Inventor · Dresden, DE

Ralf Richter

127Patents
11h-index
128Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 1995 → Jul 26, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7550396B2 Method for reducing resist poisoning during patterning of silicon nitride layers in a semiconductor device Electricity 489 Active
US10033383B1 Programmable logic elements and methods of operating the same Electricity 57 Active
US6677015B2 Molding composition with good capability for blow molding Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6355358B1 Multilayer composite Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US8423940B2 Early noise detection and noise aware routing in circuit design Physics 21 Active
US9583640B1 Method including a formation of a control gate of a nonvolatile memory cell and semiconductor structure Electricity 19 Active
US6407182B1 Free-flowing transparent polyamide molding composition Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US6391982B1 Highly branched polyamide graft copolymers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6538073B1 Polyamide graft copolymers Chemistry; Metallurgy 15 Expired
US7906383B2 Stress transfer in an interlayer dielectric by providing a stressed dielectric layer above a stress-neutral dielectric material in a semiconductor device Electricity 13 Active
US6726999B2 Free flowing polyester molding composition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US8815741B1 Method of forming a semiconductor structure including an implantation of ions into a layer of spacer material Electricity 10 Active
US8212184B2 Cold temperature control in a semiconductor device Electricity 9 Active
US7678690B2 Semiconductor device comprising a contact structure with increased etch selectivity Electricity 9 Active
US9842845B1 Method of forming a semiconductor device structure and semiconductor device structure Electricity 9 Active
US7964970B2 Technique for enhancing transistor performance by transistor specific contact design Electricity 8 Active
US9391176B2 Multi-gate FETs having corrugated semiconductor stacks and method of forming the same Electricity 7 Active
US7416973B2 Method of increasing the etch selectivity in a contact structure of semiconductor devices Electricity 6 Active
US7084300B2 Work-up of residues in the preparation of carboxylic acids Chemistry; Metallurgy 6 Expired
US8951907B2 Semiconductor devices having through-contacts and related fabrication methods Electricity 6 Active
US9012956B2 Channel SiGe removal from PFET source/drain region for improved silicide formation in HKMG technologies without embedded SiGe Electricity 6 Active
US8426312B2 Method of reducing contamination by providing an etch stop layer at the substrate edge Electricity 5 Active
US7611991B2 Technique for increasing adhesion of metallization layers by providing dummy vias Electricity 5 Active
US7704586B2 Plastic molded bodies having two-dimensional and three-dimensional image structures produced through laser subsurface engraving Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US8367504B2 Method for forming semiconductor fuses in a semiconductor device comprising metal gates Electricity 4 Active

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