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VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    1,326
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VLSI TECHNOLOGY INC has a total of 1,326 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1984. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, semiconductors and basic communication technologies are BAYSAND INC, TELA INNOVATIONS INC and SILICON SPACE TECHNOLOGY CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing VLSI TECHNOLOGY INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Bothra Subhas 44
#2 Chambers Peter 36
#3 Gabriel Calvin T 34
#4 Nariani Subhash R 30
#5 Chang Kuang-Yeh 29
#6 Pramanik Dipankar 27
#7 Evoy David R 27
#8 Lin Xi-Wei 25
#9 Jain Vivek 25
#10 Liang Louis H 21

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US6294935B1 Built-in-self-test circuitry for testing a phase locked loop circuit
US6372522B1 Use of optimized film stacks for increasing absorption for laser repair of fuse links
US6326283B1 Trench-diffusion corner rounding in a shallow-trench (STI) process
US6207565B1 Integrated process for ashing resist and treating silicon after masked spacer etch
US6374398B1 Efficient database for die-per-wafer computations
US6150234A Trench-diffusion corner rounding in a shallow-trench (STI) process
US6211045B1 Incorporation of nitrogen-based gas in polysilicon gate re-oxidation to improve hot carrier performance
US6472253B1 Programmable semiconductor device structures and methods for making the same
US6380001B1 Flexible pin count package for semiconductor device
US6353368B1 VCO circuit using negative feedback to reduce phase noise
US6314154B1 Non-power-of-two Gray-code counter and binary incrementer therefor
US6341998B1 Integrated circuit (IC) plating deposition system and method
US6084464A On-chip decoupling capacitor system with parallel fuse
US6258611B1 Method for determining translation portion of misalignment error in a stepper
US6159075A Method and system for in-situ optimization for semiconductor wafers in a chemical mechanical polishing process
US6346032B1 Fluid dispensing fixed abrasive polishing pad
US6378044B1 Method and system for cache replacement among configurable cache sets
US6363466B1 Interface and process for handling out-of-order data transactions and synchronizing events in a split-bus system
US6316834B1 Tungsten plugs for integrated circuits and method for making same
US6196900B1 Ultrasonic transducer slurry dispenser