Inventor · Cave Creek, AZ, US

Ming Li

26Patents
11h-index
54Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 27, 1995 → Mar 26, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8728956B2 Plasma activated conformal film deposition Electricity 520 Active
US8524612B2 Plasma-activated deposition of conformal films Electricity 378 Active
US8101531B1 Plasma-activated deposition of conformal films Electricity 79 Active
US9230800B2 Plasma activated conformal film deposition Electricity 40 Active
US5960311A Method for forming controlled voids in interlevel dielectric Electricity 39 Expired
US8017527B1 Method and apparatus to reduce defects in liquid based PECVD films Chemistry; Metallurgy 34 Active
US5847464A Method for forming controlled voids in interlevel dielectric Electricity 32 Expired
US9034142B2 Temperature controlled showerhead for high temperature operations Chemistry; Metallurgy 24 Active
US8444092B2 Metal sheets and plates having friction-reducing textured surfaces and methods of manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US9328416B2 Method for the reduction of defectivity in vapor deposited films Chemistry; Metallurgy 16 Active
US8578747B2 Metal sheets and plates having friction-reducing textured surfaces and methods of manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Active
US9297394B2 Metal sheets and plates having friction-reducing textured surfaces and methods of manufacturing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US6720251B1 Applications and methods of making nitrogen-free anti-reflective layers for semiconductor processing Electricity 8 Expired
US5820999A Trimmed aluminum sheet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US7642202B1 Methods of forming moisture barrier for low k film integration with anti-reflective layers Electricity 6 Expired
US7455004B2 Apparatus and method for cutting sheet material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6976414B2 Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6992388B2 Formation of micro rough polysurface for low sheet resistant salicided sub-quarter micron polylines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7430951B1 Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet to reduce slivers and improve edge quality Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US8628618B2 Precursor vapor generation and delivery system with filters and filter monitoring system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7052988B1 Applications and methods of making nitrogen-free anti-reflective layers for semiconductor processing Electricity 3 Expired
US8003549B1 Methods of forming moisture barrier for low K film integration with anti-reflective layers Electricity 0 Active
US9637821B2 Method for supplying vaporized precursor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US9064693B2 Deposition of thin film dielectrics and light emitting nano-layer structures Electricity 0 Active
US12014921B2 Plasma enhanced wafer soak for thin film deposition Electricity 0 Active

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