Inventor · Oakland, CA, US

Bryan Tracy

12Patents
6h-index
20Co-inventors
58Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 5, 1995 → Dec 10, 2002

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5770519A Copper reservoir for reducing electromigration effects associated with a conductive via in a semiconductor device Electricity 35 Expired
US5847821A Use of fiducial marks for improved blank wafer defect review Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US5882738A Apparatus and method to improve electromigration performance by use of amorphous barrier layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US5713667A Temperature sensing probe for microthermometry Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5639691A Copper pellet for reducing electromigration effects associated with a conductive via in a semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6011619A Semiconductor wafer optical scanning system and method using swath-area defect limitation Physics 10 Expired
US5646448A Copper pellet for reducing electromigration effects associated with a conductive via in a semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5864199A Electron beam emitting tungsten filament Electricity 5 Expired
US5727978A Method of forming electron beam emitting tungsten filament Electricity 4 Expired
US6812049B1 Method and system for performing failure analysis on a multilayer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) device Physics 4 Expired
US6770512B1 Method and system for using TMAH for staining copper silicon on insulator semiconductor device cross sections Electricity 2 Expired
US6534869B2 Method for reducing stress-induced voids for 0.25 &mgr;m micron and smaller semiconductor chip technology by annealing interconnect lines prior to ILD deposition and semiconductor chip made thereby Electricity 1 Expired

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