Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Robin Cheung

102Patents
33h-index
88Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 1, 1984 → Dec 23, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6136163A Apparatus for electro-chemical deposition with thermal anneal chamber Electricity 440 Expired
US6258220A Electro-chemical deposition system Electricity 333 Expired
US6258223A In-situ electroless copper seed layer enhancement in an electroplating system Electricity 310 Expired
US5635423A Simplified dual damascene process for multi-level metallization and interconnection structure Electricity 287 Expired
US6245670A Method for filling a dual damascene opening having high aspect ratio to minimize electromigration failure Electricity 246 Expired
US6645550B1 Method of treating a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 239 Expired
US5972192A Pulse electroplating copper or copper alloys Chemistry; Metallurgy 225 Expired
US6259160A Apparatus and method of encapsulated copper (Cu) Interconnect formation Electricity 116 Expired
US5679608A Processing techniques for achieving production-worthy, low dielectric, low dielectric, low interconnect resistance and high performance IC Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US5968333A Method of electroplating a copper or copper alloy interconnect Electricity 112 Expired
US5550405A Processing techniques for achieving production-worthy, low dielectric, low interconnect resistance and high performance ICS Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 103 Expired
US5559055A Method of decreased interlayer dielectric constant in a multilayer interconnect structure to increase device speed performance Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 102 Expired
US5654589A Landing pad technology doubled up as local interconnect and borderless contact for deep sub-half micrometer IC application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US5534731A Layered low dielectric constant technology Electricity 69 Expired
US5670828A Tunneling technology for reducing intra-conductive layer capacitance Electricity 63 Expired
US6056864A Electropolishing copper film to enhance CMP throughput Electricity 56 Expired
US6436267B1 Method for achieving copper fill of high aspect ratio interconnect features Electricity 52 Expired
US5674781A Landing pad technology doubled up as a local interconnect and borderless contact for deep sub-half micrometer IC application Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 52 Expired
US5970370A Manufacturing capping layer for the fabrication of cobalt salicide structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US7742323B2 Continuous plane of thin-film materials for a two-terminal cross-point memory Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Active
US6153523A Method of forming high density capping layers for copper interconnects with improved adhesion Electricity 48 Expired
US4727045A Plugged poly silicon resistor load for static random access memory cells Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US6153521A Metallized interconnection structure and method of making the same Electricity 44 Expired
US5785236A Advanced copper interconnect system that is compatible with existing IC wire bonding technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US5451545A Process for forming stable local interconnect/active area silicide structure VLSI applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired

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