Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Dirk Brown

38Patents
24h-index
31Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 6, 1998 → Nov 22, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8963926B2 User customized animated video and method for making the same Electricity 423 Active
US6144099A Semiconductor metalization barrier Electricity 279 Expired
US6344410B1 Manufacturing method for semiconductor metalization barrier Electricity 248 Expired
US6712621B2 Thermally enhanced interposer and method Electricity 88 Expired
US6124203A Method for forming conformal barrier layers Electricity 87 Expired
US6022808A Copper interconnect methodology for enhanced electromigration resistance Electricity 74 Expired
US6172895A High capacity memory module with built-in-high-speed bus terminations Physics 70 Expired
US7628617B2 Structure and process for a contact grid array formed in a circuitized substrate Electricity 65 Active
US7070419B2 Land grid array connector including heterogeneous contact elements Electricity 61 Expired
US7758351B2 Method and system for batch manufacturing of spring elements Electricity 55 Active
US6228754A Method for forming semiconductor seed layers by inert gas sputter etching Electricity 51 Expired
US6916181B2 Remountable connector for land grid array packages Electricity 40 Expired
US7244125B2 Connector for making electrical contact at semiconductor scales Electricity 39 Expired
US6103624A Method of improving Cu damascene interconnect reliability by laser anneal before barrier polish Electricity 38 Expired
US6306732A Method and apparatus for simultaneously improving the electromigration reliability and resistance of damascene vias using a controlled diffusivity barrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6239021A Dual barrier and conductor deposition in a dual damascene process for semiconductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US6117770A Method for implanting semiconductor conductive layers Electricity 31 Expired
US6869290B2 Circuitized connector for land grid array Electricity 28 Expired
US6281121A Damascene metal interconnects using highly directional deposition of barrier and/or seed layers including (III) filling metal Electricity 27 Expired
US6261946A Method for forming semiconductor seed layers by high bias deposition Electricity 27 Expired
US7113408B2 Contact grid array formed on a printed circuit board Electricity 26 Expired
US6121141A Method of forming a void free copper interconnects Electricity 25 Expired
US6734559B1 Self-aligned semiconductor interconnect barrier and manufacturing method therefor Electricity 24 Expired
US6712620B1 Coaxial elastomeric connector system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US6187670A Multi-stage method for forming optimized semiconductor seed layers Electricity 23 Expired

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