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Alexander H. Nickel

AMAMD: 12 patents #986 of 9,279Top 15%
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Overall (All Time): #94,255 of 4,157,543Top 3%
36 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–36 of 36 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7534732 Semiconductor devices with copper interconnects and composite silicon nitride capping layers Minh Van Ngo, Erik Wilson, Hieu Pham, Robert A. Huertas, Lu You +2 more 2009-05-19
7307027 Void free interlayer dielectric Minh Van Ngo, Hieu Pham, Jean Y. Yang, Hirokazu Tokuno, Weidong Qian 2007-12-11
7102156 Memory elements using organic active layer Richard Kingsborough, Igor Sokolik, David Gaun, Swaroop Kaza, Suzette K. Pangrle +1 more 2006-09-05
6936925 Semiconductor device having copper lines with reduced electromigration using an electroplated interim copper-zinc alloy film on a copper surface Sergey Lopatin 2005-08-30
6811671 Method of controlling zinc-doping in a copper-zinc alloy thin film electroplated on a copper surface and a semiconductor device thereby formed Sergey Lopatin, Joffre F. Bernard 2004-11-02
6717236 Method of reducing electromigration by forming an electroplated copper-zinc interconnect and a semiconductor device thereby formed Sergey Lopatin, Paul L. King 2004-04-06
6660633 Method of reducing electromigration in a copper line by electroplating an interim copper-zinc alloy thin film on a copper surface and a semiconductor device thereby formed Sergey Lopatin 2003-12-09
6624075 Method of reducing electromigration in a copper line by Zinc-Doping of a copper surface from an electroplated copper-zinc alloy thin film and a semiconductor device thereby formed Sergey Lopatin 2003-09-23
6528424 Method of electroplating a copper-zinc alloy thin film on a copper surface using a chemical solution Sergey Lopatin 2003-03-04
6515368 Semiconductor device with copper-filled via includes a copper-zinc/alloy film for reduced electromigration of copper Sergey Lopatin 2003-02-04
6479879 Low defect organic BARC coating in a semiconductor structure Christopher Lee Pike 2002-11-12