Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Shijian Li

88Patents
20h-index
89Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 13, 1995 → Sep 14, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6170428A Symmetric tunable inductively coupled HDP-CVD reactor Electricity 322 Expired
US6083344A Multi-zone RF inductively coupled source configuration Electricity 287 Expired
US6465051B1 Method of operating high density plasma CVD reactor with combined inductive and capacitive coupling Electricity 191 Expired
US5761023A Substrate support with pressure zones having reduced contact area and temperature feedback Electricity 122 Expired
US6179709A In-situ monitoring of linear substrate polishing operations Electricity 116 Expired
US5772771A Deposition chamber for improved deposition thickness uniformity Electricity 101 Expired
US6070551A Deposition chamber and method for depositing low dielectric constant films Electricity 76 Expired
US6833052B2 Deposition chamber and method for depositing low dielectric constant films Electricity 56 Expired
US6077357A Orientless wafer processing on an electrostatic chuck Electricity 52 Expired
US6413873B1 System for chemical mechanical planarization Electricity 50 Expired
US6796880B2 Linear polishing sheet with window Electricity 30 Expired
US6416823B2 Deposition chamber and method for depositing low dielectric constant films Electricity 30 Expired
US6524167B1 Method and composition for the selective removal of residual materials and barrier materials during substrate planarization Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US6585563B1 In-situ monitoring of linear substrate polishing operations Electricity 29 Expired
US6991517B2 Linear polishing sheet with window Electricity 27 Expired
US6261157A Selective damascene chemical mechanical polishing Electricity 26 Expired
US6322427A Conditioning fixed abrasive articles Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Expired
US6589610B2 Deposition chamber and method for depositing low dielectric constant films Electricity 25 Expired
US6451697B1 Method for abrasive-free metal CMP in passivation domain Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US6623334B1 Chemical mechanical polishing with friction-based control Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6541384B1 Method of initiating cooper CMP process Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Expired
US6592742B2 Electrochemically assisted chemical polish Chemistry; Metallurgy 20 Expired
US7615480B2 Methods of post-contact back end of the line through-hole via integration Electricity 20 Active
US6669538B2 Pad cleaning for a CMP system Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US6592439B1 Platen for retaining polishing material Electricity 18 Expired

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