Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

David N. Wang

44Patents
33h-index
45Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 31, 1978 → Aug 14, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4951601A Multi-chamber integrated process system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 997 Expired
US5000113A Thermal CVD/PECVD reactor and use for thermal chemical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide and in-situ multi-step planarized process Electricity 781 Expired
US4854263A Inlet manifold and methods for increasing gas dissociation and for PECVD of dielectric films Chemistry; Metallurgy 693 Expired
US5882165A Multiple chamber integrated process system Electricity 591 Expired
US5213650A Apparatus for removing deposits from backside and end edge of semiconductor wafer while preventing removal of materials from front surface of wafer Electricity 495 Expired
US4872947A CVD of silicon oxide using TEOS decomposition and in-situ planarization process Electricity 431 Expired
US4962063A Multistep planarized chemical vapor deposition process with the use of low melting inorganic material for flowing while depositing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 417 Expired
US4960488A Reactor chamber self-cleaning process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 414 Expired
US5362526A Plasma-enhanced CVD process using TEOS for depositing silicon oxide Electricity 406 Expired
US4892753A Process for PECVD of silicon oxide using TEOS decomposition Electricity 344 Expired
US5028565A Process for CVD deposition of tungsten layer on semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 342 Expired
US4842683A Magnetic field-enhanced plasma etch reactor Electricity 303 Expired
US6167834A Thermal CVD/PECVD reactor and use for thermal chemical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide and in-situ multi-step planarized process Electricity 298 Expired
US5292393A Multichamber integrated process system Electricity 286 Expired
US4668365A Apparatus and method for magnetron-enhanced plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition Electricity 175 Expired
US5215619A Magnetic field-enhanced plasma etch reactor Electricity 132 Expired
US5354715A Thermal chemical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide and in-situ multi-step planarized process Electricity 108 Expired
US5314845A Two step process for forming void-free oxide layer over stepped surface of semiconductor wafer Electricity 90 Expired
US5043299A Process for selective deposition of tungsten on semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 87 Expired
US4310380A Plasma etching of silicon Electricity 85 Expired
US5210466A VHF/UHF reactor system Electricity 81 Expired
US5300460A UHF/VHF plasma for use in forming integrated circuit structures on semiconductor wafers Electricity 64 Expired
US5166101A Method for forming a boron phosphorus silicate glass composite layer on a semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5204288A Method for planarizing an integrated circuit structure using low melting inorganic material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5755886A Apparatus for preventing deposition gases from contacting a selected region of a substrate during deposition processing Electricity 50 Expired

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