...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
Make the Most of PatentStorm
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest patents by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Got questions? Ask a Patent Expert!
Registered users: Manage your profile, comments and alerts.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7666736 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device comprising P-type MISFET, including step of implanting fluorine After the implantation of fluorine ions into a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode and a protective film are formed on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, fluorine ions are again implanted into the semiconductor substrate. Furtherm... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7629216 | Method for fabricating CMOS image sensor with plasma damage-free photodiode A method for fabricating a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes providing a semi-finished substrate, forming a patterned blocking layer over a photodiode region of the substrate, implanting impurities on regions other than the photodi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7601583 | Transistor structure of memory device and method for fabricating the same A memory device includes an active area protruding from a semiconductor substrate. A recess is formed in the active area. A field oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode extends across the active area while being overlapped with the re... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7582523 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including insulated-gate field-effect transistors A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including MOS transistors is disclosed. N-type and p-type semiconductor films are formed respectively above first and second surface regions of a semiconductor substrate. First and second protective films are laminate... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7494862 | Methods for uniform doping of non-planar transistor structures Methods for uniformly tip doping a silicon body of a non-planar transistor and devices and systems formed by such methods. In one embodiment, a method can include vertical tip ion implantation of a silicon body with at least three surfaces on a substrate followed by... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7473595 | Method for decreasing PN junction leakage current of dynamic random access memory A method for decreasing a PN junction leakage current of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), including the steps of: preparing an NMOS transistor formed on a P-type silicon substrate and comprising a drain; forming an insulation oxide layer on the P-type silicon ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7456062 | Method of forming a semiconductor device A sidewall spacer structure is formed adjacent to a gate structure whereby a material forming an outer surface of the sidewall spacer structure contains nitrogen. Subsequent to its formation the sidewall spacer structure is annealed to harden the sidewall spacer str... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7439124 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and semiconductor device Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a substrate protection film to cover an n-type FET forming region having a first gate electrode and a p-type FET forming region having a second gate electrode; opening the p-type FET forming region by ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439123 | Low resistance contact semiconductor device structure A method for making a semiconductor device structure includes producing a substrate having formed thereon a gate with spacers, respective source and drain regions adjacent to the gate and an; disposing a first metallic layer on the gate with spacers, and the source ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432144 | Method for forming a transistor for reducing a channel length A method of forming a transistor including: forming a gate oxide layer pattern and gate polysilicon layer pattern on a silicon substrate; forming a low energy ion implantation region aligned with both sidewalls of the gate polysilicon layer pattern; forming an amorp... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432570 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a p-channel MIS transistor formed on an n-type well on the substrate, having a first gate dielectric and a first gate electrode formed thereon and formed of a Ta—C alloy wherein a crystal orientation ratio of a TaC (111... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7413946 | Formation of standard voltage threshold and low voltage threshold MOSFET devices Wells are formed in a substrate where standard Vt and low Vt devices of both a first and second type are to be fabricated. Wells defining the locations of first type standard Vt devices are masked, and a first voltage threshold implant adjustment is performed within... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410859 | Stressed MOS device and method for its fabrication A stressed MOS device and a method for its fabrication are provided. The MOS device comprises a substrate having a surface, the substrate comprising a monocrystalline semiconductor material having a first lattice constant. A channel region is formed of the monocryst... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402485 | Method of forming a semiconductor device A sidewall spacer structure is formed adjacent to a gate structure whereby a material forming an outer surface of the sidewall spacer structure contains nitrogen. Subsequent to its formation the sidewall spacer structure is annealed to harden the sidewall spacer str... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402484 | Methods for forming a field effect transistor Methods for forming a field effect transistor are disclosed. An illustrated method comprises: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; and forming a nitride layer on at least a part of the gate electrode and the substrate. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390719 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a dual gate structure A semiconductor device having a dual gate is formed on a substrate having a dielectric layer. A first metallic conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer to a first thickness, and annealed to have a reduced etching rate. A second metallic conductive layer is... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390711 | MOS transistor and manufacturing method thereof A MOS transistor including a gate insulation layer and a gate electrode layer on a channel region of a semiconductor substrate. A gate spacer layer is formed on a sidewall of the electrode layer and the insulation layer. The transistor includes a deep extended sourc... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7384839 | SRAM cell with asymmetrical transistors for reduced leakage A method of fabricating an SRAM cell with reduced leakage is disclosed. The method comprises fabricating asymmetrical transistors in the SRAM cell. The transistors are asymmetrical in a manner that reduces the drain leakage current of the transistors. The fabricatio... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378305 | Semiconductor integrated circuit and fabrication process thereof A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes an n-channel MOS transistor formed on a first device region of a silicon substrate and a p-channel MOS transistor formed on a second device region of the silicon substrate, wherein the n-channel MOS transistor inclu... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378308 | CMOS devices with improved gap-filling A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, and a first MOS device on the first region of the substrate wherein the first MOS device includes a first spacer liner. The semiconductor structure further includes a second MOS device on the second region wherein the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371647 | Methods of forming transistors The invention encompasses a method of forming a structure over a semiconductor substrate. A silicon dioxide containing layer is formed across at least some of the substrate. Nitrogen is formed within the silicon dioxide containing layer. Substantially all of the nit... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371691 | Silicon recess improvement through improved post implant resist removal and cleans The present invention provides a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device 200 while reducing silicon loss. In one aspect, the process includes removing a photoresist layer 270 from a semiconductor substrate 235 adjacent a gate 240 ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371646 | Manufacture of insulated gate type field effect transistor After a field insulating film having an element opening is formed on the surface of a p-type well, a gate insulating film is formed on a semiconductor surface in the element opening. A gate electrode layer of polysilicon or the like is formed on the insulating film.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368792 | MOS transistor with elevated source/drain structure In a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor with an elevated source/drain structure and in a method of fabricating the MOS transistor with the elevated source/drain structure using a selective epitaxy growth (SEG) process, a source/drain extension junction is fo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361539 | Dual stress liner A semiconductor device structure is provided which includes a first field effect transistor (“FET”) having a first channel region, a first source region, a first drain region and a first gate conductor overlying the first channel region. A second FET is included... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358168 | Ion implantation method for forming a shallow junction A shallow junction that previously would require the use of a low-energy ion implanter can be directly formed by high-energy or middle-energy ion implanters such that the manufacturer need not purchase a new low-energy ion implanter. In one embodiment, an ion-implan... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358134 | Split gate flash memory cell and manufacturing method thereof A split gate flash memory cell includes a substrate having a device isolation structure; a selective gate structure disposed on the substrate; an interlayer dielectric layer having an opening disposed on the substrate, wherein the opening exposes a portion of the se... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354838 | Technique for forming a contact insulation layer with enhanced stress transfer efficiency By removing an outer spacer, used for the formation of highly complex lateral dopant profiles, prior to the formation of metal silicide, a high degree of process compatibility with conventional processes is obtained, while at the same time a contact liner layer may ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355256 | MOS Devices with different gate lengths and different gate polysilicon grain sizes A semiconductor device 1 according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate 5, a first transistor 10 which is formed on the semiconductor substrate 5 and includes a first gate electrode portion 16 constituted by ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355246 | Memory cell without halo implant Some embodiments provide a memory cell comprising a body region doped with charge carriers of a first type, a source region disposed in the body region and doped with charge carriers of a second type, and a drain region disposed in the body region and doped with cha... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351627 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using gate-through ion implantation Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device via gate-through ion implantation, comprising forming a gate stack on a semiconductor substrate and performing ion implantation for control of the threshold voltage and junction ion implantation fo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348249 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device reduces or prevents copper contamination. The method includes forming a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a first oxide layer on a front surface of the substrate including the gate electrode; depositing a nitrid... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341901 | Semiconductor processing methods of forming integrated circuitry Semiconductor processing methods of forming integrated circuitry are described. In one embodiment, memory circuitry and peripheral circuitry are formed over a substrate. The peripheral circuitry comprises first and second type MOS transistors. Second type halo impla... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341906 | Method of manufacturing sidewall spacers on a memory device, and device comprising same The present invention is generally directed to a method of manufacturing sidewall spacers on a memory device, and a memory device comprising such sidewall spacers. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes forming sidewall spacers on a memory device compri... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335540 | Low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same A low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and method of manufacturing the same is provided. The low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor comprises a channel region. Among others, one feature of the method according to the present invention is the pe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335544 | Method of making MOSFET device with localized stressor A metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET) having localized stressors is provided. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a transistor comprises a high-stress film over the source/drain regions, but not over the gate electrode. T... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335959 | Device with stepped source/drain region profile Embodiments of the invention provide a transistor with stepped source and drain regions. The stepped regions may provide significant strain in a channel region while minimizing current leakage. The stepped regions may be formed by forming two recesses in a substrate... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332755 | Transistor structure of memory device and method for fabricating the same A memory device includes an active area protruding from a semiconductor substrate. A recess is formed in the active area. A field oxide layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode extends across the active area while being overlapped with the re... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329571 | Technique for providing multiple stress sources in NMOS and PMOS transistors By combining a plurality of stress inducing mechanisms in each of different types of transistors, a significant performance gain may be obtained, thereby providing enhanced flexibility in adjusting product specific characteristics. For this purpose, sidewall spacers... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326988 | Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A metal film formed of a first metal having relatively high oxygen absorption properties on a silicon region, and then depositing a high dielectric constant film formed of an oxide of a second metal having relatively low oxygen absorption properties on the metal fil... | 02/05/2008 |