Inventor · Annaka City, JP

Hirotoshi Yamagishi

38Patents
11h-index
28Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 9, 1988 → Oct 6, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5248378A Method and apparatus for producing silicon single crystal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 46 Expired
US5667584A Method for the preparation of a single crystal of silicon with decreased crystal defects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US5126113A Apparatus for producing czochralski-grown single crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5728211A Silicon single crystal with low defect density and method of producing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 39 Expired
US4956153A Apparatus for Czochralski single crystal growing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5373805A Single crystal pulling apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5361721A Single crystal pulling apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US5462010A Apparatus for supplying granular raw material for a semiconductor single crystal pulling apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5306387A Method for pulling up semiconductor single crystal Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US5110404A Method for heat processing of silicon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5359959A Method for pulling up semi-conductor single crystal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5792255A Manufacturing method of single crystal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5720809A Crucible for pulling silicon single crystal Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5550354A High-frequency induction heating coil Electricity 11 Expired
US5834322A Heat treatment of Si single crystal Electricity 10 Expired
US5386796A Method for testing quality of silicon wafer Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US5067989A Single crystal silicon Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5556461A Method for producing a silicon single crystal by a float-zone method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5258092A Method of growing silicon monocrystalline rod Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US5340434A Process for producing silicon single crystal Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US5843229A Crystal holding apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5348893A Method for treatment of semiconductor wafer Electricity 5 Expired
US6117234A Single crystal growing apparatus and single crystal growing method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6113686A Single crystal growing method and apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US5980630A Manufacturing method of single crystal and apparatus of manufacturing the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired

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