Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Gary E. Miner

15Patents
12h-index
31Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 2, 1988 → Oct 9, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5660472A Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 117 Expired
US6037273A Method and apparatus for insitu vapor generation Electricity 83 Expired
US5755511A Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Electricity 66 Expired
US6114258A Method of oxidizing a substrate in the presence of nitride and oxynitride films Electricity 60 Expired
US6450116B1 Apparatus for exposing a substrate to plasma radicals Electricity 59 Expired
US6179466A Method and apparatus for measuring substrate temperatures Electricity 49 Expired
US5848842A Method of calibrating a temperature measurement system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US6159866A Method for insitu vapor generation for forming an oxide on a substrate Electricity 21 Expired
US7317229B2 Gate electrode structures and methods of manufacture Electricity 18 Expired
US7078302B2 Gate electrode dopant activation method for semiconductor manufacturing including a laser anneal Electricity 17 Expired
US6410456B1 Method and apparatus for insitu vapor generation Electricity 14 Expired
US4963500A Method of monitoring semiconductor manufacturing processes and test sample therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7541650B2 Gate electrode structures Electricity 5 Active
US7611976B2 Gate electrode dopant activation method for semiconductor manufacturing Electricity 3 Active
US7658973B2 Tailoring nitrogen profile in silicon oxynitride using rapid thermal annealing with ammonia under ultra-low pressure Electricity 0 Active

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