Inventor · Saint-Égrève, FR

Joaquin Torres

17Patents
6h-index
15Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 21, 2001 → Sep 15, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6828646B2 Isolating trench and manufacturing process Electricity 70 Expired
US7172980B2 Process for fabricating an integrated electronic circuit that incorporates air gaps Electricity 32 Expired
US6846690B2 Integrated circuit comprising an auxiliary component, for example a passive component or a microelectromechanical system, placed above an electronic chip, and the corresponding fabrication process Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US8470685B2 Integration of self-aligned trenches in-between metal lines Electricity 14 Active
US8072075B2 CuSiN/SiN diffusion barrier for copper in integrated-circuit devices Electricity 14 Active
US6528419B1 Process of fabricating an integrated circuit Electricity 6 Expired
US8138082B2 Method for forming metal interconnects in a dielectric material Electricity 6 Active
US8110879B2 Controlling lateral distribution of air gaps in interconnects Electricity 5 Active
US8399772B2 Control of carbon nanostructure growth in an interconnect structure Electricity 5 Active
US7816266B2 Copper diffusion barrier Electricity 2 Active
US7605071B2 Controlling lateral distribution of air gaps in interconnects Electricity 2 Active
US7553739B2 Integration control and reliability enhancement of interconnect air cavities Electricity 1 Active
US8729701B2 Copper diffusion barrier Electricity 1 Active
US8143157B2 Fabrication of a diffusion barrier cap on copper containing conductive elements Electricity 1 Active
US8424177B2 MIM capacitor with enhanced capacitance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US7630191B2 MIM capacitor Electricity 0 Active
US7989342B2 Formation of a reliable diffusion-barrier cap on a Cu-containing interconnect element having grains with different crystal orientations Electricity 0 Active

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