Inventor · Herent, BE

Karen Maex

27Patents
14h-index
42Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 6, 1992 → Jan 22, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6391785B1 Method for bottomless deposition of barrier layers in integrated circuit metallization schemes Electricity 362 Expired
US6852635B2 Method for bottomless deposition of barrier layers in integrated circuit metallization schemes Electricity 95 Expired
US6664192B2 Method for bottomless deposition of barrier layers in integrated circuit metallization schemes Electricity 55 Expired
US5780362A CoSi.sub.2 salicide method Electricity 42 Expired
US6720245B2 Method of fabrication and device for electromagnetic-shielding structures in a damascene-based interconnect scheme Electricity 31 Expired
US5271084A Method and device for measuring temperature radiation using a pyrometer wherein compensation lamps are used Physics 28 Expired
US6662631B2 Method and apparatus for characterization of porous films Physics 25 Expired
US7319274B2 Methods for selective integration of airgaps and devices made by such methods Electricity 24 Expired
US6635964B2 Metallization structure on a fluorine-containing dielectric and a method for fabrication thereof Electricity 23 Expired
US6153484A Etching process of CoSi.sub.2 layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 22 Expired
US7078352B2 Methods for selective integration of airgaps and devices made by such methods Electricity 19 Expired
US7037851B2 Methods for selective integration of airgaps and devices made by such methods Electricity 17 Expired
US6495453B1 Method for improving the quality of a metal layer deposited from a plating bath Electricity 16 Expired
US6593251B2 Method to produce a porous oxygen-silicon layer Electricity 14 Expired
US6245489A Fluorinated hard mask for micropatterning of polymers Electricity 14 Expired
US6323555A Metallization structure on a fluorine-containing dielectric and a method for fabrication thereof Electricity 11 Expired
US6435008B2 Apparatus and method for determining porosity Physics 11 Expired
US7124377B2 Design method for essentially digital systems and components thereof and essentially digital systems made in accordance with the method Physics 10 Expired
US6255227A Etching process of CoSi2 layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6319736A Apparatus and method for determining porosity Physics 6 Expired
US6844266B2 Anisotropic etching of organic-containing insulating layers Electricity 6 Expired
US7016028B2 Method and apparatus for defect detection Physics 4 Expired
US7790600B2 Synthesis of zeolite crystals and formation of carbon nanostructures in patterned structures Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US7042091B2 Fluorinated hard mask for micropatterning of polymers Electricity 4 Expired
US6821884B2 Method of fabricating a semiconductor device Electricity 1 Expired

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