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Micron patent applications published on 02 September 2010

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11 US patent applications published on 02 September 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100223512	SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MEMORY BUILT IN SELF TESTING USING MICROCODE SEQUENCERS
2	20100223406	MEMORY MODULES HAVING DAISY CHAIN WIRING CONFIGURATIONS AND FILTERS
3	20100222913	METHODS FOR NON LOT-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING
4	20100221920	SPACER PROCESS FOR ON PITCH CONTACTS AND RELATED STRUCTURES
5	20100221916	Methods of Etching Oxide, Reducing Roughness, and Forming Capacitor Constructions
6	20100220530	CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGES ON BIT LINES IN NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
7	20100220528	NAND WITH BACK BIASED OPERATION
8	20100219520	LEAD FRAME
9	20100219515	LEAD FRAME
10	20100219501	TRENCH ISOLATION IMPLANTATION
11	20100219421	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY COUPLING A CHIP TO CHIP PACKAGE

Micron patents granted on 31 August 2010

Administrator — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:06:10 +0000

14 US patents granted on 31 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,788,451	Apparatus and method for data bypass for a bi-directional data bus in a hub-based memory sub-system
2	7,787,310	Circuits, devices, systems, and methods of operation for capturing data signals
3	7,787,307	Memory cell shift estimation method and apparatus
4	7,787,282	Sensing resistance variable memory
5	7,786,803	Operational transconductance amplifier (OTA)
6	7,786,605	Stacked semiconductor components with through wire interconnects (TWI)
7	7,786,522	Method for forming memory cell and device
8	7,786,516	Discrete trap non-volatile multi-functional memory device
9	7,786,016	Methods of uniformly removing silicon oxide and a method of removing a sacrificial oxide
10	7,785,998	Methods of forming dispersions of nanoparticles, and methods of forming flash memory cells
11	7,785,978	Method of forming memory cell using gas cluster ion beams
12	7,785,976	Method of forming a memory device incorporating a resistance-variable chalcogenide element
13	7,785,962	Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
14	7,785,961	Trench DRAM cell with vertical device and buried word lines

Micron patent applications published on 26 August 2010

Administrator — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:31:47 +0000

9 US patent applications published on 26 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100216307	SIMPLIFIED PITCH DOUBLING PROCESS FLOW
2	20100216297	METHODS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES
3	20100214864	MEMORY DEVICE COMMAND DECODING SYSTEM AND MEMORY DEVICE AND PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM USING SAME
4	20100214855	METHODS OF QUANTIZING SIGNALS USING VARIABLE REFERENCE SIGNALS
5	20100214821	CAPACITIVE DIVIDER SENSING OF MEMORY CELLS
6	20100213972	DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DRIVING A SIGNAL OFF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
7	20100213578	METHODS OF FORMING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND RESULTING STRUCTURES
8	20100213574	HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT TRANSITION METAL OXIDE MATERIALS
9	20100213458	RIGID SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY HAVING AMORPHOUS METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CHANNELS

Micron patents granted on 24 August 2010

Administrator — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:12:08 +0000

8 US patents granted on 24 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,783,934	Program failure recovery
2	7,782,677	NAND memory device column charging
3	7,782,674	Sensing of memory cells in NAND flash
4	7,781,877	Packaged integrated circuit devices with through-body conductive vias, and methods of making same
5	7,781,875	Techniques for packaging multiple device components
6	7,781,868	Semiconductor components having through interconnects and backside redistribution conductors
7	7,781,860	Semiconductor constructions, and electronic systems
8	7,781,818	Semiconductor constructions containing tubular capacitor storage nodes, and retaining structures along portions of the tubular capacitor storage nodes

Micron patent applications published on 19 August 2010

Administrator — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:24:21 +0000

7 US patent applications published on 19 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100211834	DATA INTEGRITY IN MEMORY CONTROLLERS AND METHODS
2	20100211745	MEMORY PREFETCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS
3	20100211733	DATA VALID INDICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
4	20100211721	MEMORY NETWORK METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS
5	20100208533	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ISSUING ADDRESS AND DATA SIGNALS TO A MEMORY ARRAY
6	20100208524	SOFT LANDING FOR DESIRED PROGRAM THRESHOLD VOLTAGE
7	20100208523	DYNAMIC SOFT PROGRAM TRIMS

Micron patents granted on 17 August 2010

Administrator — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:50:53 +0000

16 US patents granted on 17 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,779,212	Method and apparatus for sending data from multiple sources over a communications bus
2	7,778,812	Selecting data to verify in hardware device model simulation test generation
3	7,778,092	Memory system and method having volatile and non-volatile memory devices at same hierarchical level
4	7,778,086	Erase operation control sequencing apparatus, systems, and methods
5	7,778,039	Substrates, systems, and devices including structures for suppressing power and ground plane noise, and methods for suppressing power and ground plane noise
6	7,777,287	System and apparatus providing analytical device based on solid state image sensor
7	7,777,264	Random access memory device utilizing a vertically oriented select transistor
8	7,776,765	Tantalum silicon oxynitride high-k dielectrics and metal gates
9	7,776,762	Zirconium-doped tantalum oxide films
10	7,776,749	Methods of forming semiconductor constructions
11	7,776,744	Pitch multiplication spacers and methods of forming the same
12	7,776,715	Reverse construction memory cell
13	7,776,683	Integrated circuit fabrication
14	7,776,652	Methods for stacking wire-bonded integrated circuit dice on flip-chip bonded integrated circuit dice
15	7,776,647	Semiconductor components and methods of fabrication with circuit side contacts, conductive vias and backside conductors
16	7,775,710	DRAM temperature management system

Micron patent applications published on 12 August 2010

Administrator — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:34:11 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 12 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100205490	INPUT/OUTPUT COMPRESSION AND PIN REDUCTION IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
2	20100205489	JTAG CONTROLLED SELF-REPAIR AFTER PACKAGING
3	20100204402	Zwitterionic Block Copolymers And Methods
4	20100203727	METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION USING PITCH MULTIPLICATION
5	20100203719	Method of Forming an Antifuse and a Conductive Interconnect, and Methods of Forming DRAM Circuitry
6	20100202214	VERIFYING AN ERASE THRESHOLD IN A MEMORY DEVICE
7	20100202210	REDUCING EFFECTS OF PROGRAM DISTURB IN A MEMORY DEVICE
8	20100202202	ADJUSTING FOR CHARGE LOSS IN A MEMORY
9	20100202201	MEMORY ARRAY WITH INVERTED DATA-LINE PAIRS
10	20100202195	PHASE CHANGE MEMORY
11	20100201415	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUT DATA SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SYSTEM CLOCK
12	20100200836	NANOPARTICLE POSITIONING TECHNIQUE
13	20100200830	MEMORY DEVICE HAVING SELF-ALIGNED CELL STRUCTURE

Micron patents granted on 10 August 2010

Administrator — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:44:02 +0000

21 US patents granted on 10 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,774,683	Erasure pointer error correction
2	7,774,559	Method and system for terminating write commands in a hub-based memory system
3	7,774,536	Power up initialization for memory
4	7,773,492	Method and apparatus providing high density data storage
5	7,773,441	Memory malfunction prediction system and method
6	7,773,418	Non-volatile memory with both single and multiple level cells
7	7,773,412	Method and apparatus for providing a non-volatile memory with reduced cell capacitive coupling
8	7,772,908	Voltage and temperature compensation delay system and method
9	7,772,680	Arrangements of fuse-type constructions
10	7,772,672	Semiconductor constructions
11	7,772,635	Non-volatile memory device with tensile strained silicon layer
12	7,772,633	DRAM cells with vertical transistors
13	7,772,632	Memory arrays and methods of fabricating memory arrays
14	7,772,583	Memory devices and methods of forming the same
15	7,772,537	Linear distributed pixel differential amplifier having mirrored inputs
16	7,772,116	Methods of forming blind wafer interconnects
17	7,772,115	Methods for forming through-wafer interconnects, intermediate structures so formed, and devices and systems having at least one solder dam structure
18	7,772,066	DRAM tunneling access transistor
19	7,771,917	Methods of making templates for use in imprint lithography
20	7,771,537	Methods and systems for controlling temperature during microfeature workpiece processing, E.G. CVD deposition
21	7,771,115	Temperature sensor circuit, device, system, and method

Micron patent applications published on 05 August 2010

Administrator — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:39:55 +0000

18 US patent applications published on 05 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100199134	DETERMINING SECTOR STATUS IN A MEMORY DEVICE
2	20100199125	Systems and Methods for Storing and Recovering Controller Data in Non-Volatile Memory Devices
3	20100199117	TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUIT WITH LOOP COUNTER
4	20100199034	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDRESS FIFO FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH COMMAND/ADDRESS BUSSES IN DIGITAL STORAGE SYSTEM
5	20100199019	LOGICAL MEMORY BLOCKS
6	20100199017	Data Encoding Using Spare Channels in a Memory System
7	20100198575	Generation and Manipulation of Realistic Signals for Circuit and System Verification
8	20100197204	APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PADS USED IN POLISHING MICRO-DEVICE WORKPIECES
9	20100197131	THICKENED SIDEWALL DIELECTRIC FOR MEMORY CELL
10	20100196807	PREVENTION OF PHOTORESIST SCUMMING
11	20100195421	STACKED-DIE MEMORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING STACKED-DIE MEMORY SYSTEMS
12	20100195403	ERASE VERIFY IN MEMORY DEVICES
13	20100195399	MEMORY SEGMENT ACCESSING IN A MEMORY DEVICE
14	20100195392	CAPACITOR STRUCTURE HAVING IMPROVED AREA EFFICIENCY, A MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
15	20100193917	METHODS OF ISOLATING ARRAY FEATURES DURING PITCH DOUBLING PROCESSES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES HAVING ISOLATED ARRAY FEATURES
16	20100193897	SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL MANUFACTURE
17	20100193853	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES INCLUDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY FORMED CONTAINER CAPACITORS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
18	20100193032	Solar Cell Systems

Micron patents granted on 03 August 2010

Administrator — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:05:45 +0000

28 US patents granted on 03 August 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,770,079	Error scanning in flash memory
2	7,769,286	Method and apparatus of determining the best focus position of a lens
3	7,768,868	Digital filters for semiconductor devices
4	7,768,861	Software refreshed memory device and method
5	7,768,846	Individual I/O modulation in memory devices
6	7,768,839	Memory read methods, apparatus, and systems
7	7,768,838	Operating memory cells
8	7,768,835	Non-volatile memory erase verify
9	7,768,832	Analog read and write paths in a solid state memory device
10	7,768,812	Memory cells, memory cell programming methods, memory cell reading methods, memory cell operating methods, and memory devices
11	7,768,562	Method, apparatus and system providing imager vertical binning and scaling using column parallel sigma-delta digital conversion
12	7,768,096	System for fabricating semiconductor components with conductive interconnects
13	7,768,073	Memory array buried digit line
14	7,768,062	Combined volatile and non-volatile memory device with graded composition insulator stack
15	7,768,058	NROM flash memory devices on ultrathin silicon
16	7,768,051	DRAM including a vertical surround gate transistor
17	7,768,049	Polymer-based ferroelectric memory
18	7,768,047	Imager element, device and system with recessed transfer gate
19	7,768,040	Imager device with electric connections to electrical device
20	7,768,036	Integrated circuitry
21	7,767,913	Electronic devices including conductive vias having two or more conductive elements for providing electrical communication between traces in different planes in a substrate, and accompanying methods
22	7,767,557	Chilled wafer dicing
23	7,767,544	Semiconductor fabrication method and system
24	7,767,525	Methods of forming vertical transistor structures
25	7,767,514	Methods of implanting dopant into channel regions
26	7,767,365	Methods for forming and cleaning photolithography reticles
27	7,767,363	Methods for photo-processing photo-imageable material
28	7,767,129	Imprint templates for imprint lithography, and methods of patterning a plurality of substrates

Micron patent applications published on 29 July 2010

Administrator — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:42:06 +0000

15 US patent applications published on 29 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100192041	MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ERROR REGIONS
2	20100191999	MEMORY DEVICE POWER MANAGERS AND METHODS
3	20100191874	HOST CONTROLLER
4	20100190351	METHODS FOR REMOVING DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
5	20100190344	Methods of Forming Semiconductor Constructions
6	20100190314	Methods Of Forming Semiconductor Structures
7	20100190114	TOPOGRAPHY BASED PATTERNING
8	20100188921	VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR THIN OXIDE TRANSISTORS, AND MEMORY DEVICE AND PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM USING SAME
9	20100188906	STROBE APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
10	20100188904	MEMORY VOLTAGE CYCLE ADJUSTMENT
11	20100188898	REDUCING EFFECTS OF PROGRAM DISTURB IN A MEMORY DEVICE
12	20100188889	BACK GATED SRAM CELL
13	20100188125	DIGITAL LOCKED LOOPS AND METHODS WITH CONFIGURABLE OPERATING PARAMETERS
14	20100187668	NOVEL BUILD-UP PACKAGE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES, AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
15	20100186668	ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING METAL BETA-DIKETIMINATE COMPOUNDS

Micron patents granted on 27 July 2010

Administrator — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:07:43 +0000

11 US patents granted on 27 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,765,426	Emerging bad block detection
2	7,765,424	System and method for injecting phase jitter into integrated circuit test signals
3	7,764,567	Word line driver circuitry and methods for using the same
4	7,764,563	Adjustable voltage regulator for providing a regulated output voltage
5	7,764,558	Hybrid sense amplifier and method, and memory device using same
6	7,764,554	I/O circuit with phase mixer for slew rate control
7	7,763,933	Transistor constructions and processing methods
8	7,763,548	Microfeature workpiece processing system for, e.g., semiconductor wafer analysis
9	7,763,499	CMOS front end process compatible low stress light shield
10	7,763,497	Structure and method for forming a capacitively coupled chip-to-chip signaling interface
11	7,763,327	Methods using ozone for CVD deposited films

Micron patent applications published on 22 July 2010

Administrator — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:58:01 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 22 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100185830	LOGICAL ADDRESS OFFSET
2	20100185802	SOLID STATE MEMORY FORMATTING
3	20100185647	DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING PATTERN MATCHING RESULTS OF A PARALLEL PATTERN SEARCH ENGINE
4	20100182843	CURRENT SENSING FOR FLASH
5	20100182832	NON-VOLATILE MULTILEVEL MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING
6	20100182822	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING DYNAMIC CELL PLATE SENSING IN A DRAM MEMORY CELL
7	20100182580	PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS WITH LOCAL EXPOSURE CORRECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
8	20100182058	DELAY LINES, METHODS FOR DELAYING A SIGNAL, AND DELAY LOCK LOOPS
9	20100182057	LOCKED LOOPS, BIAS GENERATORS, CHARGE PUMPS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTROL VOLTAGES
10	20100182014	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TERMINAL STATE AND SETTING OUTPUT DRIVER IMPEDANCE

Micron patents granted on 20 July 2010

Administrator — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:56:02 +0000

24 US patents granted on 20 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,760,582	Apparatus for memory device wordline
2	7,760,533	Systems, methods and devices for arbitrating die stack position in a multi-bit stack device
3	7,760,532	Multi-bank memory
4	7,760,329	Optimized optical lithography illumination source for use during the manufacture of a semiconductor device
5	7,760,019	Adaptive operational transconductance amplifier load compensation
6	7,759,800	Microelectronics devices, having vias, and packaged microelectronic devices having vias
7	7,759,785	Apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices, packaged semiconductor components, methods of manufacturing apparatus for packaging semiconductor devices, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor components
8	7,759,747	Tantalum aluminum oxynitride high-.kappa. dielectric
9	7,759,724	Memory cells having gate structure with multiple gates and multiple materials between the gates
10	7,759,717	Capacitors comprising dielectric regions having first and second oxide material portions of the same chemical compositon but different densities
11	7,759,715	Memory cell comprising dynamic random access memory (DRAM) nanoparticles and nonvolatile memory (NVM) nanoparticle
12	7,759,665	PCRAM device with switching glass layer
13	7,759,660	Electron beam lithography system
14	7,759,240	Use of palladium in IC manufacturing with conductive polymer bump
15	7,759,237	Method of forming lutetium and lanthanum dielectric structures
16	7,759,233	Methods for stressing semiconductor material structures to improve electron and/or hole mobility of transistor channels fabricated therefrom, and semiconductor devices including such structures
17	7,759,221	Methods for packaging microelectronic devices and microelectronic devices formed using such methods
18	7,759,197	Method of forming isolated features using pitch multiplication
19	7,759,193	Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors
20	7,759,187	Metal plating using seed film
21	7,759,183	Dual work function metal gates and methods of forming
22	7,759,154	Ultrashallow photodiode using indium
23	7,759,053	Methods of fabricating integrated circuitry
24	7,757,385	System for fabricating semiconductor components with through wire interconnects

Micron patent applications published on 15 July 2010

Administrator — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:47:38 +0000

12 US patent applications published on 15 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100180150	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING A MEMORY SYSTEM
2	20100180105	MODIFYING COMMANDS
3	20100178748	Methods of Etching Trenches Into Silicon of a Semiconductor Substrate, Methods of Forming Trench Isolation in Silicon of a Semiconductor Substrate, and Methods of Forming a Plurality of Diodes
4	20100177578	TRI-STATE DRIVER CIRCUITS HAVING AUTOMATIC HIGH-IMPEDANCE ENABLING
5	20100177574	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING REVERSE BIAS LEAKAGE
6	20100177571	MEMORY BANK SIGNAL COUPLING BUFFER AND METHOD
7	20100177564	METHOD FOR DETECTING FLASH PROGRAM FAILURES
8	20100177561	MEMORY CELL HAVING NONMAGNETIC FILAMENT CONTACT AND METHODS OF OPERATING AND FABRICATING THE SAME
9	20100177557	STT-MRAM CELL STRUCTURES
10	20100177490	COMPUTER MODULES WITH SMALL THICKNESSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING
11	20100176367	MEMORY CELL HAVING DIELECTRIC MEMORY ELEMENT
12	20100176083	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ADJACENT CONDUCTIVE AND NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS OF A MICROELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE

Micron patents granted on 13 July 2010

Administrator — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:14:17 +0000

18 US patents granted on 13 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	RE41,441	Output buffer having inherently precise data masking
2	7,757,061	System and method for decoding commands based on command signals and operating state
3	7,755,940	Method, apparatus, and system for erasing memory
4	7,755,939	System and devices including memory resistant to program disturb and methods of using, making, and operating the same
5	7,755,684	Row driver circuitry for imaging devices and related method of operation
6	7,755,570	Microdisplay and interface on a single chip
7	7,755,404	Delay locked loop circuit and method
8	7,755,385	Method for operating an electronic device with reduced pin capacitance
9	7,755,204	Stacked die module including multiple adhesives that cure at different temperatures
10	7,755,119	Method and apparatus for reducing imager floating diffusion leakage
11	7,754,618	Method of forming an apparatus having a dielectric containing cerium oxide and aluminum oxide
12	7,754,612	Methods and apparatuses for removing polysilicon from semiconductor workpieces
13	7,754,576	Method of forming inside rough and outside smooth HSG electrodes and capacitor structure
14	7,754,532	High density chip packages, methods of forming, and systems including same
15	7,754,531	Method for packaging microelectronic devices
16	7,754,522	Phase change memory structures and methods
17	7,754,399	Methods of forming reticles
18	7,754,395	Methods of forming and using reticles

Micron patent applications published on 08 July 2010

Administrator — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:53:39 +0000

18 US patent applications published on 08 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100175130	Pattern-Recognition Processor with Matching-Data Reporting Module
2	20100174929	Method and Systems for Power Consumption Management of a Pattern-Recognition Processor
3	20100174887	Buses for Pattern-Recognition Processors
4	20100174855	MEMORY DEVICE CONTROLLER
5	20100174851	MEMORY SYSTEM CONTROLLER
6	20100173571	CENTERLESS GRINDING METHOD
7	20100173498	TRIM PROCESS FOR CRITICAL DIMENSION CONTROL FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
8	20100173460	VERTICAL TRANSISTOR, MEMORY CELL, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME
9	20100173456	Methods of Forming Field Effect Transistors, Methods of Forming Field Effect Transistor Gates, Methods of Forming Integrated Circuitry Comprising a Transistor Gate Array and Circuitry Peripheral to the Gate Array, and Methods of Forming Integrated Circuitry Comprising a Transistor Gate Array Including First Gates and Second Grounded Isolation Gates
10	20100173454	MICROELECTRONIC PACKAGES WITH LEADFRAMES, INCLUDING LEADFRAMES CONFIGURED FOR STACKED DIE PACKAGES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
11	20100172186	PROGRAMMING AND/OR ERASING A MEMORY DEVICE IN RESPONSE TO ITS PROGRAM AND/OR ERASE HISTORY
12	20100172175	MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING CHARGE LEVEL ASSIGNMENTS SELECTED TO MINIMIZE SIGNAL COUPLING
13	20100172059	OVER-LIMIT ELECTRICAL CONDITION PROTECTION CIRCUITS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
14	20100171217	THROUGH-WAFER INTERCONNECTS FOR PHOTOIMAGER AND MEMORY WAFERS
15	20100171178	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING DUAL GATE STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING SUCH SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
16	20100171176	Integrated Circuitry And Methods Of Forming A Semiconductor-On-Insulator Substrate
17	20100171170	SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING REDUCED SUB-THRESHOLD LEAKAGE
18	20100171089	DIELECTRIC LAYERS AND MEMORY CELLS INCLUDING METAL-DOPED ALUMINA

Micron patents granted on 06 July 2010

Administrator — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:34:49 +0000

29 US patents granted on 06 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,752,381	Version based non-volatile memory translation layer
2	7,751,634	Compression system for integrated sensor devices
3	7,751,263	Data retention kill function
4	7,751,260	Memory device having strobe terminals with multiple functions
5	7,751,253	Analog sensing of memory cells with a source follower driver in a semiconductor memory device
6	7,751,246	Charge loss compensation during programming of a memory device
7	7,751,245	Programming sequence in NAND memory
8	7,751,242	NAND memory device and programming methods
9	7,751,236	MEM suspended gate non-volatile memory
10	7,751,228	Dielectric relaxation memory
11	7,750,449	Packaged semiconductor components having substantially rigid support members and methods of packaging semiconductor components
12	7,750,395	Scalable Flash/NV structures and devices with extended endurance
13	7,750,389	NROM memory cell, memory array, related devices and methods
14	7,750,379	Metal-substituted transistor gates
15	7,750,344	Doped aluminum oxide dielectrics
16	7,749,899	Microelectronic workpieces and methods and systems for forming interconnects in microelectronic workpieces
17	7,749,887	Methods of fluxless micro-piercing of solder balls, and resulting devices
18	7,749,885	Semiconductor processing methods, methods of forming contact pads, and methods of forming electrical connections between metal-containing layers
19	7,749,882	Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices
20	7,749,879	ALD of silicon films on germanium
21	7,749,860	Method for forming a self-aligned T-shaped isolation trench
22	7,749,849	Methods of selectively oxidizing semiconductor structures, and structures resulting therefrom
23	7,749,848	Band-engineered multi-gated non-volatile memory device with enhanced attributes
24	7,749,837	High coupling memory cell
25	7,749,808	Stacked microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing microelectronic devices
26	7,749,786	Methods of forming imager systems
27	7,749,663	Method for adjusting dimensions of photomask features
28	7,749,349	Methods and systems for releasably attaching support members to microfeature workpieces
29	7,749,327	Methods for treating surfaces

Micron patent applications published on 01 July 2010

Administrator — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:50:28 +0000

10 US patent applications published on 01 July 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	20100169538	SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CONFIGURING A DEVICE
2	20100167542	Methods of Titanium Deposition
3	20100167521	Semiconductor Processing Methods
4	20100167479	EMBEDDED TRAP DIRECT TUNNEL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
5	20100167451	METHODS OF MANUFACTURING IMAGING DEVICE PACKAGES
6	20100165747	NON-VOLATILE MEMORY CELL HEALING
7	20100165741	DYNAMIC PASS VOLTAGE
8	20100165739	NON-VOLATILE MULTILEVEL MEMORY CELL PROGRAMMING
9	20100165692	VARIABLE MEMORY REFRESH DEVICES AND METHODS
10	20100164588	GENERATING A FULL RAIL SIGNAL

Micron patents granted on 29 June 2010

Administrator — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:23:11 +0000

23 US patents granted on 29 June 2010 and assigned to Micron

1	7,747,933	Method and apparatus for detecting communication errors on a bus
2	7,747,903	Error correction for memory
3	7,747,890	Method and apparatus of high-speed input sampling
4	7,747,090	Scan line to block re-ordering buffer for image compression
5	7,746,959	Method and system for generating reference voltages for signal receivers
6	7,746,720	Techniques for reducing leakage current in memory devices
7	7,746,710	Data bus power-reduced semiconductor storage apparatus
8	7,746,701	Semiconductor memory device having bit line pre-charge unit separated from data register
9	7,746,700	NAND architecture memory devices and operation
10	7,746,691	Methods and apparatus utilizing predicted coupling effect in the programming of non-volatile memory
11	7,746,398	Wide dynamic range active pixel with knee response
12	7,746,170	Class AB amplifier and imagers and systems using same
13	7,745,944	Microelectronic devices having intermediate contacts for connection to interposer substrates, and associated methods of packaging microelectronic devices with intermediate contacts
14	7,745,942	Die package and probe card structures and fabrication methods
15	7,745,934	Integrated circuit and seed layers
16	7,745,920	Packaged microelectronic devices and methods for manufacturing packaged microelectronic devices
17	7,745,900	Method and apparatus providing refractive index structure for a device capturing or displaying images
18	7,745,873	Ultra-thin body vertical tunneling transistor
19	7,745,808	Differential negative resistance memory
20	7,745,319	System and method for fabricating a fin field effect transistor
21	7,745,295	Methods of forming memory cells
22	7,745,283	Method of fabricating memory transistor
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