Assignee: Kovio, Inc.

Location: Milpitas, CA
No. of patents: 31

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8099707	Field configured electronic circuits and methods of making the same Semiconductor devices and/or structures, and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention allow for production of customized products, while also minimizing production steps, avoiding some or all photolithography steps, and re...	01/17/2012
8092867	Silicon polymers, methods of polymerizing silicon compounds, and methods of forming thin films from such silicon polymers Compositions and methods for controlled polymerization and/or oligomerization of hydrosilanes compounds including those of the general formulae SinH2n and SinH2n+2 as well as alkyl- and arylsilanes, to produce soluble sili...	01/10/2012
8085068	Combined static and dynamic frequency divider chains using thin film transistors Frequency divider circuits and architectures, and methods of implementing and using the same, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the frequency divider circuit includes a dynamic section that receives an input signal and outputs an intermediate signal that has a frequ...	12/27/2011
8066805	Metal inks, methods of making the same, and methods for printing and/or forming metal films Printable metal formulations, methods of making the formulations, and methods of coating or printing thin films from metal ink precursors are disclosed. The metal formulation generally includes one or more Group 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 metal salts or metal c...	11/29/2011
8059478	Low cost testing and sorting for integrated circuits Methods of testing and sorting integrated circuits in clusters are disclosed. Each cluster has power and data terminals connected to common power and data busses providing a common power supply. Each integrated circuit has a first non-volatile memory storing an acti...	11/15/2011
8057865	Polysilane compositions, methods for their synthesis and films formed therefrom Polysilanes, inks containing the same, and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The polysilane generally has the formula H—[(AHR)n(c—AmHpm−2)q]—H, where each instance of A is independently Si or Ge; R is H,...	11/15/2011
7981482	Methods of forming a doped semiconductor thin film, doped semiconductor thin film structures, doped silane compositions, and methods of making such compositions Methods for forming doped silane and/or semiconductor thin films, doped liquid phase silane compositions useful in such methods, and doped semiconductor thin films and structures. The composition is generally liquid at ambient temperatures and includes a Group IVA a...	07/19/2011
7977240	Metal inks for improved contact resistance Metal ink compositions, methods of forming such compositions, and methods of forming conductive layers are disclosed. The ink composition includes a bulk metal, a transition metal source, and an organic solvent. The transition metal source may be a transition metal ...	07/12/2011
7956425	Graded gate field Thin film transistors (TFT) and methods for making same. The TFTs generally comprise: (a) a semiconductor layer comprising source and drain terminals and a channel region therebetween; (b) a gate electrode comprising a gate and a gate dielectric layer between the ga...	06/07/2011
7951892	Doped polysilanes, compositions containing the same, methods for making the same, and films formed therefrom Doped polysilanes, inks containing the same, and methods for their preparation and use are disclosed. The doped polysilane generally has the formula H-[AaHb(DRx)m]q-[(AcHdR1...	05/31/2011
7943721	Linear and cross-linked high molecular weight polysilanes, polygermanes, and copolymers thereof, compositions containing the same, and methods of making and using such compounds and compositions Methods are disclosed of making linear and cross-linked, HMW (high molecular weight) polysilanes and polygermanes, polyperhydrosilanes and polyperhydrogermanes, functional liquids containing the same, and methods of using the liquids in a range of desirable applicat...	05/17/2011
7940073	Deactivation of integrated circuits Integrated circuits and methods of permanently disabling integrated circuits are disclosed. An integrated circuit having an erasable non-volatile memory adapted to store an activation code and logic to disable the integrated circuit when the code in the erasable non...	05/10/2011
7932537	Process-variation tolerant diode, standard cells including the same, tags and sensors containing the same, and methods for manufacturing the same Process variation-tolerant diodes and diode-connected thin film transistors (TFTs), printed or patterned structures (e.g., circuitry) containing such diodes and TFTs, methods of making the same, and applications of the same for identification tags and sensors are di...	04/26/2011
7879696	Compositions and methods for forming a semiconducting and/or silicon-containing film, and structures formed therefrom Compositions, inks and methods for forming a patterned silicon-containing film and patterned structures including such a film. The composition generally includes (a) passivated semiconductor nanoparticles and (b) first and second cyclic Group IVA compounds in which ...	02/01/2011
7799302	Silane compositions, methods of making the same, method for forming a semiconducting and/or silicon-containing film, and thin film structures formed therefrom A method of making hydrogenated Group IVA compounds having reduced metal-based impurities, compositions and inks including such Group IVA compounds, and methods for forming a semiconductor thin film. Thin semiconducting films prepared according to the present invent...	09/21/2010
7767520	Printed dopant layers A method for making an electronic device, such as a MOS transistor, including the steps of forming a plurality of semiconductor islands on an electrically functional substrate, printing a first dielectric layer on or over a first subset of the semiconductor islands ...	08/03/2010
7767261	Methods for forming passivated semiconductor nanoparticles Compositions, inks and methods for forming a patterned silicon-containing film and patterned structures including such a film. The composition generally includes (a) passivated semiconductor nanoparticles and (b) first and second cyclic Group IVA compounds in which ...	08/03/2010
7750792	Multi-mode tags and methods of making and using the same Multi-mode (e.g., EAS and RFID) tags and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The tag generally includes an antenna, an electronic article surveillance (EAS) function block coupled to the antenna, and one or more identification function blocks couple...	07/06/2010
7723457	Polysilane compositions, methods for their synthesis and films formed therefrom Polysilanes, inks containing the same, and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The polysilane generally has the formula H-[(AHR)n(c-AmHpm-2)q]—H, where each instance of A is independently Si or Ge; R is H, -A	05/25/2010
7709307	Printed non-volatile memory A nonvolatile memory cell is disclosed, having first and second semiconductor islands at the same horizontal level and spaced a predetermined distance apart, the first semiconductor island providing a control gate and the second semiconductor island providing source...	05/04/2010
7701011	Printed dopant layers An electronic device, including a substrate, a plurality of first semiconductor islands on the substrate, a plurality of second semiconductor islands on the substrate, a first dielectric film on the first subset of the semiconductor islands, second dielectric film o...	04/20/2010
7691691	Semiconductor device and methods for making the same Thin film transistors (TFT) and methods for making same. The TFTs generally comprise: (a) a semiconductor layer comprising source and drain terminals and a channel region therebetween; (b) a gate electrode comprising a gate and a gate dielectric layer between the ga...	04/06/2010
7675464	Plated antenna for high frequency devices A method of making a double-sided antenna for high frequency devices is discussed. The method includes forming metal patterns on both sides of a substrate having pre-formed connection holes. Preferably, the metal patterns are formed using a printing ink having a pre...	03/09/2010
7674926	Dopant group-substituted semiconductor precursor compounds, compositions containing the same, and methods of making such compounds and compositions Dopant-group substituted (cyclo)silane compounds, liquid-phase compositions containing such compounds, and methods for making the same. Such compounds (and/or ink compositions containing the same) are useful for printing or spin coating a doped silane film onto a su...	03/09/2010
7619248	MOS transistor with self-aligned source and drain, and method for making the same A MOS transistor with self-aligned source/drain terminals, and methods for its manufacture. The transistor generally includes an electrically functional substrate, a dielectric film on portions of the substrate, a gate on the dielectric film, and polycrystalline sou...	11/17/2009
7553545	Compositions and methods for forming a semiconducting and/or silicon-containing film, and structures formed therefrom Compositions, inks and methods for forming a patterned silicon-containing film and patterned structures including such a film. The composition generally includes (a) passivated semiconductor nanoparticles and (b) first and second cyclic Group IVA compounds in which ...	06/30/2009
7528017	Method of manufacturing complementary diodes Process variation-tolerant diodes and diode-connected thin film transistors (TFTs), printed or patterned structures (e.g., circuitry) containing such diodes and TFTs, methods of making the same, and applications of the same for identification tags and sensors are di...	05/05/2009
7498948	Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag/device with coplanar and/or multiple coil circuits, an EAS tag/device with two or more memory bits, and methods for tuning the resonant frequency of an RLC EAS tag/device An EAS device, and methods for making the device for tuning the resonant frequency of the same is disclosed. The EAS device includes: an outer inductor having one end coupled to a linear or nonlinear capacitor plate; an inner inductor having one end coupled to the o...	03/03/2009
7498015	Method of making silane compositions A method of making hydrogenated Group IVA compounds having reduced metal-based impurities, compositions and inks including such Group IVA compounds, and methods for forming a semiconductor thin film. Thin semiconducting films prepared according to the present invent...	03/03/2009
7491782	Polysilane compositions, methods for their synthesis and films formed therefrom Polysilanes, inks containing the same, and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The polysilane generally has the formula H—[(AHR)n(c-AmHpm−2)q]—H, where each instance of A is independently Si or Ge; R is H, �...	02/17/2009
7422708	Compositions for forming a semiconducting and/or silicon-containing film, and structures formed therefrom Compositions, inks and methods for forming a patterned silicon-containing film and patterned structures including such a film. The composition generally includes (a) passivated semiconductor nanoparticles and (b) first and second cyclic Group IVA compounds in which ...	09/09/2008

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