Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Hugh E. Stroupe

34Patents
13h-index
12Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 15, 1992 → Feb 26, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6410459B1 Wafer planarization using a uniform layer of material and method and apparatus for forming uniform layer of material used in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 522 Expired
US5232875A Method and apparatus for improving planarity of chemical-mechanical planarization operations Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 311 Expired
US5792709A High-speed planarizing apparatus and method for chemical mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 141 Expired
US5533924A Polishing apparatus, a polishing wafer carrier apparatus, a replacable component for a particular polishing apparatus and a process of polishing wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 131 Expired
US5664988A Process of polishing a semiconductor wafer having an orientation edge discontinuity shape Performing Operations; Transporting 106 Expired
US6103636A Method and apparatus for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US6653722B2 Method for applying uniform pressurized film across wafer Electricity 41 Expired
US5807767A Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 31 Expired
US6069028A Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 19 Expired
US6472725B1 Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 19 Expired
US6316363A Deadhesion method and mechanism for wafer processing Performing Operations; Transporting 17 Expired
US5945729A Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 15 Expired
US6329301A Method and apparatus for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6506679B2 Deadhesion method and mechanism for wafer processing Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6380086B1 High-speed planarizing apparatus for chemical-mechanical planarization of semiconductor wafers Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6518172B1 Method for applying uniform pressurized film across wafer Electricity 8 Expired
US6309913A Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 7 Expired
US6307254A Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 6 Expired
US6555897B2 Assembly for attaching die to leads Electricity 5 Expired
US6610610B2 Methods for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6828227B2 Method for applying uniform pressurized film across wafer Electricity 4 Expired
US7135763B2 Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 4 Expired
US6530113B2 Apparatus for selective removal of material from wafer alignment marks Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6429146B2 Wafer planarization using a uniform layer of material and method and apparatus for forming uniform layer of material used in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6882032B2 Technique for attaching die to leads Electricity 2 Expired

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