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| 7233046 | Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof restrains an amplified current between input voltage Vin and ground voltage Vss, and first and second n-wells are biased into internal voltage sources, whereby the current-voltage characteristic of the input pad ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6949441 | Ferroelectric memory device and method of making the same A ferroelectric memory device, e.g., nonvolatile, has an effective layout by eliminating a separate cell plate line. The ferroelectric memory device includes first and second split word lines formed over first and second active regions of a semiconductor substrate, ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6914632 | Apparatus for panning and scaling window in image sensor An apparatus for panning and scaling a window in CMOS image sensor is described. The apparatus comprises a pixel array having a plurality of unit pixels, a row driving part, an analog-digital converting part, an address generating part for generating a row address a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6893922 | Non-volatile memory device and manufacturing method thereof A non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The non-volatile memory device includes a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, a floating gate formed on the gate insulating film, a dielectric film comprising a (TaO... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6870769 | Decoder circuit used in a flash memory device A decoder circuit according to the present invention comprises a global row decoder consisted of a first decoding means selected according to a row address signal and a second decoding means to which an output signal of the first decoding means and an erasure signal... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6867804 | Image sensor for implementing data read operation at high speed An image sensor is an apparatus for sensing a light beam to generate a digital image data. The image sensor includes a pixel array for sensing a light beam to generate an analog image data, a control and interface unit for managing an interface with external circuit... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6859675 | Semiconductor factory automation system and method for monitoring at least one server in real time A method for monitoring at least one server in a semiconductor factory automation (FA) system, includes the steps of: a) providing server state information from at least one server to a real-time database, wherein the server state information includes an availabilit... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6828686 | Chip size stack package and method of fabricating the same A chip size stack package includes two semiconductor chips arranged such that their bond pads-forming surfaces are opposed and insulating layers are applied thereto. Via-holes for exposing bond pads are formed in the insulating layers. Metal traces exposed at both s... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6821690 | Photomask and method for forming micro patterns of semiconductor device using the same A photomask including chromium patterns divided into two groups in such a fashion that the chromium patterns in one of the two chromium pattern groups alternate, one by one, with the chromium patterns in the other chromium pattern group, the chromium patterns being ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6821850 | Method of manufacturing a multi-level flash EEPROM cell A multi-level EEPROM cell and a method of manufacture thereof are provided so as to improve a program characteristic of the multi-level cell. For the purpose, the multi-level flash EEPROM cell includes a floating gate formed as being electrically separated from a si... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6813723 | Method of compensating for delay between clock signals Method of compensating for a delay between clock signals for a semiconductor integrated circuit having a plurality of devices synchronous to a plurality of clock signals, including the steps of (1) searching for devices between which a data transmission path is set ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6794215 | Method for reducing dark current in image sensor A method for fabricating a CMOS image sensor having a characteristic of a reduced dark current includes the steps of: a) providing a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure includes a photodiode and peripheral elements formed on a semiconductor ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6794714 | Transistor and method for fabricating the same A transistor and a method for fabricating the same that involves a forming a device isolation oxide film semiconductor substrate, forming an opening in the device isolation oxide to open the substrate and define an active region, the junction between the oxide and t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6772046 | Semiconductor factory automation system and method for monitoring operational failure of stocker A method for monitoring an operational failure of a stocker for use in a semiconductor factory automation system, wherein the stocker is divided into a plurality of operational parts, includes the steps of: a) generating stocker state information representing an ope... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6767672 | Method for forming a phase-shifting mask for semiconductor device manufacture The present invention relates to a method for forming a multi-transmittance phase-shifting mask for the manufacture of highly integrated semiconductor devices in which portions of a plurality of light blocking layers are selectively removed to modify the transmittan... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6768159 | Semiconductor device using a polysilicon layer A semiconductor device in which polysilicon is used to form source and drain regions in an initial process step so as to reduce resistance of bit lines and minimize a junction capacitance and thus improve its reliability, and a method for fabricating the same are di... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6757578 | Semiconductor factory automation system and method for processing lot of semiconductor wafers at full-automation mode or semi-automation mode A method for processing a lot of semiconductor wafers in a semiconductor factory automation (FA) system, wherein the lot is defined as a predetermined number of semiconductor wafers, includes the steps of: a) determining whether a first process equipment operable at... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6751270 | Carrier frequency recovery apparatus capable of simultaneously reducing frequency offset and phase error and method of the same A carrier frequency recovery apparatus for simultaneously reducing a frequency offset and a phase error includes: a phase detector for estimating phase error of an I-channel and Q-channel signals having a frequency offset; a select signal generator for receiving the... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746931 | Capacitor for semiconductor memory device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are a capacitor for semiconductor devices capable of increasing storage capacitance and preventing leakage current, and method of manufacturing the same. The capacitor for semiconductor memory devices according to the present invention includes: a lower el... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6747304 | Method for forming a bit line for a semiconductor device The present invention discloses a method for forming a bit line of a semiconductor device which can easily perform a contact process of the semiconductor device, by forming parallel rows of I-shaped active regions, a plug poly and a ladder-type bit line. The spacing... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6741238 | Power saving circuit for display panel A power saving circuit for a liquid crystal panel (LCD) and a plasma display panel (PDP) recovers an energy charged in a panel capacitor through one path of a drive IC driving a scan electrode or data electrode for the PDP, and recovers the energy charged in the pan... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6730528 | Mask set for measuring an overlapping error and method of measuring an overlapping error using the same A mask set for measuring an overlapping error according to the invention comprises a first mask consisted of a mask substrate on which a plurality of unit patterns are formed. The plurality of unit patterns are arranged in radial shape round a given center. The mask... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6731335 | CMOS image sensor having common outputting transistors and method for driving the same The present invention provides a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor including a unit pixel, wherein the unit pixel includes photodiodes for receiving incident light and for generating photo charges, single sensing node for selectively receiv... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6723601 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor memory device using hemispherical grain silicon A semiconductor device for use in a memory cell including an active matrix provided with a silicon substrate, at least one transistor formed on the silicon substrate, a number of bottom electrodes formed over the transistors, a plurality of conductive plugs to elect... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717840 | Nonvolatile ferroelectric memory device NAND type non-volatile ferroelectric memory cell and non-volatile ferroelectric memory of the same, in which numbers of access to a main cell and a reference cell are made the same, to maintain bitline induced voltages by the reference cell and by the main cell cons... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6713340 | Method for fabricating a memory device A ferroelectric memory and method for fabricating the same includes a plurality of first gate electrodes and second gate electrodes formed on an active region of a substrate electrically separated form each other, a plurality of first electrodes of first ferroelectr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6713883 | Mask set for compensating a misalignment between patterns The present invention discloses a mask set for compensating for a misalignment between the patterns and method of compensating for a misalignment between the patterns. A mask set of the present invention comprises a first mask consisted of a mask substrate on which ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6710803 | Image sensor and method for driving the same The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array with M(row line)×N(column line) unit pixels, M and N being a positive integer, respectively, wherein each unit pixel includes a light sensing element, coupled to a sensing node, for receiving light from an object to gene... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707062 | Transistor in a semiconductor device with an elevated channel and a source drain The present invention relates to a transistor in a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same, more particularly to a new dual gate P+ salicide forming technology having an elevated channel and a source/drain using the selective SiGe epi-si... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6690052 | Semiconductor device having a capacitor with a multi-layer dielectric A semiconductor device for use in a memory cell includes an active matrix provided with a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of transistors formed on the semiconductor substrate and conductive plugs electrically connected to the transistors, a number of... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6682957 | Semiconductor substrate and land grid array semiconductor package using same and fabrication methods thereof A land grid array (LGA) type semiconductor chip package includes an insulation body having a plurality of first conductive interconnections embedded therein. A cavity is formed in an upper portion of the insulation body. A plurality of first conductive in... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6677624 | Carbon nanotubes transistor Transistor, is disclosed, including a base having a bundle of (n,n) nanotubes, and an emitter and a collector connected to opposite sides of the base each having (n,m, n-m.noteq.3 l) nanotubes, whereby substantially reducing a device size and improving an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674404 | Apparatus and method for detecting and correcting defective pixels in image sensor A method for detecting and correcting a defective pixel in an image sensor including an M(row line)×N(column line) unit pixels, M and N being positive integers, includes a first step of electrically scanning photoelectric charges generated from unit pixe... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674910 | Apparatus and method for image-compression encoding and decoding using adaptive transform An apparatus and method for image-compression encoding and decoding using an adaptive transform in which, where different transform coefficients are outputted in accordance with a change of the transform direction order for an input image signal block, en... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6670253 | Fabrication method for punch-through defect resistant semiconductor memory device A semiconductor device and a fabrication method thereof which can, for example, prevent a punch-through from occurring by forming oxide spacers around source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate instead of forming a conventional halo ion implanting ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6664160 | Gate structure with high K dielectric A method for forming a gate structure beginning with a semiconductor substrate provided with an isolation region formed therein. An HfO2 layer and a conductive layer are formed on the semiconductor substrate, subsequently. The conductive layer ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6642100 | Semiconductor device with capacitor structure having hydrogen barrier layer and method for the manufacture thereof A semiconductor device for use in a memory cell including an active matrix provided with a transistor and a first insulating layer formed around the transistor; a capacitor structure, formed on top of the first insulating layer and composed of a bottom el... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636570 | Phase detection apparatus for compensating phase rotation error A phase detection apparatus for receiving an I-channel signal an a Q-channel signal as a received signal modulated with a quadrature phase-shift keying and compensating a phase rotation error of the received signal, includes: a phase detector for detectin... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633062 | Semiconductor device incorporated therein high K capacitor dielectric and method for the manufacture thereof A semiconductor device for use in a memory cell includes an active matrix an active matrix provided with a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of transistors formed on the semiconductor substrate and conductive plugs electrically connected to the transis... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6632702 | Color image sensor and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a color image sensor for scanning and converting an optical image into electrical signals, includes the steps of: (a) forming a P-type semiconductor layer on a substrate; (b) forming field oxide layers on the P-type semiconductor ... | 10/14/2003 |
