Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Harry J. Levinson

78Patents
19h-index
44Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 30, 1985 → Aug 16, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6716571B2 Selective photoresist hardening to facilitate lateral trimming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 515 Expired
US6184128A Method using a thin resist mask for dual damascene stop layer etch Electricity 74 Expired
US6020269A Ultra-thin resist and nitride/oxide hard mask for metal etch Electricity 65 Expired
US6098408A System for controlling reflection reticle temperature in microlithography Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US6440640B1 Thin resist with transition metal hard mask for via etch application Electricity 43 Expired
US6623893B1 Pellicle for use in EUV lithography and a method of making such a pellicle Physics 43 Expired
US6165695A Thin resist with amorphous silicon hard mask for via etch application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US6309926A Thin resist with nitride hard mask for gate etch application Electricity 39 Expired
US6178221A Lithography reflective mask Physics 38 Expired
US7315033B1 Method and apparatus for reducing biological contamination in an immersion lithography system Physics 38 Expired
US6127070A Thin resist with nitride hard mask for via etch application Electricity 32 Expired
US8741763B2 Layout designs with via routing structures Electricity 32 Active
US8954913B1 Methods of generating circuit layouts that are to be manufactured using SADP routing techniques and virtual non-mandrel mask rules Physics 30 Active
US6645679B1 Attenuated phase shift mask for use in EUV lithography and a method of making such a mask Physics 24 Expired
US6159643A Extreme ultraviolet lithography reflective mask Physics 23 Expired
US6306560A Ultra-thin resist and SiON/oxide hard mask for metal etch Electricity 22 Expired
US6200907A Ultra-thin resist and barrier metal/oxide hard mask for metal etch Electricity 20 Expired
US6057206A Mark protection scheme with no masking Electricity 20 Expired
US6171763A Ultra-thin resist and oxide/nitride hard mask for metal etch Electricity 19 Expired
US7061578B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling imaging in immersion lithography systems Physics 18 Expired
US6140023A Method for transferring patterns created by lithography Physics 18 Expired
US8921225B2 Method for off-grid routing structures utilizing self aligned double patterning (SADP) technology Electricity 18 Active
US5748323A Method and apparatus for wafer-focusing Physics 18 Expired
US6162587A Thin resist with transition metal hard mask for via etch application Electricity 18 Expired
US6984475B1 Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography masks Physics 17 Expired

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