Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Simon S. Chan

92Patents
16h-index
92Co-inventors
87Inventor score

Filing activity: May 10, 1988 → Jun 18, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4978639A Method for the simultaneous formation of via-holes and wraparound plating on semiconductor chips Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US4842699A Method of selective via-hole and heat sink plating using a metal mask Electricity 94 Expired
US6124203A Method for forming conformal barrier layers Electricity 87 Expired
US4808273A Method of forming completely metallized via holes in semiconductors Electricity 80 Expired
US5670828A Tunneling technology for reducing intra-conductive layer capacitance Electricity 63 Expired
US6143672A Method of reducing metal voidings in 0.25 .mu.m AL interconnect Electricity 57 Expired
US6060380A Antireflective siliconoxynitride hardmask layer used during etching processes in integrated circuit fabrication Electricity 49 Expired
US6043153A Method for reducing electromigration in a copper interconnect Electricity 48 Expired
US6259115A Dummy patterning for semiconductor manufacturing processes Electricity 38 Expired
US6312874A Method for forming a dual damascene trench and underlying borderless via in low dielectric constant materials Electricity 38 Expired
US5288660A Method for forming self-aligned t-shaped transistor electrode Electricity 32 Expired
US6867130B1 Enhanced silicidation of polysilicon gate electrodes Electricity 31 Expired
US6642119B1 Silicide MOSFET architecture and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US6472317B1 Dual damascene arrangement for metal interconnection with low k dielectric constant materials in dielectric layers Electricity 24 Expired
US6156643A Method of forming a dual damascene trench and borderless via structure Electricity 22 Expired
US6518173B1 Method for avoiding fluorine contamination of copper interconnects Electricity 18 Expired
US6093635A High integrity borderless vias with HSQ gap filled patterned conductive layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5861677A Low RC interconnection Electricity 15 Expired
US6670259B1 Inert atom implantation method for SOI gettering Electricity 15 Expired
US5994778A Surface treatment of low-k SiOF to prevent metal interaction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6624476B1 Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having selective dopant implant in insulator layer and method of fabricating Electricity 14 Expired
US6967160B1 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device having nickel silicide with reduced interface roughness Electricity 14 Expired
US5760480A Low RC interconnection Electricity 14 Expired
US6291339A Bilayer interlayer dielectric having a substantially uniform composite interlayer dielectric constant over pattern features of varying density and method of making the same Electricity 11 Expired
US5814560A Metallization sidewall passivation technology for deep sub-half micrometer IC applications Electricity 11 Expired

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