Inventor · Kuna, ID, US

F. Daniel Gealy

94Patents
16h-index
47Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1997 → Oct 14, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6890596B2 Deposition methods Chemistry; Metallurgy 374 Expired
US6348709B1 Electrical contact for high dielectric constant capacitors and method for fabricating the same Electricity 99 Expired
US5910880A Semiconductor circuit components and capacitors Electricity 67 Expired
US6297527A Multilayer electrode for ferroelectric and high dielectric constant capacitors Electricity 53 Expired
US6146959A Method of forming capacitors containing tantalum Electricity 45 Expired
US6682969B1 Top electrode in a strongly oxidizing environment Electricity 38 Expired
US6191443A Capacitors, methods of forming capacitors, and DRAM memory cells Electricity 32 Expired
US6746916B2 Method for forming a multilayer electrode for a ferroelectric capacitor Electricity 29 Expired
US6777739B2 Multilayer electrode for a ferroelectric capacitor Electricity 26 Expired
US6744093B2 Multilayer electrode for a ferroelectric capacitor Electricity 25 Expired
US6900497B2 Integrated circuit with a capacitor comprising an electrode Electricity 23 Expired
US6282080A Semiconductor circuit components and capacitors Electricity 19 Expired
US6753271B2 Atomic layer deposition methods Electricity 19 Expired
US8049304B2 Constructions comprising hafnium oxide and/or zirconium oxide Electricity 18 Active
US10163977B1 Chalcogenide memory device components and composition Electricity 18 Active
US9543515B2 Electrode materials and interface layers to minimize chalcogenide interface resistance Electricity 17 Active
US6785120B1 Methods of forming hafnium-containing materials, methods of forming hafnium oxide, and capacitor constructions comprising hafnium oxide Electricity 16 Expired
US6919257B2 Method of forming a capacitor Electricity 16 Expired
US6291364A Method and apparatus for stabilizing high pressure oxidation of a semiconductor device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US6806187B2 Electrical contact for high dielectric constant capacitors and method for fabricating the same Electricity 13 Expired
US6812110B1 Methods of forming capacitor constructions, and methods of forming constructions comprising dielectric materials Electricity 13 Expired
US10256406B2 Semiconductor structures including liners and related methods Electricity 11 Active
US6400552B2 Capacitor with conductively doped Si-Ge alloy electrode Electricity 11 Expired
US6082375A Method of processing internal surfaces of a chemical vapor deposition reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7217630B2 Methods of forming hafnium oxide Electricity 9 Expired

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