Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Rodney Hill

16Patents
5h-index
10Co-inventors
59Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 27, 1996 → Feb 27, 2010

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7410879B1 System and method for providing a dual via architecture for thin film resistors Electricity 22 Expired
US7332403B1 System and method for providing a buried thin film resistor having end caps defined by a dielectric mask Electricity 14 Expired
US6920973B2 Integrated reconfigurable manufacturing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7456097B1 System and method for faceting via top corners to improve metal fill Electricity 6 Expired
US6416676B1 Deionized water degasification for semiconductor fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7829428B1 Method for eliminating a mask layer during thin film resistor manufacturing Electricity 4 Active
US7585775B1 System and method for faceting a masking layer in a plasma etch to slope a feature edge Electricity 4 Expired
US7808048B1 System and method for providing a buried thin film resistor having end caps defined by a dielectric mask Electricity 3 Active
US7291525B1 System and method for manufacturing thin film resistors using a trench and chemical mechanical polishing Electricity 2 Expired
US8282846B2 Metal interconnect structure with a side wall spacer that protects an ARC layer and a bond pad from corrosion and method of forming the metal interconnect structure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8679932B1 System and method for manufacturing thin film resistors using a trench and chemical mechanical polishing Electricity 1 Active
US7230517B1 System and method for using plasma to adjust the resistance of thin film resistors Electricity 1 Expired
US7544579B1 System and method for faceting the corners of a resistor protect layer to reduce vertical step height Electricity 1 Expired
US7875546B1 System and method for preventing metal corrosion on bond pads Electricity 0 Active
US7960240B1 System and method for providing a dual via architecture for thin film resistors Electricity 0 Active
US7982287B1 System and method for faceting the corners of a resistor protect layer to reduce vertical step height Electricity 0 Active

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