Inventor · Beverly, MA, US

John Hautala

99Patents
15h-index
78Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 27, 1999 → Jul 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6265311A PECVD of TaN films from tantalum halide precursors Electricity 382 Expired
US6410433B1 Thermal CVD of TaN films from tantalum halide precursors Electricity 351 Expired
US7259036B2 Methods of forming doped and un-doped strained semiconductor materials and semiconductor films by gas-cluster-ion-beam irradiation and materials and film products Electricity 112 Expired
US6268288A Plasma treated thermal CVD of TaN films from tantalum halide precursors Electricity 70 Expired
US7060989B2 Method and apparatus for improved processing with a gas-cluster ion beam Electricity 56 Expired
US7794798B2 Method for depositing films using gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 42 Active
US7521089B2 Method and apparatus for controlling the movement of CVD reaction byproduct gases to adjacent process chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US7115511B2 GCIB processing of integrated circuit interconnect structures Electricity 39 Expired
US8237136B2 Method and system for tilting a substrate during gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 30 Active
US7947582B2 Material infusion in a trap layer structure using gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 29 Active
US6812147B2 GCIB processing to improve interconnection vias and improved interconnection via Electricity 29 Expired
US8187971B2 Method to alter silicide properties using GCIB treatment Electricity 21 Active
US7968422B2 Method for forming trench isolation using a gas cluster ion beam growth process Electricity 17 Active
US6410432B1 CVD of integrated Ta and TaNx films from tantalum halide precursors Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US7410890B2 Formation of doped regions and/or ultra-shallow junctions in semiconductor materials by gas-cluster ion irradiation Electricity 15 Expired
US7825389B2 Method and apparatus for controlling a gas cluster ion beam formed from a gas mixture Electricity 10 Active
US7759251B2 Dual damascene integration structure and method for forming improved dual damascene integration structure Electricity 9 Expired
US7291558B2 Copper interconnect wiring and method of forming thereof Electricity 9 Expired
US9190498B2 Technique for forming a FinFET device using selective ion implantation Electricity 9 Active
US8048788B2 Method for treating non-planar structures using gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 9 Active
US8372489B2 Method for directional deposition using a gas cluster ion beam Electricity 8 Active
US9984889B2 Techniques for manipulating patterned features using ions Electricity 8 Active
US8313663B2 Surface profile adjustment using gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 8 Active
US11043394B1 Techniques and apparatus for selective shaping of mask features using angled beams Electricity 8 Active
US8592784B2 Method for modifying a material layer using gas cluster ion beam processing Electricity 8 Active

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