...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7301192 | Dram cell pair and dram memory cell array Stack and trench memory cells are provided in a DRAM memory cell array. The stack and trench memory cells are arranged so as to form identical cell pairs each having a trench capacitor, a stack capacitor and a semiconductor fin, in which the active areas of two sele... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7202127 | Methods of forming a plurality of capacitors A plurality of capacitor electrode openings is formed within capacitor electrode-forming material. A first set of the openings is formed to a depth which is greater within the capacitor electrode-forming material than is a second set of the openings. Conductive firs... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7180126 | Multi-level memory cell array with lateral floating spacers An array of multi-level non-volatile memory transistors features a transistor construction with a conductive polysilicon control gate having opposed sidewalls insulatively spaced just above the substrate. Conductive polysilicon spacers are separated from the opposed... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7126181 | Capacitor constructions The invention includes methods of forming circuit devices. A metal-containing material comprising a thickness of no more than 20 Å (or alternatively comprising a thickness resulting from no more than 70 ALD cycles) is formed between conductively-doped silicon and ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6654295 | Reduced topography DRAM cell fabricated using a modified logic process and method for operating same A memory system that includes a DRAM cell that includes an access transistor and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor is fabricated by forming a polysilicon crown electrode, a dielectric layer overlying the polysilicon crown, and a polysilicon plate... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6642098 | DRAM cell having a capacitor structure fabricated partially in a cavity and method for operating same A memory system that includes a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell including an access transistor and a capacitor structure fabricated in a semiconductor substrate. The capacitor structure is fabricated by forming a cavity in a shallow trench isolat... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6613690 | Approach for forming a buried stack capacitor structure featuring reduced polysilicon stringers A process for forming a buried stack capacitor structure in a recessed region of a shallow trench isolation (STI) region, has been developed. The process features a unique sequence of procedures eliminating possible polysilicon stringers or residuals whic... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6468887 | Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same In a semiconductor device of this invention, a pillar projection serving as a very thin active region is formed on the surface of a p-type silicon semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode 21 is formed to cover a central portion of the pillar projection. ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6399981 | Integrated circuitry memory devices Methods of forming capacitors and related integrated circuitry are described. In a preferred embodiment, the capacitors form part of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. According to one aspect of the invention, a first insulating layer is formed o... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6358812 | Methods of forming storage capacitors Methods of forming capacitors and related integrated circuitry are described. In a preferred embodiment, the capacitors form part of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. According to one aspect of the invention, a first insulating layer is formed o... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6288431 | Semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same In a semiconductor device of this invention, a pillar projection serving as a very thin active region is formed on the surface of a p-type silicon semiconductor substrate. A gate electrode 21 is formed to cover a central portion of the pillar projection. ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6271556 | High density memory structure A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) integrated circuit (10). The DRAM (10) includes a recessed region (20) defined in a semiconductor substrate (22). This recessed region has substantially vertical sides (34) extending from a bottom surface (32). A fiel... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6222215 | DRAM circuitry Methods of forming capacitors and related integrated circuitry are described. In a preferred embodiment, the capacitors form part of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. According to one aspect of the invention, a first insulating layer is formed o... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6150211 | Methods of forming storage capacitors in integrated circuitry memory cells and integrated circuitry Methods of forming capacitors and related integrated circuitry are described. In a preferred embodiment, the capacitors form part of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell. According to one aspect of the invention, a first insulating layer is formed o... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6107105 | Amorphous tin films for an integrated capacitor dielectric/bottom plate using high dielectric constant material The present invention provides a capacitor formed in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) semiconductor device, the capacitor comprising: a polysilicon layer to making contact with a diffusion region of an access device; a TiN comprising layer overlying ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6081008 | Composite trench-fin capacitors for DRAM A semiconductor memory device capacitor is disclosed which has a trench capacitor portion provided in a semiconductor substrate and a fin capacitor portion provided above the substrate. The trench capacitor portion includes (i) a trench extending from an ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5989955 | Method of forming stacked and trench type DRAM capacitor A DRAM capacitor structure and its manufacturing include covering a semiconductor substrate with a first conducting layer. A first insulating layer and a second insulating layer are alternately stacked at least once above the first conducting layer to for... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5910667 | Structure for a stacked dram capacitor A DRAM capacitor structure and its manufacturing method which includes providing a semiconductor substrate with a MOS transistor already formed above, and that the MOS transistor includes a gate and source/drain regions, then forming a first insulating la... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5903024 | Stacked and trench type DRAM capacitor A DRAM capacitor structure and its manufacturing include covering a semiconductor substrate with a first conducting layer. A first insulating layer and a second insulating layer are alternately stacked at least once above the first conducting layer to for... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5811283 | Silicon on insulator (SOI) dram cell structure and process A silicon on insulator (SOI) DRAM has a layer of buried oxide covered by a thin layer of crystalline silicon on the surface of a bulk silicon substrate. Field oxide regions are formed extending through the thin crystalline silicon surface layer and into c... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5795804 | Method of fabricating a stack/trench capacitor for a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) A method is described for making an array of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells having both a trench and a stacked capacitor within each cell. The method involves forming a trench in the silicon substrate at the capacitor node contact area of the D... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5792686 | Method of forming a bit-line and a capacitor structure in an integrated circuit A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) integrated circuit (10). The DRAM (10) includes a recessed region (20) defined in a semiconductor substrate (22). This recessed region has substantially vertical sides (34) extending from a bottom surface (32). A fiel... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5753549 | Method for fabricating capacitor of semiconductor device A method for fabricating a capacitor of a semiconductor device which is capable of reducing data errors caused due to the interaction between neighboring capacitors, which includes the steps of forming a first trench in a semiconductor substrate, filling ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5712813 | Multi-level storage capacitor structure with improved memory density DRAM cells using a multi-level storage capacitor structure is disclosed. Since the storage capacitors of the present invention can extend to the adjacent cells, they can have a much larger surface area than those using a single-level stacked capacitor str... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5688709 | Method for forming composite trench-fin capacitors for DRAMS A semiconductor memory device capacitor is disclosed which has a trench capacitor portion provided in a semiconductor substrate and a fin capacitor portion provided above the substrate. The trench capacitor portion includes (i) a trench extending from an ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5665624 | Method for fabricating trench/stacked capacitors on DRAM cells with increased capacitance A method is described for making an array of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cells having a trench/stacked capacitor within each cell. The method involves forming trenches in the silicon substrate at the capacitor node contact areas of the DRAM cells,... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5640350 | Multi-bit dynamic random access memory cell storage A single transistor capacitor stacked memory cell utilizing precharge voltage and spacial format to miximize storage per unit of area.... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5606189 | Dynamic RAM trench capacitor device with contact strap A FEC-DRAM of 3 elements/2 bits type having a stack capacitor of increased capacitance to ensure integration with an increased density. The stack capacitor is formed as embedded in a trench, and local wiring is provided to form an electric contact on an e... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5594682 | High density self-aligned stack in trench DRAM technology A method, and resultant structure, is described for fabricating a high density DRAM cell in which a stacked capacitor using a pillar structure is formed in a trench. The DRAM cell includes a field effect transistor having a gate electrode and source/drain... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5521111 | Process of fabricating memory cell with a switching transistor and a trench-stacked capacitor coupled in series A memory cell is implemented by a series combination of a field effect transistor and a trench-stacked type storage capacitor, and an accumulating electrode is held in contact with a source region of the field effect transistor through an extremely narrow... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5504027 | Method for fabricating semiconductor memory devices A method for fabricating a semiconductor memory device including a matrix of memory cells each constituted by one transistor and one capacitor and capable of obtaining a large capacitance for achieving a high integration and yet maintaining superior chara... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5455192 | Method of making dynamic random access memory cell having a stacked capacitor and a trench capacitor A method of making a DRAM cell capable of increasing storage capacity and for which is amenable to large-scale integration. The method provides a DRAM cell having stacked and trench capacitors and a transistor of second conductivity type opposite to a fir... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5442584 | Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same dynamic random access memory device construction A DRAM cell and a method for fabricating the same capable of obtaining a large capacitance for achieving a high integration and yet maintaining superior characteristics of elements. A capacitor structure is provided, which includes a common storage node f... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5429978 | Method of forming a high density self-aligned stack in trench A method, and resultant structure, is described for fabricating a high density DRAM cell in which a stacked capacitor using a pillar structure is formed in a trench. The DRAM cell includes a field effect transistor having a gate electrode and source/drain... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5411911 | Process for producing DRAM semiconductor devices A process for producing a semiconductor device comprises the following steps 1 to 9. In step 1, a field oxide layer is formed on a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate to define an active region. In step 2, gate electrodes, second conductivity ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5386131 | Semiconductor memory device A DRAM having memory cells each consisting of a MOS transistor and a trench-stack capacitor built at a p-type silicon substrate. The MOS transistor comprises a source region made of the first diffused n- layer, and a drain region composed of th... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5343354 | Stacked trench capacitor and a method for making the same A stacked trench capacitor including a first trench formed in a semiconductor substrate, an insulating material, preferably BPSG, substantially filling the first trench to thereby define an isolation region of the substrate, a second trench formed in the ... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5334547 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory having an increased cell capacitance in a restricted cell area A semiconductor memory includes at least one memory cell composed of an insulated gate field effect transistor and an associated stacked capacitor which are formed close to each other on a single substrate of a first conduction type. The insulated gate fi... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5329146 | DRAM having trench type capacitor extending through field oxide In a memory cell formed of one transistor and one capacitor, the capacitor includes a stacked type capacitor region extending over the gate electrode and word line of the transfer gate transistor, and a trench type capacitor region extending into a groove... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5327375 | DRAM cell utilizing novel capacitor A dynamic RAM is provided with enhanced charge storage capacity by increasing the surface area between the two electrodes of the storage capacitor. The first electrode consists of a thick conductive layer whose vertical sidewalls provide the extra surface... | 07/05/1994 |