Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Ted Guo

38Patents
17h-index
31Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 21, 1995 → Mar 15, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6656831B1 Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of a metal nitride layer Electricity 250 Expired
US5989623A Dual damascene metallization Electricity 109 Expired
US6139697A Low temperature integrated via and trench fill process and apparatus Electricity 79 Expired
US6207222A Dual damascene metallization Electricity 79 Expired
US6001420A Semi-selective chemical vapor deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 62 Expired
US5877087A Low temperature integrated metallization process and apparatus Electricity 51 Expired
US5763010A Thermal post-deposition treatment of halogen-doped films to improve film stability and reduce halogen migration to interconnect layers Electricity 39 Expired
US6458684B1 Single step process for blanket-selective CVD aluminum deposition Electricity 36 Expired
US6066358A Blanket-selective chemical vapor deposition using an ultra-thin nucleation layer Electricity 33 Expired
US6120844A Deposition film orientation and reflectivity improvement using a self-aligning ultra-thin layer Electricity 33 Expired
US6169030A Metallization process and method Electricity 31 Expired
US6017144A Method and apparatus for depositing highly oriented and reflective crystalline layers using a low temperature seeding layer Electricity 29 Expired
US6080665A Integrated nitrogen-treated titanium layer to prevent interaction of titanium and aluminum Electricity 28 Expired
US6110828A In-situ capped aluminum plug (CAP) process using selective CVD AL for integrated plug/interconnect metallization Electricity 28 Expired
US6528180B1 Liner materials Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired
US7824743B2 Deposition processes for titanium nitride barrier and aluminum Electricity 22 Active
US6537905B1 Fully planarized dual damascene metallization using copper line interconnect and selective CVD aluminum plug Electricity 20 Expired
US7867900B2 Aluminum contact integration on cobalt silicide junction Electricity 17 Active
US6139905A Integrated CVD/PVD Al planarization using ultra-thin nucleation layers Electricity 14 Expired
US5956608A Modulating surface morphology of barrier layers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6079354A Thermal post-deposition treatment of halogen-doped films to improve film stability and reduce halogen migration to interconnect layers Electricity 11 Expired
US7112528B2 Fully planarized dual damascene metallization using copper line interconnect and selective CVD aluminum plug Electricity 9 Expired
US6430458B1 Semi-selective chemical vapor deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6077781A Single step process for blanket-selective CVD aluminum deposition Electricity 8 Expired
US6509274B1 Method for forming aluminum lines over aluminum-filled vias in a semiconductor substrate Electricity 7 Expired

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