Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Gary W. Ray

19Patents
13h-index
26Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 12, 1991 → Oct 27, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7166531B1 VLSI fabrication processes for introducing pores into dielectric materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 119 Expired
US5886410A Interconnect structure with hard mask and low dielectric constant materials Electricity 66 Expired
US6018187A Elevated pin diode active pixel sensor including a unique interconnection structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US6281535A Three-dimensional ferroelectric capacitor structure for nonvolatile random access memory cell Electricity 44 Expired
US6027995A Method for fabricating an interconnect structure with hard mask and low dielectric constant materials Electricity 39 Expired
US6387736B1 Method and structure for bonding layers in a semiconductor device Electricity 26 Expired
US5342808A Aperture size control for etched vias and metal contacts Electricity 24 Expired
US6215164A Elevated image sensor array which includes isolation between uniquely shaped image sensors Electricity 22 Expired
US6114739A Elevated pin diode active pixel sensor which includes a patterned doped semiconductor electrode Electricity 16 Expired
US8062983B1 Creation of porosity in low-k films by photo-disassociation of imbedded nanoparticles Electricity 16 Active
US5200360A Method for reducing selectivity loss in selective tungsten deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6396118B1 Conductive mesh bias connection for an array of elevated active pixel sensors Electricity 14 Expired
US7629224B1 VLSI fabrication processes for introducing pores into dielectric materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US6051867A Interlayer dielectric for passivation of an elevated integrated circuit sensor structure Electricity 12 Expired
US6016011A Method and apparatus for a dual-inlaid damascene contact to sensor Electricity 11 Expired
US6586812B1 Isolation of alpha silicon diode sensors through ion implantation Electricity 4 Expired
US6083572A Organic low-dielectric constant films deposited by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Electricity 3 Expired
US7972976B1 VLSI fabrication processes for introducing pores into dielectric materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6759724B2 Isolation of alpha silicon diode sensors through ion implantation Electricity 2 Expired

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