Kun-Tack Lee
56Patents
8h-index
88Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Dec 1, 1999 → Apr 12, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7488688B2 | Method of removing oxide layer and semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for removing oxide layer | Electricity | 243 | Expired |
| US8344385B2 | Vertical-type semiconductor device | Electricity | 40 | Active |
| US6565736B2 | WET PROCESS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION USING ANODE WATER CONTAINING OXIDATIVE SUBSTANCES AND CATHODE WATER CONTAINING REDUCTIVE SUBSTANCES, AND ANODE WATER AND CATHODE WATER USED IN THE WET PROCESS | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 24 | Expired |
| US6399552B1 | Aqueous cleaning solution for removing contaminants surface of circuit substrate cleaning method using the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 17 | Expired |
| US6610596B1 | Method of forming metal interconnection using plating and semiconductor device manufactured by the method | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US6860277B2 | Single type of semiconductor wafer cleaning device | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 10 | Expired |
| US8766343B2 | Integrated circuit capacitors having sidewall supports | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US8119476B2 | Methods of forming integrated circuit capacitors having sidewall supports and capacitors formed thereby | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US6701942B2 | Method of and apparatus for removing contaminants from surface of a substrate | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 8 | Expired |
| US8084367B2 | Etching, cleaning and drying methods using supercritical fluid and chamber systems using these methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US7498217B2 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor memory devices with unit cells having charge trapping layers | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8790470B2 | Etching, cleaning and drying methods using supercritical fluid and chamber systems using these methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
| US7153370B2 | Method of cleaning semiconductor wafer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 5 | Expired |
| US7237561B2 | Apparatus for cleaning semiconductor wafer including heating using a light source and method for cleaning wafer using the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Expired |
| US8585917B2 | Etching, cleaning and drying methods using supercritical fluid and chamber systems using these methods | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 4 | Active |
| US10029332B2 | Spot heater and device for cleaning wafer using the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 4 | Active |
| US8110499B2 | Method of forming a contact structure | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7265040B2 | Cleaning solution and method for selectively removing layer in a silicidation process | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Expired |
| US10985036B2 | Substrate processing apparatus and apparatus for manufacturing integrated circuit device | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10083829B2 | Apparatus for treating substrates using supercritical fluids, substrate treatment system including the same and method of treating substrates using the same | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7745338B2 | Method of forming fine pitch hardmask patterns and method of forming fine patterns of semiconductor device using the same | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US10576582B2 | Spot heater and device for cleaning wafer using the same | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 2 | Active |
| US8597081B2 | Chemical mechanical polishing apparatus having pad conditioning disk and pre-conditioner unit | Performing Operations; Transporting | 2 | Active |
| US8795541B2 | Substrate processing method and substrate processing system for performing the same | Electricity | 2 | Active |
| US8557651B2 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using an etchant | Electricity | 2 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.