Inventor · Redwood City, CA, US

Michael Kwan

14Patents
6h-index
29Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 27, 1998 → Jun 8, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6335288B1 Gas chemistry cycling to achieve high aspect ratio gapfill with HDP-CVD Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 317 Expired
US7253123B2 Method for producing gate stack sidewall spacers Electricity 240 Expired
US6045877A Pyrolytic chemical vapor deposition of silicone films Physics 148 Expired
US7407893B2 Liquid precursors for the CVD deposition of amorphous carbon films Electricity 21 Expired
US7638440B2 Method of depositing an amorphous carbon film for etch hardmask application Physics 20 Active
US6812153B2 Method for high aspect ratio HDP CVD gapfill Electricity 7 Expired
US7052552B2 Gas chemistry cycling to achieve high aspect ratio gapfill with HDP-CVD Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6596123B1 Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US6715496B2 Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor wafer processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US10082390B2 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Physics 2 Active
US10648802B2 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Physics 2 Active
US11029148B2 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Physics 1 Active
US7064077B2 Method for high aspect ratio HDP CVD gapfill Electricity 1 Expired
US11733035B2 Feed-forward of multi-layer and multi-process information using XPS and XRF technologies Physics 0 Active

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