Inventor · Hersbruck, DE

Frank Hintermaier

33Patents
13h-index
24Co-inventors
73Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 20, 1997 → Apr 30, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6120846A Method for the selective deposition of bismuth based ferroelectric thin films by chemical vapor deposition Electricity 57 Expired
US6010744A Method for nucleation controlled chemical vapor deposition of metal oxide ferroelectric thin films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6787186B1 Method of controlled chemical vapor deposition of a metal oxide ceramic layer Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6444264B2 Method for liquid delivery CVD utilizing alkane and polyamine solvent compositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 22 Expired
US6204158A Reduced diffusion of a mobile specie from a metal oxide ceramic into the substrate Electricity 19 Expired
US6133051A Amorphously deposited metal oxide ceramic films Electricity 19 Expired
US6350643B1 Reduced degradation of metal oxide ceramic due to diffusion of a mobile specie therefrom Electricity 18 Expired
US6156673A Process for producing a ceramic layer Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US6100187A Method of producing a barrier layer in a semiconductor body Electricity 17 Expired
US6214105A Alkane and polyamine solvent compositions for liquid delivery chemical vapor deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7005303B2 Low temperature chemical vapor deposition process for forming bismuth-containing ceramic thin films useful in ferroelectric memory devices Electricity 15 Expired
US6438019B2 Ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) having storage capacitors with different coercive voltages Electricity 14 Expired
US6303391A Low temperature chemical vapor deposition process for forming bismuth-containing ceramic films useful in ferroelectric memory devices Electricity 13 Expired
US6177135A Low temperature CVD processes for preparing ferroelectric films using Bi amides Physics 11 Expired
US6586348B2 Method for preventing etching-induced damage to a metal oxide film by patterning the film after a nucleation anneal but while still amorphous and then thermally annealing to crystallize Electricity 7 Expired
US6180420A Low temperature CVD processes for preparing ferroelectric films using Bi carboxylates Electricity 7 Expired
US6730523B2 Low temperature chemical vapor deposition process for forming bismuth-containing ceramic thin films useful in ferroelectric memory devices Electricity 7 Expired
US6713797B1 Textured Bi-based oxide ceramic films Electricity 6 Expired
US6500489B1 Low temperature CVD processes for preparing ferroelectric films using Bi alcoxides Electricity 5 Expired
US6168988A Method for producing barrier-free semiconductor memory configurations Electricity 5 Expired
US6258153A Device for the deposition of substances Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6037002A Process for producing thin films of oxide ceramic Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6316802A Easy to manufacture integrated semiconductor memory configuration with platinum electrodes Electricity 3 Expired
US6790676B2 Method for producing a ferroelectric layer Electricity 3 Expired
US6730562B2 Method of patterning ferroelectric layers Electricity 2 Expired

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