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TANG XIANMIN
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC
41 patentsUS9460959B1Oct 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 patentsCAO YONG
1 patentGANGULI SESHADRI
1 patentWANG RONGJUN
1 patentZHU MINGWEI
1 patentHAWRYLCHAK LARA
1 patentGOPALRAJA PRABURAM
1 patentLEE JOUNG JOO
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