Inventor · Orlando, FL, US

Alvaro Maury

26Patents
12h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 23, 1984 → Aug 22, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6910907B2 Contact for use in an integrated circuit and a method of manufacture therefor Electricity 103 Expired
US6033293A Apparatus for performing chemical-mechanical polishing Performing Operations; Transporting 70 Expired
US6008123A Method for using a hardmask to form an opening in a semiconductor substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US6372605B1 Additional etching to decrease polishing time for shallow-trench isolation in semiconductor processing Electricity 35 Expired
US6146975A Shallow trench isolation Electricity 25 Expired
US6261958A Method for performing chemical-mechanical polishing Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US4569722A Ethylene glycol etch for processes using metal silicides Electricity 20 Expired
US4814291A Method of making devices having thin dielectric layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6984166B2 Zone polishing using variable slurry solid content Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6110012A Chemical-mechanical polishing apparatus and method Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6051500A Device and method for polishing a semiconductor substrate Electricity 16 Expired
US6368972B1 Method for making an integrated circuit including alignment marks Electricity 12 Expired
US6110831A Method of mechanical polishing Electricity 11 Expired
US6274933A Integrated circuit device having a planar interlevel dielectric layer Electricity 10 Expired
US6309900A Test structures for testing planarization systems and methods for using same Electricity 10 Expired
US6821886B1 IMP TiN barrier metal process Electricity 9 Expired
US6624039B1 Alignment mark having a protective oxide layer for use with shallow trench isolation Electricity 9 Expired
US6354910B1 Apparatus and method for in-situ measurement of polishing pad thickness loss Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6287173A Longer lifetime warm-up wafers for polishing systems Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US7163438B2 Zone polishing using variable slurry solid content Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US7005724B2 Semiconductor device and a method of manufacture therefor Electricity 1 Expired
US6548906B2 Method for reducing a metal seam in an interconnect structure and a device manufactured thereby Electricity 1 Expired
US6281128A Wafer carrier modification for reduced extraction force Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US6217419A Chemical-mechanical polisher Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US8872311B2 Semiconductor device and a method of manufacture therefor Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.