Inventor · North Ferrisburgh, VT, US

William J. Murphy

58Patents
11h-index
92Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 19, 1997 → Apr 12, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8921144B2 Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 49 Active
US9041128B2 Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 30 Active
US5993615A Method and apparatus for detecting arcs Electricity 29 Expired
US8865497B2 Planar cavity MEMS and related structures, methods of manufacture and design structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US7662722B2 Air gap under on-chip passive device Electricity 22 Active
US8604618B2 Structure and method for reducing vertical crack propagation Electricity 21 Active
US6117771A Method for depositing cobalt Electricity 21 Expired
US6534394B1 Process to create robust contacts and interconnects Electricity 17 Expired
US7056820B2 Bond pad Electricity 12 Expired
US6387790B1 Conversion of amorphous layer produced during IMP Ti deposition Electricity 11 Expired
US7282404B2 Inexpensive method of fabricating a higher performance capacitance density MIMcap integrable into a copper interconnect scheme Electricity 11 Expired
US6184132A Integrated cobalt silicide process for semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7166904B2 Structure and method for local resistor element in integrated circuit technology Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6245668A Sputtered tungsten diffusion barrier for improved interconnect robustness Electricity 8 Expired
US9171971B2 Encapsulated sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Active
US7994895B2 Heat sink for integrated circuit devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US8230586B2 Method of cooling a resistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US7687867B2 Inexpensive method of fabricating a higher performance capacitance density MIMcap integrable into a copper interconnect scheme Electricity 4 Active
US8395196B2 Hydrogen barrier liner for ferro-electric random access memory (FRAM) chip Electricity 4 Active
US8586466B2 Electrical fuse with a current shunt Electricity 3 Active
US8052799B2 By-product collecting processes for cleaning processes Electricity 3 Active
US8796044B2 Ferroelectric random access memory with optimized hardmask Electricity 3 Active
US8881379B2 Method of making heat sink for integrated circuit devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6882052B2 Plasma enhanced liner Electricity 3 Expired
US8003536B2 Electromigration resistant aluminum-based metal interconnect structure Electricity 2 Active

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