Inventor · Mechanicville, NY, US

Andre P. Labonte

56Patents
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43Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 2, 2003 → May 13, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10026824B1 Air-gap gate sidewall spacer and method Electricity 31 Active
US9824921B1 Method and apparatus for placing a gate contact inside a semiconductor active region having high-k dielectric gate caps Electricity 23 Active
US10243053B1 Gate contact structure positioned above an active region of a transistor device Electricity 22 Active
US9490317B1 Gate contact structure having gate contact layer Electricity 21 Active
US9691897B2 Three-dimensional semiconductor transistor with gate contact in active region Electricity 20 Active
US9780178B2 Methods of forming a gate contact above an active region of a semiconductor device Electricity 17 Active
US9397049B1 Gate tie-down enablement with inner spacer Electricity 15 Active
US9929048B1 Middle of the line (MOL) contacts with two-dimensional self-alignment Electricity 15 Active
US9941278B2 Method and apparatus for placing a gate contact inside an active region of a semiconductor Electricity 12 Active
US8507375B1 Alignment tolerant semiconductor contact and method Electricity 9 Active
US9324656B1 Methods of forming contacts on semiconductor devices and the resulting devices Electricity 8 Active
US7968418B1 Apparatus and method for isolating integrated circuit components using deep trench isolation and shallow trench isolation Electricity 7 Active
US9455254B2 Methods of forming a combined gate and source/drain contact structure and the resulting device Electricity 7 Active
US9502286B2 Methods of forming self-aligned contact structures on semiconductor devices and the resulting devices Electricity 6 Active
US9478662B2 Gate and source/drain contact structures for a semiconductor device Electricity 6 Active
US9640625B2 Self-aligned gate contact formation Electricity 6 Active
US8004032B1 System and method for providing low voltage high density multi-bit storage flash memory Electricity 6 Active
US9947589B1 Methods of forming a gate contact for a transistor above an active region and the resulting device Electricity 5 Active
US7175777B1 Method of forming a sub-micron tip feature Electricity 5 Expired
US9570397B1 Local interconnect structure including non-eroded contact via trenches Electricity 5 Active
US8580628B2 Integrated circuit contact structure and method Electricity 4 Active
US10204994B2 Methods of forming a semiconductor device with a gate contact positioned above the active region Electricity 4 Active
US7781295B1 System and method for providing a single deposition emitter/base in a bipolar junction transistor Electricity 4 Active
US11112694B2 Methods of forming variable-depth device structures Physics 4 Active
US10249728B2 Air-gap gate sidewall spacer and method Electricity 3 Active

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