Inventor · Mountain View, CA, US

Rich Klein

14Patents
11h-index
16Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 9, 1990 → Apr 25, 2001

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5614765A Self aligned via dual damascene Electricity 125 Expired
US5705430A Dual damascene with a sacrificial via fill Electricity 113 Expired
US5795823A Self aligned via dual damascene Electricity 79 Expired
US5686354A Dual damascene with a protective mask for via etching Electricity 63 Expired
US5691238A Subtractive dual damascene Electricity 57 Expired
US5691573A Composite insulation with a dielectric constant of less than 3 in a narrow space separating conductive lines Electricity 39 Expired
US5776834A Bias plasma deposition for selective low dielectric insulation Electricity 27 Expired
USD333731S Tie rack General 17 Expired
US5955786A Semiconductor device using uniform nonconformal deposition for forming low dielectric constant insulation between certain conductive lines Electricity 17 Expired
US6051882A Subtractive dual damascene semiconductor device Electricity 13 Expired
US6048802A Selective nonconformal deposition for forming low dielectric insulation between certain conductive lines Electricity 11 Expired
US5990557A Bias plasma deposition for selective low dielectric insulation Electricity 10 Expired
US6287953A Minimizing transistor size in integrated circuits Electricity 9 Expired
US7026691B1 Minimizing transistor size in integrated circuits Electricity 5 Expired

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