Inventor · Livermore, CA, US

Ian Robert Harvey

28Patents
10h-index
26Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 13, 1996 → Sep 7, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6249039A Integrated inductive components and method of fabricating such components Electricity 165 Expired
US6236222A Method and apparatus for detecting misalignments in interconnect structures Physics 98 Expired
US6174803A Integrated circuit device interconnection techniques Electricity 60 Expired
US6241587A System for dislodging by-product agglomerations from a polishing pad of a chemical mechanical polishing machine Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US6207543A Metallization technique for gate electrodes and local interconnects Electricity 33 Expired
US6008130A Polymer adhesive plasma confinement ring Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US6057227A Oxide etch stop techniques for uniform damascene trench depth Electricity 26 Expired
US5880006A Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device Electricity 18 Expired
US6013558A Silicon-enriched shallow trench oxide for reduced recess during LDD spacer etch Electricity 10 Expired
US5793095A Custom laser conductor linkage for integrated circuits Electricity 10 Expired
US5895245A Plasma ash for silicon surface preparation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US5923960A Method of making a custom laser conductor linkage for the integrated circuits Electricity 8 Expired
US6309948A Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device Electricity 8 Expired
US6215129A Via alignment, etch completion, and critical dimension measurement method and structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6060376A Integrated etch process for polysilicon/metal gate Electricity 6 Expired
US6197621A Custom laser conductor linkage for integrated circuits Electricity 5 Expired
US5821163A Method for achieving accurate SOG etchback selectivity Electricity 5 Expired
US6027950A Method for achieving accurate SOG etchback selectivity Electricity 5 Expired
US6084305A Shaped etch-front for self-aligned contact Electricity 4 Expired
USD569051S1 RFID animal ear tag General 2 Expired
US6080677A Method for preventing micromasking in shallow trench isolation process etching Electricity 2 Expired
US5976987A In-situ corner rounding during oxide etch for improved plug fill Electricity 1 Expired
US6162650A Via alignment, etch completion, and critical dimension measurement method and structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US8421305B2 MEMS devices and systems actuated by an energy field Electricity 1 Active
US11109571B2 Social group management system and method therefor Physics 1 Active

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