Inventor · Saratoga Springs, NY, US

Andreas Knorr

66Patents
17h-index
87Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: May 7, 1993 → Aug 23, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6531377B2 Method for high aspect ratio gap fill using sequential HDP-CVD Electricity 163 Expired
US9245885B1 Methods of forming lateral and vertical FinFET devices and the resulting product Electricity 54 Active
US8048790B2 Method for self-aligning a stop layer to a replacement gate for self-aligned contact integration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Active
US7273638B2 High density plasma oxidation Electricity 37 Expired
US6294423A Method for forming and filling isolation trenches Electricity 27 Expired
US6706634B1 Control of separation between transfer gate and storage node in vertical DRAM Electricity 24 Expired
US9147748B1 Methods of forming replacement spacer structures on semiconductor devices Electricity 24 Active
US8039326B2 Methods for fabricating bulk FinFET devices having deep trench isolation Electricity 24 Active
US6821865B2 Deep isolation trenches Electricity 22 Expired
US6566228B1 Trench isolation processes using polysilicon-assisted fill Electricity 21 Expired
US9929157B1 Tall single-fin fin-type field effect transistor structures and methods Electricity 21 Active
US6437401B1 Structure and method for improved isolation in trench storage cells Electricity 20 Expired
US9691897B2 Three-dimensional semiconductor transistor with gate contact in active region Electricity 20 Active
US9147730B2 Methods of forming fins for FinFET semiconductor devices and selectively removing some of the fins by performing a cyclical fin cutting process Electricity 19 Active
US5630903A Machine for the manufacture of a single-face lined web of corrugated board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US7626257B2 Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof Electricity 19 Expired
US9780178B2 Methods of forming a gate contact above an active region of a semiconductor device Electricity 17 Active
US6890833B2 Trench isolation employing a doped oxide trench fill Electricity 15 Expired
US7256148B2 Method for treating a wafer edge Electricity 14 Expired
US9318342B2 Methods of removing fins for finfet semiconductor devices Electricity 13 Active
US10304833B1 Method of forming complementary nano-sheet/wire transistor devices with same depth contacts Electricity 13 Active
US9576857B1 Method and structure for SRB elastic relaxation Electricity 11 Active
US9614056B2 Methods of forming a tri-gate FinFET device Electricity 11 Active
US5632850A Machine for the manufacture of a web of at least single-face corrugated board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US5906305A Apparatus for the corrective positioning of a travelling web at right angles to the direction of travel Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired

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