Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Patrick A. Van Cleemput

54Patents
16h-index
83Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 17, 1997 → Dec 22, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7208389B1 Method of porogen removal from porous low-k films using UV radiation Electricity 558 Expired
US6030881A High throughput chemical vapor deposition process capable of filling high aspect ratio structures Chemistry; Metallurgy 430 Expired
US9824893B1 Tin oxide thin film spacers in semiconductor device manufacturing Electricity 413 Active
US6395150B1 Very high aspect ratio gapfill using HDP Electricity 349 Expired
US5872058A High aspect ratio gapfill process by using HDP Electricity 326 Expired
US6340628B1 Method to deposit SiOCH films with dielectric constant below 3.0 Electricity 108 Expired
US7176144B1 Plasma detemplating and silanol capping of porous dielectric films Electricity 87 Expired
US6576345B1 Dielectric films with low dielectric constants Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 73 Expired
US6867152B1 Properties of a silica thin film produced by a rapid vapor deposition (RVD) process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US6550484B1 Apparatus for maintaining wafer back side and edge exclusion during supercritical fluid processing Electricity 48 Expired
US6846391B1 Process for depositing F-doped silica glass in high aspect ratio structures Electricity 32 Expired
US6766810B1 Methods and apparatus to control pressure in a supercritical fluid reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US9773643B1 Apparatus and method for deposition and etch in gap fill Electricity 28 Active
US10510590B2 Low resistivity films containing molybdenum Electricity 18 Active
US11031245B2 Tin oxide thin film spacers in semiconductor device manufacturing Electricity 16 Active
US6149779A Low-k BSG gap fill process using HDP Electricity 16 Expired
US10373806B2 Apparatus and method for deposition and etch in gap fill Electricity 15 Active
US11088019B2 Method to create air gaps Electricity 14 Active
US9245739B2 Low-K oxide deposition by hydrolysis and condensation Electricity 14 Active
US11183383B2 Tin oxide thin film spacers in semiconductor device manufacturing Electricity 13 Active
US6258653A Silicon nitride barrier for capacitance maximization of tantalum oxide capacitor Electricity 12 Expired
US10777453B2 Low resistivity films containing molybdenum Electricity 12 Active
US6951765B1 Method and apparatus for introduction of solid precursors and reactants into a supercritical fluid reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US10049921B2 Method for selectively sealing ultra low-k porous dielectric layer using flowable dielectric film formed from vapor phase dielectric precursor Electricity 11 Active
US9583386B2 Interlevel conductor pre-fill utilizing selective barrier deposition Electricity 9 Active

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