Inventor · Dallas, TX, US

Thomas E. Tang

15Patents
12h-index
16Co-inventors
67Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 7, 1986 → Aug 5, 1991

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4657628A Process for patterning local interconnects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 183 Expired
US4975756A SRAM with local interconnect Electricity 173 Expired
US5010032A Process for making CMOS device with both P+ and N+ gates including refractory metal silicide and nitride interconnects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 90 Expired
US4788160A Process for formation of shallow silicided junctions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 70 Expired
US4963502A Method of making oxide-isolated source/drain transistor Electricity 70 Expired
US4690730A Oxide-capped titanium silicide formation Electricity 69 Expired
US4746219A Local interconnect Electricity 60 Expired
US4920073A Selective silicidation process using a titanium nitride protective layer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 59 Expired
US4676866A Process to increase tin thickness Electricity 57 Expired
US5043778A Oxide-isolated source/drain transistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US4890141A CMOS device with both p+ and n+ gates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5198387A Method and apparatus for in-situ doping of deposited silicon Electricity 37 Expired
US5076206A Vertical LPCVD reactor Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US5166770A Silicided structures having openings therein Electricity 10 Expired
US5101764A Method and apparatus for integrating optical sensor into processor Electricity 4 Expired

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