Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Fritz Redeker

73Patents
11h-index
54Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 21, 1997 → Aug 22, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5882424A Plasma cleaning of a CVD or etch reactor using a low or mixed frequency excitation field Electricity 268 Expired
US6299741A Advanced electrolytic polish (AEP) assisted metal wafer planarization method and apparatus Electricity 72 Expired
US6951042B1 Brush scrubbing-high frequency resonating wafer processing system and methods for making and implementing the same Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US7234477B2 Method and apparatus for drying semiconductor wafer surfaces using a plurality of inlets and outlets held in close proximity to the wafer surfaces Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US6261157A Selective damascene chemical mechanical polishing Electricity 26 Expired
US6322427A Conditioning fixed abrasive articles Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US6451697B1 Method for abrasive-free metal CMP in passivation domain Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US7615480B2 Methods of post-contact back end of the line through-hole via integration Electricity 20 Active
US7383843B2 Method and apparatus for processing wafer surfaces using thin, high velocity fluid layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US7829152B2 Electroless plating method and apparatus Electricity 16 Active
US8241701B2 Processes and systems for engineering a barrier surface for copper deposition Electricity 11 Active
US8287647B2 Apparatus and method for atomic layer deposition Electricity 9 Active
US8771804B2 Processes and systems for engineering a copper surface for selective metal deposition Electricity 8 Active
US8747960B2 Processes and systems for engineering a silicon-type surface for selective metal deposition to form a metal silicide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7799141B2 Method and system for using a two-phases substrate cleaning compound Electricity 7 Active
US8622020B2 Simultaneous electroless plating of two substrates Electricity 7 Active
US8916232B2 Method for barrier interface preparation of copper interconnect Electricity 7 Active
US7521358B2 Process integration scheme to lower overall dielectric constant in BEoL interconnect structures Electricity 6 Active
US8475599B2 Substrate preparation using stabilized fluid solutions and methods for making stable fluid solutions Electricity 6 Active
US7810513B1 Substrate preparation using megasonic coupling fluid meniscus and methods, apparatus, and systems for implementing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US8026605B2 Interconnect structure and method of manufacturing a damascene structure Electricity 5 Active
US7615486B2 Apparatus and method for integrated surface treatment and deposition for copper interconnect Electricity 4 Active
US8480810B2 Method and apparatus for particle removal Electricity 4 Active
US7032269B2 Brush scrubbing-high frequency resonating substrate processing system Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US8133812B2 Methods and systems for barrier layer surface passivation Electricity 3 Active

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