Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Yi Wei

21Patents
11h-index
27Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1991 → Jul 29, 2004

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6765619B1 Method and apparatus for optimizing exposure time in image acquisitions Electricity 61 Expired
US5208719A Output pad electrostatic discharge protection circuit for MOS devices Electricity 43 Expired
US5496751A Method of forming an ESD and hot carrier resistant integrated circuit structure Electricity 36 Expired
US5342794A Method for forming laterally graded deposit-type emitter for bipolar transistor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Expired
US6258637A Method for thin film deposition on single-crystal semiconductor substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5631485A ESD and hot carrier resistant integrated circuit structure Electricity 29 Expired
US6545258B2 Photo-sensor cross-section for increased quantum efficiency Electricity 25 Expired
US6020247A Method for thin film deposition on single-crystal semiconductor substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5504364A CMOS locos isolation for self-aligned NPN BJT in a BiCMOS process Electricity 16 Expired
US5391502A Per-wafer method for globally stressing gate oxide during device fabrication Electricity 14 Expired
US6277681A Process to produce ultrathin crystalline silicon nitride on Si(111) for advanced gate dielectrics Electricity 11 Expired
US6031258A High DC current stagger power/ground pad Electricity 7 Expired
US7132372B2 Method for preparing a semiconductor substrate surface for semiconductor device fabrication Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5830532A Method to produce ultrathin porous silicon-oxide layer Electricity 6 Expired
US5659197A Hot-carrier shield formation for bipolar transistor Electricity 5 Expired
US6040230A Method of forming a nano-rugged silicon-containing layer Electricity 4 Expired
US7169619B2 Method for fabricating semiconductor structures on vicinal substrates using a low temperature, low pressure, alkaline earth metal-rich process Electricity 3 Expired
US6420729B1 Process to produce ultrathin crystalline silicon nitride on Si (111) for advanced gate dielectrics Electricity 2 Expired
US6274510A Lower temperature method for forming high quality silicon-nitrogen dielectrics Electricity 2 Expired
US6613698B2 Lower temperature method for forming high quality silicon-nitrogen dielectrics Electricity 1 Expired
US6730977B2 Lower temperature method for forming high quality silicon-nitrogen dielectrics Electricity 0 Expired

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