Inventor · Sandy Hook, CT, US

James G. Ryan

51Patents
21h-index
84Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 29, 1983 → Jan 6, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5563105A PECVD method of depositing fluorine doped oxide using a fluorine precursor containing a glass-forming element Electricity 303 Expired
US5134460A Aluminum bump, reworkable bump, and titanium nitride structure for tab bonding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 192 Expired
US5326430A Cooling microfan arrangements and process Electricity 148 Expired
US5130779A Solder mass having conductive encapsulating arrangement Electricity 132 Expired
US5251806A Method of forming dual height solder interconnections Electricity 106 Expired
US5126006A Plural level chip masking Physics 84 Expired
US4464701A Process for making high dielectric constant nitride based materials and devices using the same Electricity 63 Expired
US6140217A Technique for extending the limits of photolithography Electricity 62 Expired
US4840302A Chromium-titanium alloy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 60 Expired
US5296775A Cooling microfan arrangements and process Electricity 51 Expired
US5885425A Method for selective material deposition on one side of raised or recessed features Electricity 43 Expired
US5091289A Process for forming multi-level coplanar conductor/insulator films employing photosensitive polyimide polymer compositions Electricity 40 Expired
US5401675A Method of depositing conductors in high aspect ratio apertures using a collimator Electricity 39 Expired
US5909044A Process for forming a high density semiconductor device Electricity 36 Expired
US5843363A Ablation patterning of multi-layered structures Electricity 35 Expired
US5960318A Borderless contact etch process with sidewall spacer and selective isotropic etch process Electricity 32 Expired
US5213916A Method of making a gray level mask Physics 30 Expired
US5356837A Method of making epitaxial cobalt silicide using a thin metal underlayer Electricity 29 Expired
US5529670A Method of depositing conductors in high aspect ratio apertures under high temperature conditions Electricity 27 Expired
US6199269A Manipulation of micromechanical objects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US5589706A Fuse link structures through the addition of dummy structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US5972788A Method of making flexible interconnections with dual-metal-dual-stud structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US5334467A Gray level mask Physics 20 Expired
US5086016A Method of making semiconductor device contact including transition metal-compound dopant source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6204112A Process for forming a high density semiconductor device Electricity 18 Expired

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