Inventor · South San Francisco, CA, US

Frank Scott Johnson

44Patents
11h-index
34Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 3, 1977 → Oct 24, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8603893B1 Methods for fabricating FinFET integrated circuits on bulk semiconductor substrates Electricity 39 Active
US7687339B1 Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having different channel lengths Electricity 28 Active
US8039326B2 Methods for fabricating bulk FinFET devices having deep trench isolation Electricity 24 Active
US4201428A Cabinet assembly Human Necessities 22 Expired
US7960287B2 Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having different channel lengths Electricity 22 Active
US4090755A Cabinet assembly Human Necessities 21 Expired
US8383503B2 Methods for forming semiconductor structures using selectively-formed sidewall spacers Electricity 19 Active
US6030864A Vertical NPN transistor for 0.35 micrometer node CMOS logic technology Electricity 17 Expired
US8404592B2 Methods for fabricating FinFET semiconductor devices using L-shaped spacers Electricity 13 Active
US8912603B2 Semiconductor device with stressed fin sections Electricity 13 Active
US6130136A Bipolar transistor with L-shaped base-emitter spacer Electricity 11 Expired
US8268727B2 Methods for fabricating FinFET semiconductor devices using planarized spacers Electricity 11 Active
US7829466B2 Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having different channel lengths Electricity 9 Active
US7977174B2 FinFET structures with stress-inducing source/drain-forming spacers and methods for fabricating the same Electricity 9 Active
US6570242B1 Bipolar transistor with high breakdown voltage collector Electricity 8 Expired
US9000534B2 Method for forming and integrating metal gate transistors having self-aligned contacts and related structure Electricity 7 Active
US8039349B2 Methods for fabricating non-planar semiconductor devices having stress memory Electricity 7 Active
US8729609B2 Integrated circuits including multi-gate transistors locally interconnected by continuous fin structure and methods for the fabrication thereof Electricity 6 Active
US8030144B2 Semiconductor device with stressed fin sections, and related fabrication methods Electricity 6 Active
US7985639B2 Method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a semiconductive resistor structure Electricity 6 Active
US4208098A Odor dispensing system for hand-held stereoscopic viewer and replaceable container therefor Physics 6 Expired
US9257325B2 Semiconductor structures and methods for forming isolation between Fin structures of FinFET devices Electricity 6 Active
US6518111B1 Method for manufacturing and structure of semiconductor device with dielectric diffusion source and CMOS integration Electricity 5 Expired
US7910422B2 Reducing gate CD bias in CMOS processing Electricity 5 Active
US7930656B2 System and method for making photomasks Physics 4 Active

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