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CHENG RUI
US77 patents
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC
46 patentsUS10319600B1Jun 11, 2019
Thermal silicon etch
APPLIED MATERIALS INC34 citations94
US10636669B2Apr 28, 2020
Seam healing using high pressure anneal
APPLIED MATERIALS INC15 citations86
US10886140B2Jan 5, 2021
3D NAND etch
APPLIED MATERIALS INC9 citations84
US10460933B2Oct 29, 2019
Two-step process for gapfilling high aspect ratio trenches with amorphous silicon film
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations84
US10192775B2Jan 29, 2019
Methods for gapfill in high aspect ratio structures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC7 citations84
US11361991B2Jun 14, 2022
Method for Si gap fill by PECVD
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US10626495B2Apr 21, 2020
Bottom-up growth of silicon oxide and silicon nitride using sequential deposition-etch-treat processing
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US10559465B2Feb 11, 2020
Pre-treatment approach to improve continuity of ultra-thin amorphous silicon film on silicon oxide
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations73
US10529568B2Jan 7, 2020
PECVD tungsten containing hardmask films and methods of making
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US10510589B2Dec 17, 2019
Cyclic conformal deposition/anneal/etch for Si gapfill
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US10276379B2Apr 30, 2019
Treatment approach to improve film roughness by improving nucleation/adhesion of silicon oxide
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US9991118B2Jun 5, 2018
Hybrid carbon hardmask for lateral hardmask recess reduction
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations73
US9865459B2Jan 9, 2018
Plasma treatment to improve adhesion between hardmask film and silicon oxide film
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations73
US9640400B1May 2, 2017
Conformal doping in 3D si structure using conformal dopant deposition
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US9624577B2Apr 18, 2017
Deposition of metal doped amorphous carbon film
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US11640905B2May 2, 2023
Plasma enhanced deposition of silicon-containing films at low temperature
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations72
US10410872B2Sep 10, 2019
Borane mediated dehydrogenation process from silane and alkylsilane species for spacer and hardmask application
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations72
US11527408B2Dec 13, 2022
Multiple spacer patterning schemes
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations71
US11848232B2Dec 19, 2023
Method for Si gap fill by PECVD
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11769666B2Sep 26, 2023
Selective deposition of silicon using deposition-treat-etch process
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11335555B2May 17, 2022
Methods for conformal doping of three dimensional structures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11244824B2Feb 8, 2022
Conformal doped amorphous silicon as nucleation layer for metal deposition
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11236418B2Feb 1, 2022
Bottom-up growth of silicon oxide and silicon nitride using sequential deposition-etch-treat processing
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11081348B2Aug 3, 2021
Selective deposition of silicon using deposition-treat-etch process
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US11004689B2May 11, 2021
Thermal silicon etch
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations63
US12482646B2Nov 25, 2025
Processes for depositing SiB films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12421607B2Sep 23, 2025
Systems and methods for substrate support temperature control
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12365986B2Jul 22, 2025
Remote capacitively coupled plasma deposition of amorphous silicon
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12205818B2Jan 21, 2025
Boron concentration tunability in boron-silicon films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12183578B2Dec 31, 2024
Method for forming and patterning a layer and/or substrate
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12077852B2Sep 3, 2024
Metal-doped boron films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11981998B2May 14, 2024
Systems and methods for substrate support temperature control
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US11961739B2Apr 16, 2024
Boron concentration tunability in boron-silicon films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11939675B2Mar 26, 2024
Apparatus and methods for improving thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) uniformity
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US11705335B2Jul 18, 2023
Conformal high concentration boron doping of semiconductors
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11594415B2Feb 28, 2023
PECVD tungsten containing hardmask films and methods of making
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11488856B2Nov 1, 2022
Methods for gapfill in high aspect ratio structures
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11443919B2Sep 13, 2022
Film formation via pulsed RF plasma
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11328928B2May 10, 2022
Conformal high concentration boron doping of semiconductors
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11145509B2Oct 12, 2021
Method for forming and patterning a layer and/or substrate
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10410864B2Sep 10, 2019
Hybrid carbon hardmask for lateral hardmask recess reduction
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US12033848B2Jul 9, 2024
Processes for depositing sib films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US11515170B2Nov 29, 2022
3D NAND etch
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US11170990B2Nov 9, 2021
Polysilicon liners
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61
US12568791B2Mar 3, 2026
Controlling concentration profiles for deposited films using machine learning
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations60
US12469700B2Nov 11, 2025
Ion implantation for reduced hydrogen incorporation in amorphous silicon
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations60
CHENG RUI
3 patentsNAT OILWELL VARCO LP
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