Inventor · Berkeley Heights, NJ, US

Hyman J. Levinstein

36Patents
21h-index
50Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 3, 1974 → Jan 29, 1998

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5903428A Hybrid Johnsen-Rahbek electrostatic chuck having highly resistive mesas separating the chuck from a wafer supported thereupon and method of fabricating same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 231 Expired
US5745331A Electrostatic chuck with conformal insulator film Electricity 107 Expired
US4378628A Cobalt silicide metallization for semiconductor integrated circuits Electricity 87 Expired
US4427516A Apparatus and method for plasma-assisted etching of wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 61 Expired
US4276557A Integrated semiconductor circuit structure and method for making it Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US4256534A Device fabrication by plasma etching Chemistry; Metallurgy 50 Expired
US4208241A Device fabrication by plasma etching Electricity 49 Expired
US5491603A Method of determining a dechucking voltage which nullifies a residual electrostatic force between an electrostatic chuck and a wafer Electricity 45 Expired
US5753132A Method of making electrostatic chuck with conformal insulator film Electricity 42 Expired
US4555842A Method of fabricating VLSI CMOS devices having complementary threshold voltages Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US4151007A Hydrogen annealing process for stabilizing metal-oxide-semiconductor structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US4419201A Apparatus and method for plasma-assisted etching of wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US4343677A Method for patterning films using reactive ion etching thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5360524A Method for planarization of submicron vias and the manufacture of semiconductor integrated circuits Electricity 37 Expired
US5585012A Self-cleaning polymer-free top electrode for parallel electrode etch operation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US4472237A Reactive ion etching of tantalum and silicon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US5729423A Puncture resistant electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4332839A Method for making integrated semiconductor circuit structure with formation of Ti or Ta silicide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Expired
US4033287A Radial flow reactor including glow discharge limiting shield Chemistry; Metallurgy 26 Expired
US4011583A Ohmics contacts of germanium and palladium alloy from group III-V n-type semiconductors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US4134125A Passivation of metallized semiconductor substrates Electricity 22 Expired
US4149905A Method of limiting stacking faults in oxidized silicon wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5986875A Puncture resistant electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6110821A Method for forming titanium silicide in situ Electricity 17 Expired
US4341818A Method for producing silicon dioxide/polycrystalline silicon interfaces Electricity 17 Expired

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