Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Christophe Marcadal

37Patents
19h-index
46Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 21, 1998 → Jun 9, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6498091B1 Method of using a barrier sputter reactor to remove an underlying barrier layer Electricity 520 Expired
US6110530A CVD method of depositing copper films by using improved organocopper precursor blend Chemistry; Metallurgy 245 Expired
US6607976B2 Copper interconnect barrier layer structure and formation method Electricity 241 Expired
US6660622B2 Process for removing an underlying layer and depositing a barrier layer in one reactor Electricity 107 Expired
US6905541B2 Method and apparatus of generating PDMAT precursor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 85 Expired
US7241686B2 Atomic layer deposition of tantalum-containing materials using the tantalum precursor TAIMATA Electricity 83 Expired
US7026238B2 Reliability barrier integration for Cu application Electricity 78 Expired
US6953742B2 Tantalum barrier layer for copper metallization Electricity 63 Expired
US6562715B1 Barrier layer structure for copper metallization and method of forming the structure Electricity 60 Expired
US7524762B2 Atomic layer deposition of tantalum-containing materials using the tantalum precursor TAIMATA Electricity 59 Active
US7850779B2 Apparatus and process for plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition Electricity 51 Active
US6596643B2 CVD TiSiN barrier for copper integration Electricity 41 Expired
US6596085B1 Methods and apparatus for improved vaporization of deposition material in a substrate processing system Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US7270709B2 Method and apparatus of generating PDMAT precursor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US7682946B2 Apparatus and process for plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition Electricity 35 Active
US7265048B2 Reduction of copper dewetting by transition metal deposition Electricity 35 Expired
US7244683B2 Integration of ALD/CVD barriers with porous low k materials Electricity 35 Expired
US6358323B1 Method and apparatus for improved control of process and purge material in a substrate processing system Chemistry; Metallurgy 33 Expired
US6958296B2 CVD TiSiN barrier for copper integration Electricity 33 Expired
US7833358B2 Method of recovering valuable material from exhaust gas stream of a reaction chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7524374B2 Method and apparatus for generating a precursor for a semiconductor processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7597758B2 Chemical precursor ampoule for vapor deposition processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7576002B2 Multi-step barrier deposition method Electricity 11 Expired
US9032906B2 Apparatus and process for plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition Electricity 9 Active
US6455421B1 Plasma treatment of tantalum nitride compound films formed by chemical vapor deposition Electricity 8 Expired

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