Inventor · Boise, ID, US

John Smythe

139Patents
15h-index
71Co-inventors
89Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 3, 1997 → Sep 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9865456B1 Methods of forming silicon nitride by atomic layer deposition and methods of forming semiconductor structures Electricity 379 Active
US7521378B2 Low temperature process for polysilazane oxidation/densification Electricity 133 Expired
US6165846A Method of eliminating gate leakage in nitrogen annealed oxides Electricity 71 Expired
US6190973A Method of fabricating a high quality thin oxide Electricity 67 Expired
US8223539B2 GCIB-treated resistive device Electricity 58 Active
US8048755B2 Resistive memory and methods of processing resistive memory Electricity 53 Active
US7514366B2 Methods for forming shallow trench isolation Electricity 36 Active
US8114468B2 Methods of forming a non-volatile resistive oxide memory array Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Active
US7112513B2 Sub-micron space liner and densification process Electricity 23 Expired
US7785978B2 Method of forming memory cell using gas cluster ion beams Electricity 23 Active
US7737039B2 Spacer process for on pitch contacts and related structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US9985049B1 Arrays of elevationally-extending strings of memory cells and methods of forming memory arrays Electricity 17 Active
US6642112B1 Non-oxidizing spacer densification method for manufacturing semiconductor devices Electricity 17 Expired
US7439157B2 Isolation trenches for memory devices Electricity 16 Active
US7851307B2 Method of forming complex oxide nanodots for a charge trap Electricity 15 Active
US7271463B2 Trench insulation structures including an oxide liner that is thinner along the walls of the trench than along the base Electricity 15 Expired
US7557420B2 Low temperature process for polysilazane oxidation/densification Electricity 14 Expired
US8241944B2 Resistive RAM devices and methods Electricity 14 Active
US8409915B2 Methods of forming memory cells Electricity 14 Active
US8598560B1 Resistive memory elements exhibiting increased interfacial adhesion strength, methods of forming the same, and related resistive memory cells and memory devices Electricity 13 Active
US8034655B2 Non-volatile resistive oxide memory cells, non-volatile resistive oxide memory arrays, and methods of forming non-volatile resistive oxide memory cells and memory arrays Physics 13 Active
US7271464B2 Liner for shallow trench isolation Electricity 12 Expired
US8735211B2 Resistive RAM devices and methods Electricity 12 Active
US8211803B2 Spacer process for on pitch contacts and related structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US8129289B2 Method to deposit conformal low temperature SiO2 Electricity 9 Active

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