Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Mei Chang

175Patents
50h-index
218Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 14, 1987 → Mar 27, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5846332A Thermally floating pedestal collar in a chemical vapor deposition chamber Electricity 782 Expired
US4854263A Inlet manifold and methods for increasing gas dissociation and for PECVD of dielectric films Chemistry; Metallurgy 693 Expired
US6079356A Reactor optimized for chemical vapor deposition of titanium Electricity 621 Expired
US6129044A Apparatus for substrate processing with improved throughput and yield Electricity 546 Expired
US8633115B2 Methods for atomic layer etching Electricity 504 Active
US6106625A Reactor useful for chemical vapor deposition of titanium nitride Electricity 499 Expired
US5213650A Apparatus for removing deposits from backside and end edge of semiconductor wafer while preventing removal of materials from front surface of wafer Electricity 495 Expired
US7049226B2 Integration of ALD tantalum nitride for copper metallization Electricity 474 Expired
US7204886B2 Apparatus and method for hybrid chemical processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 471 Expired
US9252024B2 Deposition chambers with UV treatment and methods of use Electricity 453 Active
US6099649A Chemical vapor deposition hot-trap for unreacted precursor conversion and effluent removal Electricity 417 Expired
US4960488A Reactor chamber self-cleaning process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 414 Expired
US6402806B1 Method for unreacted precursor conversion and effluent removal Electricity 395 Expired
US6432479B1 Method for in-situ, post deposition surface passivation of a chemical vapor deposited film Electricity 362 Expired
US5851299A Passive shield for CVD wafer processing which provides frontside edge exclusion and prevents backside depositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 359 Expired
US9353440B2 Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 351 Active
US7591907B2 Apparatus for hybrid chemical processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 350 Active
US5516367A Chemical vapor deposition chamber with a purge guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 349 Expired
US9765432B2 Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 345 Active
USRE47440E1 Apparatus and method for providing uniform flow of gas General 343 Active
US5028565A Process for CVD deposition of tungsten layer on semiconductor wafer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 342 Expired
US5855687A Substrate support shield in wafer processing reactors Electricity 318 Expired
US4842683A Magnetic field-enhanced plasma etch reactor Electricity 303 Expired
US6171661A Deposition of copper with increased adhesion Chemistry; Metallurgy 299 Expired
US7396480B2 Method for front end of line fabrication Electricity 265 Active

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