Inventor
LU XINLIANG
US62 patents
⚠️ This page may combine multiple inventors who share the name “LU XINLIANG”. Patents are grouped by organization below to help distinguish them — per-person disambiguation is on the roadmap.
APPLIED MATERIALS INC
24 patentsUS7494545B2Feb 24, 2009
Epitaxial deposition process and apparatus
APPLIED MATERIALS INC246 citations99
US7939422B2May 10, 2011
Methods of thin film process
APPLIED MATERIALS INC240 citations98
US7871926B2Jan 18, 2011
Methods and systems for forming at least one dielectric layer
APPLIED MATERIALS INC77 citations98
US7520957B2Apr 21, 2009
Lid assembly for front end of line fabrication
APPLIED MATERIALS INC162 citations98
US7396480B2Jul 8, 2008
Method for front end of line fabrication
APPLIED MATERIALS INC285 citations98
US7211144B2May 1, 2007
Pulsed nucleation deposition of tungsten layers
APPLIED MATERIALS INC161 citations98
US7709385B2May 4, 2010
Method for depositing tungsten-containing layers by vapor deposition techniques
APPLIED MATERIALS INC33 citations96
US7465665B2Dec 16, 2008
Method for depositing tungsten-containing layers by vapor deposition techniques
APPLIED MATERIALS INC43 citations96
US7101795B1Sep 5, 2006
Method and apparatus for depositing refractory metal layers employing sequential deposition techniques to form a nucleation layer
APPLIED MATERIALS INC50 citations96
US7695563B2Apr 13, 2010
Pulsed deposition process for tungsten nucleation
APPLIED MATERIALS INC38 citations92
US7220673B2May 22, 2007
Method for depositing tungsten-containing layers by vapor deposition techniques
APPLIED MATERIALS INC29 citations92
US9048183B2Jun 2, 2015
NMOS metal gate materials, manufacturing methods, and equipment using CVD and ALD processes with metal based precursors
APPLIED MATERIALS INC14 citations84
US7994002B2Aug 9, 2011
Method and apparatus for trench and via profile modification
APPLIED MATERIALS INC7 citations84
US7780793B2Aug 24, 2010
Passivation layer formation by plasma clean process to reduce native oxide growth
APPLIED MATERIALS INC19 citations84
US7867789B2Jan 11, 2011
Contact clean by remote plasma and repair of silicide surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC7 citations82
US7550381B2Jun 23, 2009
Contact clean by remote plasma and repair of silicide surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC12 citations82
US10854511B2Dec 1, 2020
Methods of lowering wordline resistance
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US8987080B2Mar 24, 2015
Methods for manufacturing metal gates
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations73
US8927059B2Jan 6, 2015
Deposition of metal films using alane-based precursors
APPLIED MATERIALS INC6 citations73
US9881787B2Jan 30, 2018
Deposition methods for uniform and conformal hybrid titanium oxide films
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations69
US9145612B2Sep 29, 2015
Deposition of N-metal films comprising aluminum alloys
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations63
US7955510B2Jun 7, 2011
Oxide etch with NH4-NF3 chemistry
APPLIED MATERIALS INC6 citations63
US12394670B2Aug 19, 2025
Nucleation-free gap fill ALD process
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11289374B2Mar 29, 2022
Nucleation-free gap fill ALD process
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
MATTSON TECH INC
21 patentsUS10269574B1Apr 23, 2019
Surface treatment of carbon containing films using organic radicals
MATTSON TECH INC12 citations93
US11062910B2Jul 13, 2021
Surface treatment of silicon or silicon germanium surfaces using organic radicals
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations84
US10950416B2Mar 16, 2021
Chamber seasoning to improve etch uniformity by reducing chemistry
MATTSON TECH INC5 citations84
US10804109B2Oct 13, 2020
Surface treatment of silicon and carbon containing films by remote plasma with organic precursors
MATTSON TECH INC6 citations84
US10354883B2Jul 16, 2019
Surface treatment of silicon or silicon germanium surfaces using organic radicals
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations84
US10403492B1Sep 3, 2019
Integration of materials removal and surface treatment in semiconductor device fabrication
MATTSON TECH INC8 citations83
US11495437B2Nov 8, 2022
Surface pretreatment process to improve quality of oxide films produced by remote plasma
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations73
US11387111B2Jul 12, 2022
Processing of workpieces with reactive species generated using alkyl halide
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations73
US11257680B2Feb 22, 2022
Methods for processing a workpiece using fluorine radicals
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations73
US11164725B2Nov 2, 2021
Generation of hydrogen reactive species for processing of workpieces
MATTSON TECH INC3 citations73
US10950428B1Mar 16, 2021
Method for processing a workpiece
MATTSON TECH INC4 citations73
US10692730B1Jun 23, 2020
Silicon oxide selective dry etch process
MATTSON TECH INC2 citations73
US11043393B2Jun 22, 2021
Ozone treatment for selective silicon nitride etch over silicon
MATTSON TECH INC5 citations72
US11626269B2Apr 11, 2023
Chamber seasoning to improve etch uniformity by reducing chemistry
MATTSON TECH INC0 citations63
US11164742B2Nov 2, 2021
Selective deposition using methylation treatment
MATTSON TECH INC1 citations63
US11039527B2Jun 15, 2021
Air leak detection in plasma processing apparatus with separation grid
MATTSON TECH INC1 citations63
US10910228B2Feb 2, 2021
Surface treatment of carbon containing films using organic radicals
MATTSON TECH INC0 citations63
US11251050B2Feb 15, 2022
Silicon oxide selective dry etch process
MATTSON TECH INC0 citations62
US11164727B2Nov 2, 2021
Processing of workpieces using hydrogen radicals and ozone gas
MATTSON TECH INC0 citations62
US10964528B2Mar 30, 2021
Integration of materials removal and surface treatment in semiconductor device fabrication
MATTSON TECH INC1 citations61
US11495456B2Nov 8, 2022
Ozone for selective hydrophilic surface treatment
MATTSON TECH INC0 citations52
KAO CHIEN-TEH
1 patentAPPPLIED MATERIALS INC
1 patentGANGULI SESHADRI
1 patentCHANG MEI
1 patentLU XINLIANG
1 patentShowing the top 50 of 62 patents by PatentIndex Score.