Duane E. Carter
20Patents
12h-index
39Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Jan 23, 1984 → Mar 6, 2003
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6028690A | Reduced micromirror mirror gaps for improved contrast ratio | Physics | 315 | Expired |
| US6282010A | Anti-reflective coatings for spatial light modulators | Physics | 309 | Expired |
| US5512130A | Method and apparatus of etching a clean trench in a semiconductor material | Electricity | 50 | Expired |
| US6184129A | Low resistivity poly-silicon gate produced by selective metal growth | Electricity | 33 | Expired |
| US4849067A | Method for etching tungsten | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US6100188A | Stable and low resistance metal/barrier/silicon stack structure and related process for manufacturing | Electricity | 27 | Expired |
| US4874723A | Selective etching of tungsten by remote and in situ plasma generation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 22 | Expired |
| US4502915A | Two-step plasma process for selective anisotropic etching of polycrystalline silicon without leaving residue | Electricity | 21 | Expired |
| US4997520A | Method for etching tungsten | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 21 | Expired |
| US4842680A | Advanced vacuum processor | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US6423627B1 | Method for forming memory array and periphery contacts using a same mask | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US5835336A | Complemetary reset scheme for micromechanical devices | Physics | 13 | Expired |
| US4945069A | Organic space holder for trench processing | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US4623417A | Magnetron plasma reactor | Electricity | 11 | Expired |
| US4685999A | Apparatus for plasma assisted etching | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US5252506A | Method to eliminate gate filaments on field plate isolated devices | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US6544886B2 | Process for isolating an exposed conducting surface | Electricity | 4 | Expired |
| US4849068A | Apparatus and method for plasma-assisted etching | Electricity | 1 | Expired |
| US6271078A | Simplifying conductive plate/via isolation | Electricity | 0 | Expired |
| US6967054B2 | Coating thickness control using surface features | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 0 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.