Inventor · Santa Clara, CA, US

Joffre F. Bernard

17Patents
6h-index
20Co-inventors
58Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 3, 2000 → Dec 20, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6630741B1 Method of reducing electromigration by ordering zinc-doping in an electroplated copper-zinc interconnect and a semiconductor device thereby formed Electricity 47 Expired
US6309959A Formation of self-aligned passivation for interconnect to minimize electromigration Electricity 14 Expired
US6465867B1 Amorphous and gradated barrier layer for integrated circuit interconnects Electricity 14 Expired
US6515367B1 Sub-cap and method of manufacture therefor in integrated circuit capping layers Electricity 11 Expired
US6469387B1 Semiconductor device formed by calcium doping a copper surface using a chemical solution Electricity 8 Expired
US6406996B1 Sub-cap and method of manufacture therefor in integrated circuit capping layers Electricity 8 Expired
US6541286B1 Imaging of integrated circuit interconnects Physics 6 Expired
US6479898B1 Dielectric treatment in integrated circuit interconnects Electricity 5 Expired
US6770559B1 Method of forming wiring by implantation of seed layer material Electricity 4 Expired
US6541860B1 Barrier-to-seed layer alloying in integrated circuit interconnects Electricity 4 Expired
US6444580B1 Method of reducing carbon, sulphur, and oxygen impurities in a calcium-doped copper surface and semiconductor device thereby formed Electricity 4 Expired
US8093698B2 Gettering/stop layer for prevention of reduction of insulating oxide in metal-insulator-metal device Electricity 2 Active
US6621165B1 Semiconductor device fabricated by reducing carbon, sulphur, and oxygen impurities in a calcium-doped copper surface Electricity 2 Expired
US6624074B1 Method of fabricating a semiconductor device by calcium doping a copper surface using a chemical solution Electricity 2 Expired
US6811671B1 Method of controlling zinc-doping in a copper-zinc alloy thin film electroplated on a copper surface and a semiconductor device thereby formed Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7790497B2 Method to prevent alloy formation when forming layered metal oxides by metal oxidation Electricity 0 Active
US8373148B2 Memory device with improved performance Electricity 0 Active

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