KL

Karl B. Levy

NS Novellus Systems: 22 patents #28 of 780Top 4%
Applied Materials: 6 patents #1,918 of 7,310Top 30%
📍 Los Altos, CA: #395 of 3,651 inventorsTop 15%
🗺 California: #17,896 of 386,348 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #132,345 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29
Patents All Time

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Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
8367546 Methods for forming all tungsten contacts and lines Raashina Humayun, Kaihan Ashtiani 2013-02-05
8329576 Method for improving uniformity and adhesion of low resistivity tungsten film Lana Hiului Chan, Feng Chen 2012-12-11
8192131 Architecture for high throughput semiconductor processing applications Craig L. Stevens 2012-06-05
8053365 Methods for forming all tungsten contacts and lines Raashina Humayun, Kaihan Ashtiani 2011-11-08
7772114 Method for improving uniformity and adhesion of low resistivity tungsten film Lana Hiului Chan, Feng Chen 2010-08-10
7691749 Deposition of tungsten nitride Junghwan Sung, Kaihan Ashtiani, James A. Fair, Joshua Collins, Juwen Gao 2010-04-06
7262125 Method of forming low-resistivity tungsten interconnects Panya Wongsenakhum, Aaron R. Fellis, Kaihan Ashtiani, Juwen Gao, Joshua Collins +2 more 2007-08-28
7141494 Method for reducing tungsten film roughness and improving step coverage Sang-Hyeob Lee, Aaron R. Fellis, Panya Wongsenakhum, Juwen Gao, Joshua Collins +3 more 2006-11-28
7005372 Deposition of tungsten nitride Junghwan Sung, Kaihan Ashtiani, James A. Fair, Joshua Collins, Juwen Gao 2006-02-28
6977014 Architecture for high throughput semiconductor processing applications Craig L. Stevens 2005-12-20
6905959 Apparatus and method for depositing superior Ta (N) copper thin films for barrier and seed applications in semiconductor processing Kaihan Ashtiani, Maximilian A. Biberger, Erich R. Klawuhn, Kwok Fai Lai, J. Patrick Rymer 2005-06-14
6902620 Atomic layer deposition systems and methods Thomas R. Omstead 2005-06-07
6554914 Passivation of copper in dual damascene metalization Robert T. Rozbicki, Ronald A. Powell, Erich R. Klawuhn, Michal Danek, Jonathan D. Reid +2 more 2003-04-29
6541371 Apparatus and method for depositing superior Ta(N)/copper thin films for barrier and seed applications in semiconductor processing Kaihan Ashtiani, Maximilian A. Biberger, Erich R. Klawuhn, Kwok Fai Lai, J. Patrick Rymer 2003-04-01
6534404 Method of depositing diffusion barrier for copper interconnect in integrated circuit Michal Danek, Hyoun S. Choe 2003-03-18
6500321 Control of erosion profile and process characteristics in magnetron sputtering by geometrical shaping of the sputtering target Kaihan Ashtiani, Larry D. Hartsough, Richard S. Hill, Robert Martinson 2002-12-31
6497734 Apparatus and method for enhanced degassing of semiconductor wafers for increased throughput Kenneth K. Barber, Mark Fissel, Soo Yun Joh, Mukul Khosla, Robert Martinson +2 more 2002-12-24
6497796 Apparatus and method for controlling plasma uniformity across a substrate Kaihan Ashtiani, Kwok Fai Lai, Andrew L. Nordquist, Larry D. Hartsough 2002-12-24
6444105 Physical vapor deposition reactor including magnet to control flow of ions Kwok Fai Lai, Andrew L. Nordquist, Kaihan Ashtiani, Larry D. Hartsough 2002-09-03
6193854 Apparatus and method for controlling erosion profile in hollow cathode magnetron sputter source Kwok Fai Lai, Larry D. Hartsough, Andrew L. Nordquist, Kaihan Ashtiani, Maximilian A. Biberger 2001-02-27
6179973 Apparatus and method for controlling plasma uniformity across a substrate Kwok Fai Lai, Andrew L. Nordquist, Kaihan Ashtiani, Larry D. Hartsough 2001-01-30
5976310 Plasma etch system 1999-11-02
5942799 Multilayer diffusion barriers Michal Danek 1999-08-24
5465154 Optical monitoring of growth and etch rate of materials 1995-11-07
5298465 Plasma etching system 1994-03-29