Inventor · Boise, ID, US

Max Hineman

48Patents
10h-index
44Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1995 → Dec 10, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6350679B1 Methods of providing an interlevel dielectric layer intermediate different elevation conductive metal layers in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Electricity 203 Expired
US6372657B1 Method for selective etching of oxides Electricity 146 Expired
US6358756B1 Self-aligned, magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) structure utilizing a spacer containment scheme Electricity 90 Expired
US6521931B2 Self-aligned, magnetoresitive random-access memory (MRAM) structure utilizing a spacer containment scheme Electricity 30 Expired
US6783995B2 Protective layers for MRAM devices Electricity 24 Expired
US5689334A Intracavity laser spectroscope for high sensitivity detection of contaminants Electricity 24 Expired
US6136767A Dilute composition cleaning method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6486108B1 Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication Chemistry; Metallurgy 19 Expired
US9299747B1 Electrode configurations to increase electro-thermal isolation of phase-change memory elements and associated techniques Electricity 15 Active
US7211849B2 Protective layers for MRAM devices Electricity 12 Expired
US6379872B1 Etching of anti-reflective coatings Electricity 10 Expired
US6638843B1 Method for forming a silicide gate stack for use in a self-aligned contact etch Electricity 6 Expired
US6596647B2 Dilute cleaning composition and method for using the same Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US9608042B2 Electrode configurations to increase electro-thermal isolation of phase-change memory elements and associated techniques Electricity 5 Active
US9559146B2 Phase-change memory cell implant for dummy array leakage reduction Electricity 5 Active
US6844255B2 Methods of providing an interlevel dielectric layer intermediate different elevation conductive metal layers in the fabrication of integrated circuitry Electricity 5 Expired
US9231202B2 Thermal-disturb mitigation in dual-deck cross-point memories Electricity 5 Active
US7135444B2 Cleaning composition useful in semiconductor integrated circuit fabrication Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US7344975B2 Method to reduce charge buildup during high aspect ratio contact etch Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6136670A Semiconductor processing methods of forming contacts between electrically conductive materials Electricity 4 Expired
US6313048A Dilute cleaning composition and method for using same Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Expired
US6384001B2 Dilute cleaning composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US9082714B2 Use of etch process post wordline definition to improve data retention in a flash memory device Electricity 3 Active
US7319071B2 Methods for forming a metallic damascene structure Electricity 3 Expired
US6797628B2 Methods of forming integrated circuitry, semiconductor processing methods, and processing method of forming MRAM circuitry Electricity 3 Expired

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