Inventor · Coppell, TX, US

Monte A. Douglas

51Patents
26h-index
16Co-inventors
85Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 26, 1984 → Jun 29, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4807016A Dry etch of phosphosilicate glass with selectivity to undoped oxide Electricity 341 Expired
US4855017A Trench etch process for a single-wafer RIE dry etch reactor Electricity 216 Expired
US4784720A Trench etch process for a single-wafer RIE dry etch reactor Electricity 143 Expired
US4891303A Trilayer microlithographic process using a silicon-based resist as the middle layer Electricity 140 Expired
US5482564A Method of unsticking components of micro-mechanical devices Performing Operations; Transporting 117 Expired
US6024801A Method of cleaning and treating a semiconductor device including a micromechanical device Performing Operations; Transporting 97 Expired
US5868856A Method for removing inorganic contamination by chemical derivitization and extraction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US5868862A Method of removing inorganic contamination by chemical alteration and extraction in a supercritical fluid media Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 82 Expired
US4711698A Silicon oxide thin film etching process Chemistry; Metallurgy 75 Expired
US4920073A Selective silicidation process using a titanium nitride protective layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US5520992A Electrodes for high dielectric constant materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US4690729A Tapered trench process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5238529A Anisotropic metal oxide etch Electricity 51 Expired
US5100499A Copper dry etch process using organic and amine radicals Electricity 50 Expired
US5431774A Copper etching Electricity 46 Expired
US5122225A Selective etch method Electricity 44 Expired
US4882008A Dry development of photoresist Physics 42 Expired
US4984039A Tapered trench structure and process Electricity 40 Expired
US4702795A Trench etch process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US4675073A Tin etch process Electricity 35 Expired
US4957590A Method for forming local interconnects using selective anisotropy Electricity 34 Expired
US5238530A Anisotropic titanate etch Electricity 34 Expired
US5584938A Electrostatic particle removal and characterization Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US4863559A Method for forming local interconnects using chlorine bearing agents Electricity 28 Expired
US4758305A Contact etch method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired

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