Inventor · Shanghai, CN

Wei Wang

37Patents
13h-index
40Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 2, 2000 → Aug 5, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6277249A Integrated process for copper via filling using a magnetron and target producing highly energetic ions Electricity 195 Expired
US6274008A Integrated process for copper via filling Electricity 155 Expired
US6413382B1 Pulsed sputtering with a small rotating magnetron Electricity 98 Expired
US6352629B1 Coaxial electromagnet in a magnetron sputtering reactor Electricity 67 Expired
US6451177B1 Vault shaped target and magnetron operable in two sputtering modes Electricity 61 Expired
US6436251B2 Vault-shaped target and magnetron having both distributed and localized magnets Electricity 51 Expired
US6358376B1 Biased shield in a magnetron sputter reactor Electricity 48 Expired
US6730196B2 Auxiliary electromagnets in a magnetron sputter reactor Electricity 27 Expired
US6485618B2 Integrated copper fill process Electricity 25 Expired
US6787006B2 Operating a magnetron sputter reactor in two modes Electricity 25 Expired
US6991709B2 Multi-step magnetron sputtering process Electricity 24 Expired
US8558299B2 Semiconductor device with gate electrode stack including low resistivity tungsten and method of forming Electricity 22 Active
US8895450B2 Low resistivity tungsten PVD with enhanced ionization and RF power coupling Electricity 15 Active
US9870613B2 Detection of tooth condition using reflectance images with red and green fluorescence Electricity 13 Active
US6709553B2 Multiple-step sputter deposition Electricity 11 Expired
US6758949B2 Magnetically confined metal plasma sputter source with magnetic control of ion and neutral densities Electricity 9 Expired
US6837975B2 Asymmetric rotating sidewall magnet ring for magnetron sputtering Electricity 6 Expired
US6743342B2 Sputtering target with a partially enclosed vault Electricity 6 Expired
US6884329B2 Diffusion enhanced ion plating for copper fill Electricity 5 Expired
US9746541B2 Beacon array Physics 4 Active
US6899796B2 Partially filling copper seed layer Electricity 4 Expired
US8119525B2 Process for selective growth of films during ECP plating Electricity 4 Active
US9759799B2 Beacon array Physics 3 Active
US7965082B2 Magnetic resonance radio frequency system and operating method therefor Physics 3 Active
US8216933B2 Krypton sputtering of low resistivity tungsten Electricity 2 Active

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