Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Anna M. Minvielle

14Patents
6h-index
20Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 1, 1997 → Oct 27, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6562639B1 Utilizing electrical performance data to predict CD variations across stepper field Electricity 33 Expired
US5963816A Method for making shallow trench marks Electricity 30 Expired
US6255125A Method and apparatus for compensating for critical dimension variations in the production of a semiconductor wafer Electricity 26 Expired
US6493063B1 Critical dimension control improvement method for step and scan photolithography Physics 8 Expired
US7427457B1 Methods for designing grating structures for use in situ scatterometry to detect photoresist defects Physics 7 Active
US5985498A Method of characterizing linewidth errors in a scanning lithography system Physics 7 Expired
US7507661B2 Method of forming narrowly spaced flash memory contact openings and lithography masks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7112489B1 Negative resist or dry develop process for forming middle of line implant layer Electricity 5 Expired
US6900124B1 Patterning for elliptical Vss contact on flash memory Electricity 4 Expired
US7018922B1 Patterning for elongated VSS contact flash memory Electricity 4 Expired
US7538026B1 Multilayer low reflectivity hard mask and process therefor Electricity 3 Expired
US7384725B2 System and method for fabricating contact holes Physics 3 Expired
US8309457B2 Multilayer low reflectivity hard mask and process therefor Electricity 0 Active
US8048797B2 Multilayer low reflectivity hard mask and process therefor Electricity 0 Active

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