Inventor · Boise, ID, US

John M. Drynan

33Patents
14h-index
13Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 4, 1996 → Jun 30, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5929524A Semiconductor device having ring-shaped conductive spacer which connects wiring layers Electricity 73 Expired
US5953609A Method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory device Electricity 38 Expired
US7268039B2 Method of forming a contact using a sacrificial structure Electricity 37 Active
US6962846B2 Methods of forming a double-sided capacitor or a contact using a sacrificial structure Electricity 30 Expired
US5939746A Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method of the same Electricity 29 Expired
US6524912B1 Planarization of metal container structures Electricity 28 Expired
US7321150B2 Semiconductor device precursor structures to a double-sided capacitor or a contact Electricity 27 Expired
US7273779B2 Method of forming a double-sided capacitor Electricity 26 Expired
US6511896B2 Method of etching a substantially amorphous TA2O5 comprising layer Electricity 25 Expired
US6001734A Formation method of contact/ through hole Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6713378B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 21 Expired
US6617250B2 Methods of depositing a layer comprising tungsten and methods of forming a transistor gate line Electricity 20 Expired
US6511879B1 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 17 Expired
US6197682A Structure of a contact hole in a semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Electricity 16 Expired
US6096632A Fabrication method of semiconductor device using CMP process Electricity 12 Expired
US6645846B2 Methods of forming conductive contacts to conductive structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6781182B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 8 Expired
US6969882B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 6 Expired
US7061115B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 6 Expired
US7053462B2 Planarization of metal container structures Electricity 5 Expired
US7573087B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 4 Active
US6020642A Interconnection system in a semiconductor device Electricity 4 Expired
US7888774B2 Interconnect line selectively isolated from an underlying contact plug Electricity 3 Active
US7019347B2 Dynamic random access memory circuitry comprising insulative collars Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6767806B2 METHOD OF FORMING A PATTERNED SUBSTANTIALLY CRYSTALLINE TA2O5 COMPRISING MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF FORMING A CAPACITOR HAVING A CAPACITOR DIELECTRIC REGION COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY CRYSTALLINE TA2O5 COMPRISING MATERIAL Electricity 2 Expired

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