Inventor · Newburgh, NY, US

Roy Iggulden

22Patents
9h-index
47Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 31, 1998 → Aug 3, 2007

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6383920B1 Process of enclosing via for improved reliability in dual damascene interconnects Electricity 102 Expired
US6252292A Vertical electrical cavity-fuse Electricity 27 Expired
US6242789A Vertical fuse and method of fabrication Electricity 24 Expired
US7560375B2 Gas dielectric structure forming methods Electricity 21 Expired
US6444565B1 Dual-rie structure for via/line interconnections Electricity 20 Expired
US6218279A Vertical fuse and method of fabrication Electricity 20 Expired
US6734097B2 Liner with poor step coverage to improve contact resistance in W contacts Electricity 18 Expired
US6433436B1 Dual-RIE structure for via/line interconnections Electricity 13 Expired
US6057236A CVD/PVD method of filling structures using discontinuous CVD AL liner Electricity 11 Expired
US6887785B1 Etching openings of different depths using a single mask layer method and structure Electricity 9 Expired
US6448173B1 Aluminum-based metallization exhibiting reduced electromigration and method therefor Electricity 9 Expired
US6870263B1 Device interconnection Electricity 8 Expired
US7119545B2 Capacitive monitors for detecting metal extrusion during electromigration Electricity 5 Expired
US6136709A Metal line deposition process Electricity 5 Expired
US7287325B2 Method of forming interconnect structure or interconnect and via structures using post chemical mechanical polishing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US6361880B1 CVD/PVD/CVD/PVD fill process Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US6635564B1 Semiconductor structure and method of fabrication including forming aluminum columns Electricity 1 Expired
US7473636B2 Method to improve time dependent dielectric breakdown Electricity 0 Active
US6960306B2 Low Cu percentages for reducing shorts in AlCu lines Electricity 0 Expired
US7361584B2 Detection of residual liner materials after polishing in damascene process Electricity 0 Expired
US6413866B1 Method of forming a solute-enriched layer in a substrate surface and article formed thereby Electricity 0 Expired
US8465657B2 Post chemical mechanical polishing etch for improved time dependent dielectric breakdown reliability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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