Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Peter K. Moon

31Patents
11h-index
38Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 29, 1995 → Sep 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5719085A Shallow trench isolation technique Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 397 Expired
US5827769A Method for fabricating a transistor with increased hot carrier resistance by nitridizing and annealing the sidewall oxide of the gate electrode Electricity 99 Expired
US7018918B2 Method of forming a selectively converted inter-layer dielectric using a porogen material Electricity 60 Expired
US6977435B2 Thick metal layer integrated process flow to improve power delivery and mechanical buffering Electricity 55 Expired
US5985735A Trench isolation process using nitrogen preconditioning to reduce crystal defects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6943121B2 Selectively converted inter-layer dielectric Electricity 31 Expired
US6649515B2 Photoimageable material patterning techniques useful in fabricating conductive lines in circuit structures Electricity 23 Expired
US6908829B2 Method of forming an air gap intermetal layer dielectric (ILD) by utilizing a dielectric material to bridge underlying metal lines Electricity 22 Expired
US6118168A Trench isolation process using nitrogen preconditioning to reduce crystal defects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6703069B1 Under bump metallurgy for lead-tin bump over copper pad Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US7586196B2 Apparatus for an improved air gap interconnect structure Electricity 11 Active
US7279423B2 Forming a copper diffusion barrier Electricity 11 Expired
US6878465B2 Under bump metallurgy for Lead-Tin bump over copper pad Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6833320B2 Removing sacrificial material by thermal decomposition Electricity 9 Expired
US5911111A Polysilicon polish for patterning improvement Electricity 8 Expired
US7304388B2 Method and apparatus for an improved air gap interconnect structure Electricity 6 Expired
US6707120B1 Field effect transistor Electricity 5 Expired
US7402519B2 Interconnects having sealing structures to enable selective metal capping layers Electricity 4 Active
US8058710B2 Interconnects having sealing structures to enable selective metal capping layers Electricity 4 Active
US7060617B2 Method of protecting a seed layer for electroplating Electricity 2 Expired
US7078754B2 Methods and apparatuses for producing a polymer memory device Electricity 2 Expired
US7223694B2 Method for improving selectivity of electroless metal deposition Electricity 2 Expired
US6900063B2 Methods and apparatuses for producing a polymer memory device Electricity 1 Expired
US9437545B2 Interconnects having sealing structures to enable selective metal capping layers Electricity 1 Active
US7239019B2 Selectively converted inter-layer dielectric Electricity 1 Expired

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