Kei-Wei Chen
195Patents
6h-index
162Co-inventors
77Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 20, 2001 → Apr 10, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7837841B2 | Apparatuses for electrochemical deposition, conductive layer, and fabrication methods thereof | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 44 | Active |
| US9508556B1 | Method for fabricating fin field effect transistor and semiconductor device | Electricity | 16 | Active |
| US6828226B1 | Removal of SiON residue after CMP | Electricity | 15 | Expired |
| US10164053B1 | Semiconductor device and method | Electricity | 15 | Active |
| US8247322B2 | Via/contact and damascene structures and manufacturing methods thereof | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US7071100B2 | Method of forming barrier layer with reduced resistivity and improved reliability in copper damascene process | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US9570311B2 | Modular grinding apparatuses and methods for wafer thinning | Performing Operations; Transporting | 6 | Active |
| US7183199B2 | Method of reducing the pattern effect in the CMP process | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US7368379B2 | Multi-layer interconnect structure for semiconductor devices | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US10058974B1 | Method for controlling chemical mechanical polishing process | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Active |
| US7803257B2 | Current-leveling electroplating/electropolishing electrode | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Active |
| US9064770B2 | Methods for minimizing edge peeling in the manufacturing of BSI chips | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US11139432B1 | Methods of forming a FinFET device | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7208404B2 | Method to reduce Rs pattern dependence effect | Electricity | 5 | Expired |
| US9947753B2 | Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10504782B2 | Fin Field-Effect Transistor device and method of forming the same | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8518819B2 | Semiconductor device contact structures and methods for making the same | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9676114B2 | Wafer edge trim blade with slots | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US10201887B2 | Polishing pad having grooves on bottom surface of top layer | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US10276715B2 | Fin field effect transistor and method for fabricating the same | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7199045B2 | Metal-filled openings for submicron devices and methods of manufacture thereof | Electricity | 3 | Expired |
| US9281475B2 | Resistive random-access memory (RRAM) with multi-layer device structure | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10002867B2 | Fin-type field effect transistor structure and manufacturing method thereof | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US9368394B1 | Dry etching gas and method of manufacturing semiconductor device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US11145751B2 | Semiconductor structure with doped contact plug and method for forming the same | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.