Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

James A. Fair

21Patents
17h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 29, 1983 → Jun 11, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7897215B1 Sequential UV induced chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 507 Expired
US6627268B1 Sequential ion, UV, and electron induced chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 465 Expired
US6720260B1 Sequential electron induced chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 462 Expired
US7144806B1 ALD of tantalum using a hydride reducing agent Electricity 280 Expired
US6844258B1 Selective refractory metal and nitride capping Electricity 207 Expired
US6464779B1 Copper atomic layer chemical vapor desposition Electricity 140 Expired
US7005372B2 Deposition of tungsten nitride Electricity 136 Expired
US7691749B2 Deposition of tungsten nitride Electricity 81 Active
US4565157A Method and apparatus for deposition of tungsten silicides Chemistry; Metallurgy 81 Expired
US6849122B1 Thin layer metal chemical vapor deposition Electricity 78 Expired
US7157798B1 Selective refractory metal and nitride capping Electricity 54 Expired
US6905543B1 Methods of forming tungsten nucleation layer Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Expired
US7107998B2 Method for preventing and cleaning ruthenium-containing deposits in a CVD apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 45 Expired
US5208643A Method of and apparatus for non-contact temperature measurement Physics 33 Expired
US5741363A Interiorly partitioned vapor injector for delivery of source reagent vapor mixtures for chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 28 Expired
US6010748A Method of delivering source reagent vapor mixtures for chemical vapor deposition using interiorly partitioned injector Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US8864935B2 Plasma generator apparatus Electricity 18 Active
US7014709B1 Thin layer metal chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US4920908A Method and apparatus for deposition of tungsten silicides Chemistry; Metallurgy 8 Expired
US5751019A Method and structure for reducing short circuits between overlapping conductors Electricity 6 Expired
US7176140B1 Adhesion promotion for etch by-products Electricity 5 Expired

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