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Darrell M. Erb — 45 Patents

AMD: 44 patents #178 of 9,280Top 2%
Los Altos, CA: #238 of 3,651 inventorsTop 7%
California: #9,570 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #64,393 of 4,157,543Top 2%
45 Patents All Time
Darrell M. Erb has been granted 45 US patents while listed as an inventor at AMD. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in January 2007. Darrell M. Erb ranks #64,393 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.5%). Patent records list Darrell M. Erb in Los Altos, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 45 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7157795 Composite tantalum nitride/tantalum copper capping layer Steven C. Avanzino, Christy Mei-Chu Woo 2007-01-02
7146588 Predicting EM reliability by decoupling extrinsic and intrinsic sigma Amit P. Marathe 2006-12-05 $14,281,000
7132363 Stabilizing fluorine etching of low-k materials Kai Yang, Fei Wang 2006-11-07 $14,140,000
7071564 Composite tantalum capped inlaid copper with reduced electromigration and reduced stress migration Steven C. Avanzino, Christy Mei-Chu Woo 2006-07-04
6979625 Copper interconnects with metal capping layer and selective copper alloys Christy Mei-Chu Woo, Connie P. Wang 2005-12-27 $8,074,000
6869878 Method of forming a selective barrier layer using a sacrificial layer Ercan Adem, John Sanchez, Suzette K. Pangrle 2005-03-22 $6,839,000
6831003 Continuous barrier for interconnect structure formed in porous dielectric material with minimized electromigration Richard J. Huang, Pin-Chin Connie Wang 2004-12-14 $6,995,000
6768204 Self-aligned conductive plugs in a semiconductor device Todd P. Lukanc, Fei Wang 2004-07-27 $2,306,000
6756306 Low temperature dielectric deposition to improve copper electromigration performance Steven C. Avanzino 2004-06-29 $3,195,000
6756303 Diffusion barrier and method for its production Fei Wang 2004-06-29 $3,195,000
6727592 Copper interconnect with improved barrier layer Christy Mei-Chu Woo, John Sanchez, Amit P. Marathe 2004-04-27 $2,236,000
6717266 Use of an alloying element to form a stable oxide layer on the surface of metal features Amit P. Marathe 2004-04-06 $3,021,000
6689689 Selective deposition process for allowing damascene-type Cu interconnect lines Paul R. Besser, Sergey Lopatin 2004-02-10 $3,739,000
6500754 Anneal hillock suppression method in integrated circuit interconnects Steven C. Avanzino, Alline F. Myers 2002-12-31 $2,157,000
6465889 Silicon carbide barc in dual damascene processing Ramkumar Subramanian, Fei Wang, Lynne A. Okada, Calvin T. Gabriel 2002-10-15 $861,000
6454916 Selective electroplating with direct contact chemical polishing Fei Wang, Steven C. Avanzino 2002-09-24 $1,057,000
6455425 Selective deposition process for passivating top interface of damascene-type Cu interconnect lines Paul R. Besser, Sergey Lopatin 2002-09-24 $1,057,000
6444567 Process for alloying damascene-type Cu interconnect lines Paul R. Besser 2002-09-03 $1,843,000
6383947 Anti-reflective coating used in the fabrication of microcircuit structures in 0.18 micron and smaller technologies Paul R. Besser, Bhanwar Singh, Susan H. Chen, Carmen Morales 2002-05-07 $2,110,000
6380091 Dual damascene arrangement for metal interconnection with oxide dielectric layer and low K dielectric constant layer Fei Wang, Jerry Cheng 2002-04-30 $1,930,000
6319819 Process for passivating top interface of damascene-type Cu interconnect lines Paul R. Besser 2001-11-20 $3,380,000
6319834 Method and apparatus for improved planarity metallization by electroplating and CMP Steven C. Avanzino, Fei Wang 2001-11-20 $3,380,000
6207577 Self-aligned dual damascene arrangement for metal interconnection with oxide dielectric layer and low k dielectric constant layer Fei Wang, Jerry Cheng 2001-03-27 $5,495,000
6169034 Chemically removable Cu CMP slurry abrasive Steven C. Avanzino, Diana M. Schonauer, Kai Yang 2001-01-02 $6,157,000
6165855 Antireflective coating used in the fabrication of microcircuit structures in 0.18 micron and smaller technologies Paul R. Besser, Bhanwar Singh, Susan H. Chen, Carmen Morales 2000-12-26 $2,711,000