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'''Gurtej Sandhu''' is an [[India]]n inventor in the fields of [[Thin-film transistor|thin film]] processes and materials, [[VLSI Technology|VLSI]] and [[semiconductor device fabrication]]. He is recognized for being the all-time seventh most [[List of prolific inventors|prolific inventor]] as measured by number of U.S. utility patents. Gurtej has 1,299 U.S. utility patents {{as of|2018|8|21|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&Query=apt%2F1+and+in%2F%28Sandhu-Gurtej$+or+Gurtej-Sandhu$%29 USPTO Utility Patent Search for Gurtej Sandhu]</ref> Currently he is Senior Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology developments at [[Micron Technology]], Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/gurtej-sandhu|title = Gurtej Sandhu|date = |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}{{cite web|url = http://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/gurtej-sandhu|title = Gurtej Sandhu|date = |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> The publication [[Kiplinger]] reports, "Sandhu developed a method of coating microchips with titanium without exposing the metal to oxygen, which would ruin the chips. Initially, he didn't think his idea was a big deal, but now most memory-chip makers use the process." The publication also states that Gurtej earned an electrical engineering degree at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]] and a physics PhD at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/T012-C000-S002-patent-making-suddenly-it-clicks.html|title = Patent Making: Suddenly It Clicks|date = June 2008 |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher=kiplinger.com |last = |first = }}</ref>
'''Gurtej Sandhu''' is an [[India]]n inventor in the fields of [[Thin-film transistor|thin film]] processes and materials, [[VLSI Technology|VLSI]] and [[semiconductor device fabrication]]. He is recognized for being the all-time seventh most [[List of prolific inventors|prolific inventor]] as measured by number of U.S. utility patents. Gurtej has 1,315 U.S. utility patents {{as of|2019|2|5|lc=y|df=US}}.<ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&d=PTXT&Query=apt%2F1+and+in%2F%28Sandhu-Gurtej$+or+Gurtej-Sandhu$%29 USPTO Utility Patent Search for Gurtej Sandhu]</ref> Currently he is Senior Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology developments at [[Micron Technology]], Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/gurtej-sandhu|title = Gurtej Sandhu|date = |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}{{cite web|url = http://www.micron.com/about/our-company/leadership/gurtej-sandhu|title = Gurtej Sandhu|date = |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> The publication [[Kiplinger]] reports, "Sandhu developed a method of coating microchips with titanium without exposing the metal to oxygen, which would ruin the chips. Initially, he didn't think his idea was a big deal, but now most memory-chip makers use the process." The publication also states that Gurtej earned an electrical engineering degree at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]] and a physics PhD at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/T012-C000-S002-patent-making-suddenly-it-clicks.html|title = Patent Making: Suddenly It Clicks|date = June 2008 |accessdate = 27 May 2014|website = |publisher=kiplinger.com |last = |first = }}</ref>


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Revision as of 03:46, 5 February 2019

Gurtej Sandhu is an Indian inventor in the fields of thin film processes and materials, VLSI and semiconductor device fabrication. He is recognized for being the all-time seventh most prolific inventor as measured by number of U.S. utility patents. Gurtej has 1,315 U.S. utility patents as of February 5, 2019.[1] Currently he is Senior Fellow and Director of Advanced Technology developments at Micron Technology, Inc.[2] The publication Kiplinger reports, "Sandhu developed a method of coating microchips with titanium without exposing the metal to oxygen, which would ruin the chips. Initially, he didn't think his idea was a big deal, but now most memory-chip makers use the process." The publication also states that Gurtej earned an electrical engineering degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a physics PhD at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]

References

  1. ^ USPTO Utility Patent Search for Gurtej Sandhu
  2. ^ "Gurtej Sandhu". Retrieved 27 May 2014."Gurtej Sandhu". Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Patent Making: Suddenly It Clicks". kiplinger.com. June 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2014.