY DEVICE DIE STACKED WITH A LOGIC DIE USING DATA ENCODING, AND SYSTEM USING THE MEMORY SYSTEM
3	20100042750	CHAINED BUS METHOD AND DEVICE
4	20100041244	HAFNIUM TANTALUM OXYNITRIDE DIELECTRIC
5	20100041180	Methods of Forming Semiconductor Constructions and Assemblies
6	20100040962	MULTI-LAYER, ATTENUATED PHASE-SHIFTING MASK
7	20100039877	EXTERNAL CLOCK TRACKING PIPELINED LATCH SCHEME
8	20100039869	MULTI-STATE MEMORY CELL WITH ASYMMETRIC CHARGE TRAPPING
9	20100039866	SENSING OF MEMORY CELLS IN A SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICE BY FIXED DISCHARGE OF A BIT LINE
10	20100039864	METHODS OF ERASE VERIFICATION FOR A FLASH MEMORY DEVICE
11	20100039862	READ OPERATION FOR NAND MEMORY
12	20100039860	MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS OF STORING DATA ON A MEMORY DEVICE
13	20100039147	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUITS
14	20100039097	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VOLTAGE SENSING AND REPORTING
15	20100038796	HIGH ASPECT RATIO CONTACTS
16	20100038730	SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES INCLUDING A MOVABLE SWITCHING ELEMENT, SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME
17	20100038701	INTEGRATED TWO DEVICE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
18	20100038614	METHODS OF FORMING A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, A PHASE CHANGE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL

Micron patents granted on 16 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:57:35 +0000

22 US patents granted on 16 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,664,999	Real time testing using on die termination (ODT) circuit
2	7,664,216	Digital frequency locked delay line
3	7,663,952	Capacitor supported precharging of memory digit lines
4	7,663,934	Program method with optimized voltage level for flash memory
5	7,663,930	Programming a non-volatile memory device
6	7,663,926	Cell deterioration warning apparatus and method
7	7,663,925	Method and apparatus for programming flash memory
8	7,663,901	Techniques for implementing accurate device parameters stored in a database
9	7,663,232	Elongated fasteners for securing together electronic components and substrates, semiconductor device assemblies including such fasteners, and accompanying systems
10	7,663,224	Semiconductor BGA package having a segmented voltage plane
11	7,663,206	Interposer including at least one passive element at least partially defined by a recess formed therein, system including same, and wafer-scale interposer
12	7,663,137	Phase change memory cell and method of formation
13	7,663,133	Memory elements having patterned electrodes and method of forming the same
14	7,662,729	Atomic layer deposition of a ruthenium layer to a lanthanide oxide dielectric layer
15	7,662,719	Slurry for use in polishing semiconductor device conductive structures that include copper and tungsten and polishing methods
16	7,662,718	Trim process for critical dimension control for integrated circuits
17	7,662,701	Gettering of silicon on insulator using relaxed silicon germanium epitaxial proximity layers
18	7,662,693	Lanthanide dielectric with controlled interfaces
19	7,662,658	Photodiode with ultra-shallow junction for high quantum efficiency CMOS image sensor and method of formation
20	7,662,649	Methods for assessing alignments of substrates within deposition apparatuses; and methods for assessing thicknesses of deposited layers within deposition apparatuses
21	7,662,648	Integrated circuit inspection system
22	7,662,299	Nanoimprint lithography template techniques for use during the fabrication of a semiconductor device and systems including same

Micron patent applications published on 11 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:13:11 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 11 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100036994	FLEXIBLE AND EXPANDABLE MEMORY ARCHITECTURES
2	20100036989	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEMORY HUB-BASED EXPANSION BUS
3	20100035404	Methods of Forming Trench Isolation and Methods of Forming Arrays of FLASH Memory Cells
4	20100035395	METHODS OF FORMING MEMORY CELLS ON PILLARS AND MEMORIES WITH MEMORY CELLS ON PILLARS
5	20100034480	Methods and apparatus for flat region image filtering
6	20100034034	METHODS, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS TO SELECT MEMORY REGIONS
7	20100034016	PHASE CHANGE MEMORY STRUCTURES AND METHODS
8	20100033232	VARIABLE STAGE CHARGE PUMP AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BOOSTED OUTPUT VOLTAGE
9	20100032746	USE OF DILUTE STEAM AMBIENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF FLASH DEVICES
10	20100032314	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FROM A MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE

Micron patents granted on 09 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:33:52 +0000

16 US patents granted on 09 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,660,708	S-matrix technique for circuit simulation
2	7,660,187	Method and apparatus for initialization of read latency tracking circuit in high-speed DRAM
3	7,660,172	Method and apparatus for synchronizing data from memory arrays
4	7,660,158	Programming method to reduce gate coupling interference for non-volatile memory
5	7,660,144	High-performance one-transistor memory cell
6	7,659,630	Interconnect structures with interlayer dielectric
7	7,659,612	Semiconductor components having encapsulated through wire interconnects (TWI)
8	7,659,560	Transistor structures
9	7,659,211	Method and apparatus for fabricating a memory device with a dielectric etch stop layer
10	7,659,210	Nano-crystal etch process
11	7,659,208	Method for forming high density patterns
12	7,659,205	Amorphous carbon-based non-volatile memory
13	7,659,181	Sub-micron space liner and filler process
14	7,659,161	Methods of forming storage nodes for a DRAM array
15	7,659,152	Localized biasing for silicon on insulator structures
16	7,659,151	Flip chip with interposer, and methods of making same

Micron patent applications published on 04 February 2010

Administrator — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:24:02 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 04 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100031129	MULTIPLE DEVICE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
2	20100029081	SINGLE SPACER PROCESS FOR MULTIPLYING PITCH BY A FACTOR GREATER THAN TWO AND RELATED INTERMEDIATE IC STRUCTURES
3	20100029043	PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PACKAGED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES
4	20100027368	READ COMMAND TRIGGERED SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUITRY
5	20100027367	ROW MASK ADDRESSING
6	20100027310	APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPTICALLY-COUPLED MEMORY SYSTEMS
7	20100027233	MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGES WITH SMALL FOOTPRINTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING
8	20100026853	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLASH TO AN IMAGER
9	20100026533	Data Bus Inversion Apparatus, Systems, and Methods
10	20100026344	METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH VOLTAGE TOLERANT BUFFER
11	20100025854	POLISHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FROM MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATES
12	20100025746	METHODS, STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES IN AN IMAGER SENSOR DEVICE
13	20100025362	Method of Forming Capacitors

Micron patents granted on 02 February 2010

Administrator — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:57:26 +0000

21 US patents granted on 02 February 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,657,813	Method and apparatus for generating expect data from a captured bit pattern, and memory device using same
2	7,657,802	Data compression read mode for memory testing
3	7,657,723	System and method for processor with predictive memory retrieval assist
4	7,656,961	Method and apparatus for multi-user transmission
5	7,656,768	Phase masks for use in holographic data storage
6	7,656,745	Circuit, system and method for controlling read latency
7	7,656,740	Wordline voltage transfer apparatus, systems, and methods
8	7,656,720	Power-off apparatus, systems, and methods
9	7,656,709	NAND step up voltage switching method
10	7,656,209	Output slew rate control
11	7,656,049	CMOS device with asymmetric gate strain
12	7,656,012	Apparatus for use in semiconductor wafer processing for laterally displacing individual semiconductor devices away from one another
13	7,656,006	Antifuse circuit with well bias transistor
14	7,655,973	Recessed channel negative differential resistance-based memory cell
15	7,655,968	Semiconductor devices
16	7,655,508	Overmolding encapsulation process and encapsulated article made therefrom
17	7,655,507	Microelectronic imaging units and methods of manufacturing microelectronic imaging units
18	7,655,500	Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for packaging microelectronic devices
19	7,655,387	Method to align mask patterns
20	7,655,384	Methods for reducing spherical aberration effects in photolithography
21	7,655,095	Method of cleaning semiconductor surfaces

Micron patent applications published on 28 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:17:16 +0000

14 US patent applications published on 28 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100023780	FLASH DEVICE SECURITY METHOD UTILIZING A CHECK REGISTER
2	20100023747	Critical Security Parameter Generation and Exchange System and Method for Smart-Card Memory Modules
3	20100022096	MATERIAL REMOVAL METHODS EMPLOYING SOLUTIONS WITH REVERSIBLE ETCH SELECTIVITIES
4	20100020621	MEMORY DEVICE BIT LINE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT COMPENSATES FOR BIT LINE RESISTANCE VARIATIONS
5	20100020609	FLASH MEMORY DEVICE WITH REDUNDANT COLUMNS
6	20100020606	WORD LINE DRIVERS IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING A SHARED POWER BANK AND PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEMS USING SAME
7	20100020605	NON-VOLATILE MULTILEVEL MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING
8	20100020247	METHOD FOR ASSISTING VIDEO COMPRESSION IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM
9	20100019804	ARRAY SENSE AMPLIFIERS, MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHODS OF OPERATION
10	20100019388	METHOD FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONTACT
11	20100019298	Assemblies Comprising Magnetic Elements And Magnetic Barrier Or Shielding
12	20100019294	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECREASING STORAGE NODE PARASITIC CHARGE IN ACTIVE PIXEL IMAGE SENSORS
13	20100019291	JFET Devices with PIN Gate Stacks and Methods of Making the Same
14	20100019249	JFET Devices with Increased Barrier Height and Methods of Making Same

Micron patents granted on 26 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:48:10 +0000

8 US patents granted on 26 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,652,703	Dual panel pixel readout in an imager
2	7,652,669	Animation packager for an on-line book
3	7,652,495	Pusher assemblies for use in microfeature device testing, systems with pusher assemblies, and methods for using such pusher assemblies
4	7,652,365	Microelectronic component assemblies and microelectronic component lead frame structures
5	7,651,956	Process for fabricating films of uniform properties on semiconductor devices
6	7,651,951	Pitch reduced patterns relative to photolithography features
7	7,651,911	Memory transistor and methods
8	7,651,910	Methods of forming programmable memory devices

Micron patent applications published on 21 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:22:21 +0000

14 US patent applications published on 21 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100017778	METHODS FOR DEFINING EVALUATION POINTS FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION AND OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHODS INCLUDING SAME
2	20100017665	DEFECTIVE MEMORY BLOCK IDENTIFICATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE
3	20100015813	GAP PROCESSING
4	20100014805	ZINC OXIDE DIODES FOR OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS
5	20100014377	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING OSCILLATION IN SYNCHRONOUS CIRCUITS
6	20100014364	MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING STACKED MEMORY DEVICE DICE, AND SYSTEM USING THE MEMORY SYSTEM
7	20100014352	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELL READ FAILURE REDUCTION
8	20100013512	APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THROUGH SUBSTRATE VIA TEST
9	20100013510	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFECT TESTING OF EXTERNALLY ACCESSIBLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS
10	20100013107	INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATION OF MULTI-LAYERED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME
11	20100013074	HIGH DENSITY STACKED DIE ASSEMBLIES, STRUCTURES INCORPORATED THEREIN AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE ASSEMBLIES
12	20100013061	SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES INCLUDING SQUARE CUTS IN SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON
13	20100013041	MICROELECTRONIC IMAGER PACKAGES WITH COVERS HAVING NON-PLANAR SURFACE FEATURES
14	20100012922	METHODS OF FORMING STRUCTURES INCLUDING NANOTUBES AND STRUCTURES INCLUDING SAME

Micron patents granted on 19 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:30:46 +0000

13 US patents granted on 19 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,650,541	Memory block quality identification in a memory device
2	7,649,783	Delayed activation of selected wordlines in memory
3	7,649,316	Assemblies for plasma-enhanced treatment of substrates
4	7,649,201	Raised photodiode sensor to increase fill factor and quantum efficiency in scaled pixels
5	7,649,145	Compliant spring contact structures
6	7,648,926	Systems and methods for forming metal oxides using metal diketonates and/or ketoimines
7	7,648,915	Methods of forming semiconductor constructions, and methods of recessing materials within openings
8	7,648,900	Vias having varying diameters and fills for use with a semiconductor device and methods of forming semiconductor device structures including same
9	7,648,873	Methods of forming capacitors
10	7,648,872	Methods of forming DRAM arrays
11	7,648,856	Methods for attaching microfeature dies to external devices
12	7,648,806	Phase shift mask with two-phase clear feature
13	7,647,886	Systems for depositing material onto workpieces in reaction chambers and methods for removing byproducts from reaction chambers

Micron patent applications published on 14 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:01:55 +0000

7 US patent applications published on 14 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100009511	PROGRAMMABLE CAPACITOR ASSOCIATED WITH AN INPUT/OUTPUT PAD
2	20100008165	MEMORY CELL SENSING USING NEGATIVE VOLTAGE
3	20100008163	MEMORY ARCHITECTURE AND CELL DESIGN EMPLOYING TWO ACCESS TRANSISTORS
4	20100008154	INTERCONNECTING BIT LINES IN MEMORY DEVICES FOR MULTIPLEXING
5	20100008144	SYSTEM AND MEMORY FOR SEQUENTIAL MULTI-PLANE PAGE MEMORY OPERATIONS
6	20100007777	Method and apparatus for correcting defective imager pixels
7	20100006428	METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROMECHANICALLY AND/OR ELECTROCHEMICALLY-MECHANICALLY REMOVING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FROM A MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE

Micron patents granted on 12 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:59:09 +0000

15 US patents granted on 12 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,647,569	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for adjusting layout database hierarchies for more efficient database processing and storage
2	7,646,654	Distributed write data drivers for burst access memories
3	7,646,407	Digital exposure circuit for an image sensor
4	7,646,229	Method of output slew rate control
5	7,646,213	On-die system and method for controlling termination impedance of memory device data bus terminals
6	7,646,102	Wafer level pre-packaged flip chip systems
7	7,646,099	Self-aligned, integrated circuit contact
8	7,646,075	Microelectronic imagers having front side contacts
9	7,646,053	Memory cell storage node length
10	7,646,016	Method for automated testing of the modulation transfer function in image sensors
11	7,646,007	Silver-selenide/chalcogenide glass stack for resistance variable memory
12	7,645,671	Recessed access device for a memory
13	7,645,635	Frame structure and semiconductor attach process for use therewith for fabrication of image sensor packages and the like, and resulting packages
14	7,645,344	Method of cleaning semiconductor surfaces
15	7,644,853	Apparatus for attaching solder balls to BGA package utilizing a tool to pick and dip the solder ball in flux

Micron patent applications published on 07 January 2010

Administrator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:32:42 +0000

12 US patent applications published on 07 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100005376	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPAIRING HIGH CAPACITY/HIGH BANDWIDTH MEMORY DEVICES
2	20100005287	DATA SECURITY FOR DIGITAL DATA STORAGE
3	20100005238	MULTI-SERIAL INTERFACE STACKED-DIE MEMORY ARCHITECTURE
4	20100005217	MULTI-MODE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD
5	20100003797	METHOD FOR FORMING TRANSISTOR WITH HIGH BREAKDOWN VOLTAGE
6	20100002530	Memory Address Repair Without Enable Fuses
7	20100002485	CONFIGURABLE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS FOR MEMORY STACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD
8	20100002314	Lens system with symmetrical optics
9	20100002312	Over-molded glass lenses and method of forming the same
10	20100002310	Extended Depth-of-Field Lenses and Methods For Their Design, Optimization and Manufacturing
11	20100002094	Method and apparatus providing multiple exposure high dynamic range sensor
12	20100001789	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOWERING INTERCONNECT CAPACITANCE THROUGH ADJUSTMENT OF RELATIVE SIGNAL LEVELS

Micron patents granted on 05 January 2010

Administrator — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:32:29 +0000

17 US patents granted on 05 January 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,644,253	Memory hub with internal cache and/or memory access prediction
2	7,644,240	Memory device controller
3	7,644,235	Device and method for configuring a cache tag in accordance with burst length
4	7,643,984	Method and system for selecting compatible processors to add to a multiprocessor computer
5	7,643,370	Memory device having conditioning output data
6	7,643,359	Clock generating circuit with multiple modes of operation
7	7,643,343	NAND string with a redundant memory cell
8	7,643,333	Process for erasing chalcogenide variable resistance memory bits
9	7,642,827	Apparatus and method for multi-phase clock generation
10	7,642,651	Multi-layer interconnect with isolation layer
11	7,642,643	Apparatus for molding a semiconductor die package with enhanced thermal conductivity
12	7,642,616	Tunnel and gate oxide comprising nitrogen for use with a semiconductor device and a process for forming the device
13	7,642,591	Multi-resistive integrated circuit memory
14	7,642,550	Multi-layer structures for parameter measurement
15	7,642,204	Methods of forming fluorine doped insulating materials
16	7,642,196	Semiconductor fabrication processes
17	7,642,157	Method for enhancing electrode surface area in DRAM cell capacitors