Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Peijun Ding

103Patents
28h-index
108Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: May 5, 1994 → May 26, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6328871A Barrier layer for electroplating processes Electricity 110 Expired
US6066892A Copper alloy seed layer for copper metallization in an integrated circuit Electricity 107 Expired
US6350353B2 Alternate steps of IMP and sputtering process to improve sidewall coverage Electricity 100 Expired
US5879523A Ceramic coated metallic insulator particularly useful in a plasma sputter reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 89 Expired
US6037257A Sputter deposition and annealing of copper alloy metallization Electricity 84 Expired
US6398929B1 Plasma reactor and shields generating self-ionized plasma for sputtering Electricity 69 Expired
US6919275B2 Method of preventing diffusion of copper through a tantalum-comprising barrier layer Electricity 59 Expired
US6436267B1 Method for achieving copper fill of high aspect ratio interconnect features Electricity 52 Expired
US5911113A Silicon-doped titanium wetting layer for aluminum plug Electricity 52 Expired
US5736021A Electrically floating shield in a plasma reactor Electricity 50 Expired
US6139699A Sputtering methods for depositing stress tunable tantalum and tantalum nitride films Electricity 48 Expired
US5766379A Passivated copper conductive layers for microelectronic applications and methods of manufacturing same Electricity 44 Expired
US6387805B2 Copper alloy seed layer for copper metallization Electricity 44 Expired
US6235163A Methods and apparatus for ionized metal plasma copper deposition with enhanced in-film particle performance Electricity 43 Expired
US6207558A Barrier applications for aluminum planarization Electricity 43 Expired
US6582569B1 Process for sputtering copper in a self ionized plasma Electricity 41 Expired
US6413383B1 Method for igniting a plasma in a sputter reactor Electricity 40 Expired
US6692617B1 Sustained self-sputtering reactor having an increased density plasma Electricity 38 Expired
US6160315A Copper alloy via structure Electricity 38 Expired
US6399479B1 Processes to improve electroplating fill Electricity 38 Expired
US6627050B2 Method and apparatus for depositing a tantalum-containing layer on a substrate Electricity 38 Expired
US6758947B2 Damage-free sculptured coating deposition Electricity 35 Expired
US6893541B2 Multi-step process for depositing copper seed layer in a via Electricity 35 Expired
US7253109B2 Method of depositing a tantalum nitride/tantalum diffusion barrier layer system Electricity 35 Expired
US6911124B2 Method of depositing a TaN seed layer Electricity 32 Expired

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