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Micron patent applications published on 02 February 2012

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8 US patent applications published on 02 February 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	20120030638	METHODS FOR DEFINING EVALUATION POINTS FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION AND OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION METHODS INCLUDING SAME
2	20120030545	ERROR RECOVERY STORAGE ALONG A NAND-FLASH STRING
3	20120030529	REFRESH OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELLS BASED ON FATIGUE CONDITIONS
4	20120030452	MODIFYING COMMANDS
5	20120028410	METHODS OF FORMING GERMANIUM-ANTIMONY-TELLURIUM MATERIALS AND A METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME
6	20120026816	DEFECTIVE MEMORY BLOCK IDENTIFICATION IN A MEMORY DEVICE
7	20120026792	ERASE CYCLE COUNTER USAGE IN A MEMORY DEVICE
8	20120025402	METHODS OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES INCLUDING A UNIFORM PATTERN OF CONDUCTIVE LINES

Micron patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:43:57 +0000

14 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,107,344	Phase masks for use in holographic data storage
2	8,107,305	Integrated circuit memory operation apparatus and methods
3	8,107,296	Mitigation of data corruption from back pattern and program disturb in a non-volatile memory device
4	8,107,218	Capacitors
5	8,106,644	Reference circuit with start-up control, generator, device, system and method including same
6	8,106,520	Signal delivery in stacked device
7	8,106,491	Methods of forming stacked semiconductor devices with a leadframe and associated assemblies
8	8,106,488	Wafer level packaging
9	8,106,438	Stud capacitor device and fabrication method
10	8,105,956	Methods of forming silicon oxides and methods of forming interlevel dielectrics
11	8,105,896	Methods of forming capacitors
12	8,105,862	Imager with tuned color filter
13	8,105,858	CMOS imager having a nitride dielectric
14	8,105,131	Method and apparatus for removing material from microfeature workpieces

Micron patent applications published on 26 January 2012

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:02:19 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 26 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	20120023294	MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING ON-BOARD PROCESSING LOGIC FOR FACILITATING INTERFACE WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSORS, AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING SAME
2	20120021610	Methods of Forming Material on a Substrate, and a Method of Forming a Field Effect Transistor Gate Oxide on a Substrate
3	20120021601	Methods of Forming Through Substrate Interconnects
4	20120021594	Methods of Forming a Plurality of Transistor Gates, and Methods of Forming a Plurality of Transistor Gates Having at Least Two Different Work Functions
5	20120021587	Systems and Methods for Forming Metal Oxide Layers
6	20120021573	Methods Of Forming An Array Of Memory Cells, Methods Of Forming A Plurality Of Field Effect Transistors, Methods Of Forming Source/Drain Regions And Isolation Trenches, And Methods Of Forming A Series Of Spaced Trenches Into A Substrate
7	20120019349	CONFINED RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY CELLS AND METHODS
8	20120019293	DELAY LOCK LOOP PHASE GLITCH ERROR FILTER
9	20120018887	MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGES, STACKED MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGES, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES
10	20120018789	Systems and Devices Including Multi-Gate Transistors and Methods of Using, Making, and Operating the Same
11	20120018693	CONFINED RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY CELL STRUCTURES AND METHODS

Micron patents granted on 24 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:32:59 +0000

25 US patents granted on 24 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,103,940	Programming error correction code into a solid state memory device with varying bits per cell
2	8,103,936	System and method for data read of a synchronous serial interface NAND
3	8,103,928	Multiple device apparatus, systems, and methods
4	8,103,898	Explicit skew interface for mitigating crosstalk and simultaneous switching noise
5	8,103,805	Configuration finalization on first valid NAND command
6	8,102,906	Fractional-rate decision feedback equalization useful in a data transmission system
7	8,102,723	Memory device bit line sensing system and method that compensates for bit line resistance variations
8	8,102,715	Power-off apparatus, systems, and methods
9	8,102,710	System and method for setting access and modification for synchronous serial interface NAND
10	8,102,709	Transistor having peripheral channel
11	8,102,707	Non-volatile multilevel memory cells
12	8,102,706	Programming a memory with varying bits per cell
13	8,102,700	Unidirectional spin torque transfer magnetic memory cell structure
14	8,102,295	Integrators for delta-sigma modulators
15	8,102,013	Lanthanide doped TiO.sub.x films
16	8,102,008	Integrated circuit with buried digit line
17	8,102,006	Different gate oxides thicknesses for different transistors in an integrated circuit
18	8,101,992	Memory array with surrounding gate access transistors and capacitors with global and staggered local bit lines
19	8,101,936	SnSe-based limited reprogrammable cell
20	8,101,903	Method, apparatus and system providing holographic layer as micro-lens and color filter array in an imager
21	8,101,497	Self-aligned trench formation
22	8,101,464	Microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices
23	8,101,459	Methods for assembling semiconductor devices in stacked arrangements by positioning spacers therebetween
24	8,101,454	Method of forming pixel cell having a grated interface
25	8,101,261	One-dimensional arrays of block copolymer cylinders and applications thereof

Micron patent applications published on 19 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:46:51 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 19 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	20120016651	Simulating the Transmission of Asymmetric Signals in a Computer System
2	20120016650	Simulating the Transmission and Simultaneous Switching Output Noise of Signals in a Computer System
3	20120015526	Silicon Dioxide Deposition Methods Using at Least Ozone and TEOS as Deposition Precursors
4	20120015524	Process for Enhancing Solubility and Reaction Rates In Supercritical Fluids
5	20120014185	CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGES ON BIT LINES IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
6	20120014166	RESISTIVE MEMORY
7	20120013368	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY COUPLING A CHIP TO CHIP PACKAGE
8	20120013314	VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEM
9	20120013273	SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICES WITHOUT CONVERTER MATERIALS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING
10	20120012921	MEMORY ARRAYS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, ADJACENT SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES AND THE FORMATION THEREOF
11	20120012914	Semiconductor Constructions, and Methods of Forming Semiconductor Constructions
12	20120012855	SOLID-STATE LIGHT EMITTERS HAVING SUBSTRATES WITH THERMAL AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
13	20120012812	SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICES WITH REDUCED CRYSTAL LATTICE DISLOCATIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING

Micron patents granted on 17 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:34:52 +0000

11 US patents granted on 17 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,099,543	Methods of operarting memory devices within a communication protocol standard timeout requirement
2	8,099,366	Software distribution method and apparatus
3	8,098,530	Systems and methods for erasing a memory
4	8,098,529	Memory device having buried boosting plate and methods of operating the same
5	8,098,180	Devices including analog-to-digital converters for internal data storage locations
6	8,097,947	Conductive systems and devices including wires coupled to anisotropic conductive film, and methods of forming the same
7	8,097,910	Vertical transistors
8	8,097,908	Antiblooming imaging apparatus, systems, and methods
9	8,097,537	Phase change memory cell structures and methods
10	8,097,506	Shallow trench isolation for a memory
11	8,097,175	Method for selectively permeating a self-assembled block copolymer, method for forming metal oxide structures, method for forming a metal oxide pattern, and method for patterning a semiconductor structure

Micron patent applications published on 12 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:11:16 +0000

12 US patent applications published on 12 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	20120011409	DEVICES, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTION, SENSING, AND REPORTING FUNCTIONALITY FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY
2	20120011335	MEMORY CONTROLLERS, MEMORY SYSTEMS, SOLID STATE DRIVES AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A NUMBER OF COMMANDS
3	20120009793	METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY MODIFYING SPACING BETWEEN PITCH MULTIPLIED STRUCTURES
4	20120009779	CONTACT FORMATION
5	20120009776	SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES WITH UNITARY VIAS AND VIA TERMINALS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
6	20120008440	DATA RETENTION KILL FUNCTION
7	20120008409	REDUCTION OF QUICK CHARGE LOSS EFFECT IN A MEMORY DEVICE
8	20120008404	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PIN-COUNT OF MEMORY DEVICES, AND MEMORY DEVICE TESTERS FOR SAME
9	20120008399	METHODS OF OPERATING MEMORIES INCLUDING CHARACTERIZING MEMORY CELL SIGNAL LINES
10	20120007256	REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS FOR MICROFEATURE WORKPIECES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
11	20120007209	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES INCLUDING DAMASCENE TRENCHES WITH CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHOD
12	20120007037	CROSS-POINT MEMORY UTILIZING Ru/Si DIODE

Micron patents granted on 10 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:55:46 +0000

21 US patents granted on 10 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,095,835	Error scanning in flash memory
2	8,095,834	Macro and command execution from memory array
3	8,095,765	Memory block management
4	8,095,748	Method and apparatus for sending data from multiple sources over a communications bus
5	8,094,984	Semiconductor constructions, methods of forming semiconductor constructions, light-conducting conduits, and optical signal propagation assemblies
6	8,094,508	Memory block testing
7	8,094,507	Command latency systems and methods
8	8,094,047	Data serializer apparatus and methods
9	8,094,045	Data bus inversion apparatus, systems, and methods
10	8,093,937	Seamless coarse and fine delay structure for high performance DLL
11	8,093,730	Underfilled semiconductor die assemblies and methods of forming the same
12	8,093,725	High aspect ratio contacts
13	8,093,702	Stacked microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing stacked microelectronic devices
14	8,093,666	Lanthanide yttrium aluminum oxide dielectric films
15	8,093,658	Electronic device with asymmetric gate strain
16	8,093,643	Multi-resistive integrated circuit memory
17	8,093,638	Systems with a gate dielectric having multiple lanthanide oxide layers
18	8,093,576	Chemical-mechanical polish termination layer to build electrical device isolation
19	8,093,155	Method of controlling striations and CD loss in contact oxide etch
20	8,093,129	Methods of forming memory cells
21	8,093,090	Integrated circuit edge and method to fabricate the same

Micron patent applications published on 05 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:47:08 +0000

18 US patent applications published on 05 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	20120005411	NON-VOLATILE CONFIGURATION FOR SERIAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
2	20120003810	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING REDUCED SUB-THRESHOLD LEAKAGE
3	20120003573	Photomasks
4	20120002489	SIGNAL DRIVER CIRCUIT HAVING ADJUSTABLE OUTPUT VOLTAGE FOR A HIGH LOGIC LEVEL OUTPUT SIGNAL
5	20120002477	MEMORIES AND THEIR FORMATION
6	20120002468	CELL DETERIORATION WARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD
7	20120002467	SINGLE TRANSISTOR MEMORY CELL
8	20120002465	METHODS, STRUCTURES, AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING OPERATIONAL ENERGY IN PHASE CHANGE MEMORY
9	20120001682	APPARATUSES AND METHODS TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION IN DIGITAL CIRCUITS
10	20120001680	ISOLATION CIRCUIT
11	20120001539	Plasma-Generating Structures, Display Devices, and Methods of Forming Plasma-Generating Structures
12	20120001299	Semiconductor Constructions
13	20120001253	FLATBAND VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
14	20120001248	METHODS OF FORMING NANOSCALE FLOATING GATE
15	20120001246	MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THEREOF
16	20120001245	Recessed Access Device for a Memory
17	20120001147	Non-Volatile Resistive Oxide Memory Cells, Non-Volatile Resistive Oxide Memory Arrays, And Methods Of Forming Non-Volatile Resistive Oxide Memory Cells And Memory Arrays
18	20120001144	RESISTIVE RAM DEVICES AND METHODS

Micron patents granted on 03 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:49:16 +0000

16 US patents granted on 03 January 2012 and assigned to Micron

1	8,090,999	Memory media characterization for development of signal processors
2	8,090,955	Boot block features in synchronous serial interface NAND
3	8,090,886	Direct secondary device interface by a host
4	8,089,816	Memory erase methods and devices
5	8,089,805	Two-part programming methods and memories
6	8,089,800	Memory cell
7	8,089,542	CMOS imager with integrated circuitry
8	8,089,387	Quantizing circuits with variable parameters
9	8,089,142	Methods and apparatus for a stacked-die interposer
10	8,089,128	Transistor gate forming methods and integrated circuits
11	8,089,123	Semiconductor device comprising transistor structures and methods for forming same
12	8,088,691	Selective etch chemistries for forming high aspect ratio features and associated structures
13	8,088,659	Method of forming capacitors
14	8,088,643	Resistance variable memory device with nanoparticle electrode and method of fabrication
15	8,088,551	Methods of utilizing block copolymer to form patterns
16	8,088,293	Methods of forming reticles configured for imprint lithography

Micron patent applications published on 29 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:17:29 +0000

16 US patent applications published on 29 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	20110318921	Methods Of Forming An Interconnect Between A Substrate Bit Line Contact And A Bit Line In DRAM
2	20110318899	Methods of Forming Capacitors
3	20110317509	MEMORY DEVICE WORD LINE DRIVERS AND METHODS
4	20110317502	CONTROL OF INPUTS TO A MEMORY DEVICE
5	20110317473	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING REVERSE BIAS LEAKAGE
6	20110317046	MISSING PIXEL ARRAY
7	20110316726	LOW POWER MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING
8	20110316599	MULTI-PHASE CLOCK GENERATION
9	20110316512	VOLTAGE TRIMMING
10	20110316125	INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES FOR FORMING CIRCUITS
11	20110316114	SIMPLIFIED PITCH DOUBLING PROCESS FLOW
12	20110316091	Semiconductor Devices, Assemblies And Constructions
13	20110316068	FLASH MEMORY WITH RECESSED FLOATING GATE
14	20110316042	THYRISTOR RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD
15	20110315944	RESISTIVE MEMORY AND METHODS OF PROCESSING RESISTIVE MEMORY
16	20110315543	FORMING MEMORY USING HIGH POWER IMPULSE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING

Micron patents granted on 27 December 2011

Administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:25:35 +0000

24 US patents granted on 27 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	8,086,920	Method of controlling a test mode of a circuit
2	8,086,916	System and method for running test and redundancy analysis in parallel
3	8,086,913	Methods, apparatus, and systems to repair memory
4	8,086,790	Non-volatile memory device having assignable network identification
5	8,085,612	Method and apparatus for managing behavior of memory devices
6	8,085,606	Input-output line sense amplifier having adjustable output drive capability
7	8,085,596	Reducing noise in semiconductor devices
8	8,085,594	Reading technique for memory cell with electrically floating body transistor
9	8,085,591	Charge loss compensation during programming of a memory device
10	8,085,584	Memory to store user-configurable data polarity
11	8,084,866	Microelectronic devices and methods for filling vias in microelectronic devices
12	8,084,854	Pass-through 3D interconnect for microelectronic dies and associated systems and methods
13	8,084,846	Balanced semiconductor device packages including lead frame with floating leads and associated methods
14	8,084,845	Subresolution silicon features and methods for forming the same
15	8,084,843	N well implants to separate blocks in a flash memory device
16	8,084,808	Zirconium silicon oxide films
17	8,084,806	Isolation structure for a memory cell using A1.sub.2O.sub.3 dielectric
18	8,084,370	Hafnium tantalum oxynitride dielectric
19	8,084,355	Methods of forming copper-comprising conductive lines in the fabrication of integrated circuitry
20	8,084,345	Methods of forming dispersions of nanoparticles, and methods of forming flash memory cells
21	8,084,322	Method of manufacturing devices having vertical junction edge
22	8,084,296	Methods for reducing stress in microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods
23	8,084,142	Methods of forming conductive contacts to source/drain regions and methods of forming local interconnects
24	8,083,953	Registered structure formation via the application of directed thermal energy to diblock copolymer films

Micron patent applications published on 22 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:54:59 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 22 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	20110314215	MULTI-PRIORITY ENCODER
2	20110310689	POWER SOURCE AND POWER SOURCE CONTROL CIRCUIT
3	20110310687	CURRENT SENSE AMPLIFIERS, MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS
4	20110310683	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CONTROL
5	20110310679	DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A POWER GENERATOR SYSTEM
6	20110310675	LOCAL SENSING IN A MEMORY DEVICE
7	20110310661	MEMORY SENSING DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS
8	20110309506	CONDUCTIVE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURES AND FORMATION METHODS USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
9	20110309393	PACKAGED LEDS WITH PHOSPHOR FILMS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
10	20110309324	SOLID STATE DEVICES WITH SEMI-POLAR FACETS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING
11	20110309319	HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED AND VERTICALLY STACKED MEMORY CELLS

Micron patents granted on 20 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:59:10 +0000

14 US patents granted on 20 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	8,082,456	Data controlled power supply apparatus
2	8,082,435	Memory device initiate and terminate boot commands
3	8,082,413	Detection circuit for mixed asynchronous and synchronous memory operation
4	8,082,404	Memory arbitration system and method having an arbitration packet protocol
5	8,082,387	Methods, systems, and devices for management of a memory system
6	8,082,382	Memory device with user configurable density/performance
7	8,081,511	Flash memory device with redundant columns
8	8,081,249	Image sensor with a gated storage node linked to transfer gate
9	8,081,020	Delay-lock loop and method adapting itself to operate over a wide frequency range
10	8,080,837	Memory devices, transistors, and memory cells
11	8,080,817	Memory cells
12	8,080,816	Silver-selenide/chalcogenide glass stack for resistance variable memory
13	8,080,615	Crosslinkable graft polymer non-preferentially wetted by polystyrene and polyethylene oxide
14	8,080,460	Methods of forming diodes

Micron patent applications published on 15 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:36:45 +0000

6 US patent applications published on 15 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	20110307682	BLOCK MANAGEMENT FOR MASS STORAGE
2	20110305090	MEMORY CONTROLLER SELF-CALIBRATION FOR REMOVING SYSTEMIC INFLUENCE
3	20110305021	SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICE WITH DIFFERENT ILLUMINATION PARAMETERS AT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF AN EMITTER ARRAY
4	20110304358	TRANSISTOR VOLTAGE THRESHOLD MISMATCH COMPENSATED SENSE AMPLIFIERS AND METHODS FOR PRECHARGING SENSE AMPLIFIERS
5	20110303957	Concentric or Nested Container Capacitor Structure for Integrated Circuits
6	20110303929	MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LED ARRAY SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND STRUCTURES

Micron patents granted on 13 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:11:51 +0000

25 US patents granted on 13 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	8,078,848	Memory controller having front end and back end channels for modifying commands
2	8,078,797	Increasing the memory performance of flash memory devices by writing sectors simultaneously to multiple flash memory devices
3	8,078,796	Method for writing to and erasing a non-volatile memory
4	8,078,018	Communication methods, methods of forming an interconnect, signal interconnects, integrated circuit structures, circuits, and data apparatuses
5	8,078,001	Methods, apparatuses and systems for piecewise generation of pixel correction values for image processing
6	8,077,538	Address decoder and/or access line driver and method for memory devices
7	8,077,532	Small unit internal verify read in a memory device
8	8,077,519	Programming a memory device to increase data reliability
9	8,077,515	Methods, devices, and systems for dealing with threshold voltage change in memory devices
10	8,076,760	Semiconductor fuse arrangements
11	8,076,727	Magnesium-doped zinc oxide structures and methods
12	8,076,721	Fin structures and methods of fabricating fin structures
13	8,076,717	Vertically-oriented semiconductor selection device for cross-point array memory
14	8,076,714	Memory device with high dielectric constant gate dielectrics and metal floating gates
15	8,076,673	Recessed gate dielectric antifuse
16	8,076,663	Phase change memory structures
17	8,076,249	Structures containing titanium silicon oxide
18	8,076,248	Methods for forming semiconductor constructions, and methods for selectively etching silicon nitride relative to conductive material
19	8,076,244	Methods for causing fluid to flow through or into via holes, vents and other openings or recesses that communicate with surfaces of substrates of semiconductor device components
20	8,076,229	Methods of forming data cells and connections to data cells
21	8,076,211	Fabricating bipolar junction select transistors for semiconductor memories
22	8,076,208	Method for forming transistor with high breakdown voltage using pitch multiplication technique
23	8,076,200	Charge trapping dielectric structures with variable band-gaps
24	8,076,195	Resistive memory architectures with multiple memory cells per access device
25	8,074,353	Methods of providing semiconductor components within sockets

Micron patent applications published on 08 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:31:06 +0000

12 US patent applications published on 08 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	20110302470	TEST MODE FOR PARALLEL LOAD OF ADDRESS DEPENDENT DATA TO ENABLE LOADING OF DESIRED DATA BACKGROUNDS
2	20110301383	Beta-Diketiminate Ligand Sources and Metal-Containing Compounds Thereof, and Systems and Methods Including Same
3	20110300782	APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PADS USED IN POLISHING MICRO-DEVICE WORKPIECES
4	20110300721	Methods of Making Crystalline Tantalum Pentoxide
5	20110300689	Methods of Forming Trench Isolation in the Fabrication of Integrated Circuitry and Methods of Fabricating Integrated Circuitry
6	20110299329	BOTTOM ELECTRODE GEOMETRY FOR PHASE CHANGE MEMORY
7	20110298512	CIRCUIT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING READ LATENCY
8	20110298504	CLOCK GENERATOR AND METHODS USING CLOSED LOOP DUTY CYCLE CORRECTION
9	20110298494	METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH VOLTAGE TOLERANT BUFFER
10	20110298014	Cross-Point Memory Structures
11	20110298007	SELECT DEVICES INCLUDING AN OPEN VOLUME, MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME
12	20110297927	OXIDE BASED MEMORY

Micron patents granted on 06 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:09:16 +0000

25 US patents granted on 06 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	8,074,159	Method and apparatus for detecting communication errors on a bus
2	8,074,122	Program failure recovery
3	8,073,986	Memory devices configured to identify an operating mode
4	8,073,890	Continuous high-frequency event filter
5	8,072,838	Control voltage tracking circuits, methods for recording a control voltage for a clock synchronization circuit and methods for setting a voltage controlled delay
6	8,072,836	Systems, methods and devices for arbitrating die stack position in a multi-die stack device
7	8,072,820	System and method for reducing pin-count of memory devices, and memory device testers for same
8	8,072,816	Memory block reallocation in a flash memory device
9	8,072,814	NAND with back biased operation
10	8,072,812	Sensing of memory cells in NAND flash
11	8,072,523	Redundancy in column parallel or row architectures
12	8,072,520	Dual pinned diode pixel with shutter
13	8,072,504	Method and system for aiding user alignment for capturing partially overlapping digital images
14	8,072,249	Clock jitter compensated clock circuits and methods for generating jitter compensated clock signals
15	8,072,082	Pre-encapsulated cavity interposer
16	8,072,055	High density stacked die assemblies, structures incorporated therein and methods of fabricating the assemblies
17	8,072,054	Lead frame
18	8,072,037	Method and system for electrically coupling a chip to chip package
19	8,071,480	Method and apparatuses for removing polysilicon from semiconductor workpieces
20	8,071,476	Cobalt titanium oxide dielectric films
21	8,071,467	Methods of forming patterns, and methods of forming integrated circuits
22	8,071,443	Method of forming lutetium and lanthanum dielectric structures
23	8,071,441	Methods of forming DRAM arrays
24	8,071,416	Method of forming a uniform color filter array
25	8,071,262	Reticles with subdivided blocking regions

Micron patent applications published on 01 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:20:33 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 01 December 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	20110296227	MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD USING STACKED MEMORY DEVICE DICE, AND SYSTEM USING THE MEMORY SYSTEM
2	20110296144	REDUCING DATA HAZARDS IN PIPELINED PROCESSORS TO PROVIDE HIGH PROCESSOR UTILIZATION
3	20110296093	PROGRAM AND SENSE OPERATIONS IN A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE
4	20110296077	MEMORY HUB ARCHITECTURE HAVING PROGRAMMABLE LANE WIDTHS
5	20110294294	PROTECTIVE COATING FOR PLANARIZATION
6	20110293833	Zwitterionic Block Copolymers and Methods
7	20110291237	LANTHANIDE DIELECTRIC WITH CONTROLLED INTERFACES
8	20110291224	EFFICIENT PITCH MULTIPLICATION PROCESS
9	20110291146	DRY FLUX BONDING DEVICE AND METHOD
10	20110291065	PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELL STRUCTURES AND METHODS
11	20110291064	RESISTANCE VARIABLE MEMORY CELL STRUCTURES AND METHODS

Micron patents granted on 29 November 2011

Administrator — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:45:25 +0000

15 US patents granted on 29 November 2011 and assigned to Micron

1	8,069,382	Memory cell programming
2	8,069,377	Integrated circuit having memory array including ECC and column redundancy and method of operating the same
3	8,069,300	Solid state storage device controller with expansion mode
4	8,068,380	Block repair scheme
5	8,068,374	Current mode memory apparatus, systems, and methods
6	8,068,367	Reference current sources
7	8,068,366	Analog read and write paths in a solid state memory device
8	8,068,046	Methods of quantizing signals using variable reference signals
9	8,067,827	Stacked microelectronic device assemblies
10	8,067,803	Memory devices, transistor devices and related methods
11	8,067,794	Conductive layers for hafnium silicon oxynitride films
12	8,067,286	Methods of forming recessed access devices associated with semiconductor constructions
13	8,067,260	Fabricating sub-lithographic contacts
14	8,067,133	Phase shift mask with two-phase clear feature
15	8,065,792	Method for packaging circuits