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TANG XIANMIN

US106 patents
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC

41 patents
US9460959B1Oct 4, 2016

Methods for pre-cleaning conductive interconnect structures

APPLIED MATERIALS INC113 citations97
US7504006B2Mar 17, 2009

Self-ionized and capacitively-coupled plasma for sputtering and resputtering

APPLIED MATERIALS INC49 citations96
US7253109B2Aug 7, 2007

Method of depositing a tantalum nitride/tantalum diffusion barrier layer system

APPLIED MATERIALS INC44 citations96
US6911124B2Jun 28, 2005

Method of depositing a TaN seed layer

APPLIED MATERIALS INC52 citations96
US8895450B2Nov 25, 2014

Low resistivity tungsten PVD with enhanced ionization and RF power coupling

APPLIED MATERIALS INC16 citations92
US7569125B2Aug 4, 2009

Shields usable with an inductively coupled plasma reactor

APPLIED MATERIALS INC16 citations92
US7041201B2May 9, 2006

Sidewall magnet improving uniformity of inductively coupled plasma and shields used therewith

APPLIED MATERIALS INC31 citations92
US9633824B2Apr 25, 2017

Target for PVD sputtering system

APPLIED MATERIALS INC7 citations84
US11915918B2Feb 27, 2024

Cleaning of sin with CCP plasma or RPS clean

APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations74
US7687909B2Mar 30, 2010

Metal / metal nitride barrier layer for semiconductor device applications

APPLIED MATERIALS INC7 citations74
US6887786B2May 3, 2005

Method and apparatus for forming a barrier layer on a substrate

APPLIED MATERIALS INC9 citations74
US12211743B2Jan 28, 2025

Method of forming a metal liner for interconnect structures

APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US11810770B2Nov 7, 2023

Methods and apparatus for controlling ion fraction in physical vapor deposition processes

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US11764157B2Sep 19, 2023

Ruthenium liner and cap for back-end-of-line applications

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US11037768B2Jun 15, 2021

Methods and apparatus for controlling ion fraction in physical vapor deposition processes

APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations73
US10763090B2Sep 1, 2020

High pressure RF-DC sputtering and methods to improve film uniformity and step-coverage of this process

APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US10109481B2Oct 23, 2018

Aluminum-nitride buffer and active layers by physical vapor deposition

APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations73
US10047430B2Aug 14, 2018

Self-ionized and inductively-coupled plasma for sputtering and resputtering

APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations73
US9953813B2Apr 24, 2018

Methods and apparatus for improved metal ion filtering

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US11562909B2Jan 24, 2023

Directional selective junction clean with field polymer protections

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations72
US11114320B2Sep 7, 2021

Processing system and method of forming a contact

APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations72
US10109520B2Oct 23, 2018

Methods for depositing dielectric barrier layers and aluminum containing etch stop layers

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations72
US10043670B2Aug 7, 2018

Systems and methods for low resistivity physical vapor deposition of a tungsten film

APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations72
US9633839B2Apr 25, 2017

Methods for depositing dielectric films via physical vapor deposition processes

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations72
US11270911B2Mar 8, 2022

Doping of metal barrier layers

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations71
US10388532B2Aug 20, 2019

Methods and devices using PVD ruthenium

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations71
US10157787B2Dec 18, 2018

Method and apparatus for depositing cobalt in a feature

APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations71
US9984976B2May 29, 2018

Interconnect structures and methods of formation

APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations71
US12406849B2Sep 2, 2025

Methods and apparatus for enhancing selectivity of titanium and titanium silicides during chemical vapor deposition

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12243774B2Mar 4, 2025

Impurity removal in doped ALD tantalum nitride

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12094699B2Sep 17, 2024

Methods and apparatus for controlling ion fraction in physical vapor deposition processes

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12027354B2Jul 2, 2024

Cleaning of SIN with CCP plasma or RPS clean

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11784127B2Oct 10, 2023

Ruthenium liner and cap for back-end-of-line

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11776805B2Oct 3, 2023

Selective oxidation and simplified pre-clean

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11430661B2Aug 30, 2022

Methods and apparatus for enhancing selectivity of titanium and titanium silicides during chemical vapor deposition

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11410881B2Aug 9, 2022

Impurity removal in doped ALD tantalum nitride

APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10734235B2Aug 4, 2020

Systems and methods for low resistivity physical vapor deposition of a tungsten film

APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10563304B2Feb 18, 2020

Methods and apparatus for dynamically treating atomic layer deposition films in physical vapor deposition chambers

APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US10431440B2Oct 1, 2019

Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate

APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US7659204B2Feb 9, 2010

Oxidized barrier layer

APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations62
US12543523B2Feb 3, 2026

Chlorine-free removal of molybdenum oxides from substrates

APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations61

DING PEIJUN

2 patents

CAO YONG

1 patent

GANGULI SESHADRI

1 patent

WANG RONGJUN

1 patent

ZHU MINGWEI

1 patent

HAWRYLCHAK LARA

1 patent

GOPALRAJA PRABURAM

1 patent

LEE JOUNG JOO

1 patent

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