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BAILEY III ANDREW D
US129 patents
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LAM RES CORP
40 patentsUS7858898B2Dec 28, 2010
Bevel etcher with gap control
LAM RES CORP349 citations99
US7611640B1Nov 3, 2009
Minimizing arcing in a plasma processing chamber
LAM RES CORP365 citations99
US7086347B2Aug 8, 2006
Apparatus and methods for minimizing arcing in a plasma processing chamber
LAM RES CORP380 citations99
US6320320B1Nov 20, 2001
Method and apparatus for producing uniform process rates
LAM RES CORP411 citations99
US9039911B2May 26, 2015
Plasma-enhanced etching in an augmented plasma processing system
LAM RES CORP57 citations98
US7480571B2Jan 20, 2009
Apparatus and methods for improving the stability of RF power delivery to a plasma load
LAM RES CORP84 citations98
US6341574B1Jan 29, 2002
Plasma processing systems
LAM RES CORP135 citations97
US6322661B1Nov 27, 2001
Method and apparatus for controlling the volume of a plasma
LAM RES CORP75 citations96
US10197908B2Feb 5, 2019
Photoresist design layout pattern proximity correction through fast edge placement error prediction via a physics-based etch profile modeling framework
LAM RES CORP27 citations94
US7067034B2Jun 27, 2006
Method and apparatus for plasma forming inner magnetic bucket to control a volume of a plasma
LAM RES CORP46 citations93
US6838832B1Jan 4, 2005
Apparatus and methods for improving the stability of RF power delivery to a plasma load
LAM RES CORP34 citations93
US9792393B2Oct 17, 2017
Methods and apparatuses for etch profile optimization by reflectance spectra matching and surface kinetic model optimization
LAM RES CORP19 citations92
US7943007B2May 17, 2011
Configurable bevel etcher
LAM RES CORP24 citations92
US7651585B2Jan 26, 2010
Apparatus for the removal of an edge polymer from a substrate and methods therefor
LAM RES CORP27 citations92
US7239737B2Jul 3, 2007
User interface for quantifying wafer non-uniformities and graphically explore significance
LAM RES CORP36 citations92
US7217649B2May 15, 2007
System and method for stress free conductor removal
LAM RES CORP23 citations92
US6744213B2Jun 1, 2004
Antenna for producing uniform process rates
LAM RES CORP33 citations92
US6302966B1Oct 16, 2001
Temperature control system for plasma processing apparatus
LAM RES CORP42 citations92
US7486878B2Feb 3, 2009
Offset correction methods and arrangement for positioning and inspecting substrates
LAM RES CORP25 citations91
US7479236B2Jan 20, 2009
Offset correction techniques for positioning substrates
LAM RES CORP20 citations91
US10032681B2Jul 24, 2018
Etch metric sensitivity for endpoint detection
LAM RES CORP25 citations90
US10534257B2Jan 14, 2020
Layout pattern proximity correction through edge placement error prediction
LAM RES CORP17 citations86
US10585347B2Mar 10, 2020
Photoresist design layout pattern proximity correction through fast edge placement error prediction via a physics-based etch profile modeling framework
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US10386828B2Aug 20, 2019
Methods and apparatuses for etch profile matching by surface kinetic model optimization
LAM RES CORP8 citations84
US10303830B2May 28, 2019
Methods and apparatuses for etch profile optimization by reflectance spectra matching and surface kinetic model optimization
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US9996647B2Jun 12, 2018
Methods and apparatuses for etch profile optimization by reflectance spectra matching and surface kinetic model optimization
LAM RES CORP12 citations84
US8721908B2May 13, 2014
Bevel etcher with vacuum chuck
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US7909960B2Mar 22, 2011
Apparatus and methods to remove films on bevel edge and backside of wafer
LAM RES CORP11 citations84
US7662253B2Feb 16, 2010
Apparatus for the removal of a metal oxide from a substrate and methods therefor
LAM RES CORP8 citations84
US7413673B2Aug 19, 2008
Method for adjusting voltage on a powered Faraday shield
LAM RES CORP17 citations84
US7403001B1Jul 22, 2008
Methods and apparatus for measuring morphology of a conductive film on a substrate
LAM RES CORP13 citations84
US7078344B2Jul 18, 2006
Stress free etch processing in combination with a dynamic liquid meniscus
LAM RES CORP13 citations84
US7022611B1Apr 4, 2006
Plasma in-situ treatment of chemically amplified resist
LAM RES CORP14 citations84
US6518705B2Feb 11, 2003
Method and apparatus for producing uniform process rates
LAM RES CORP16 citations84
US10572697B2Feb 25, 2020
Method of etch model calibration using optical scatterometry
LAM RES CORP9 citations83
US10262910B2Apr 16, 2019
Method of feature exaction from time-series of spectra to control endpoint of process
LAM RES CORP12 citations83
US7938931B2May 10, 2011
Edge electrodes with variable power
LAM RES CORP11 citations83
US6939796B2Sep 6, 2005
System, method and apparatus for improved global dual-damascene planarization
LAM RES CORP14 citations83
US7662254B2Feb 16, 2010
Methods of and apparatus for aligning electrodes in a process chamber to protect an exclusion area within an edge environ of a wafer
LAM RES CORP8 citations82
US6842147B2Jan 11, 2005
Method and apparatus for producing uniform processing rates
LAM RES CORP15 citations81
DHINDSA RAJINDER
4 patentsUS8652298B2Feb 18, 2014
Triode reactor design with multiple radiofrequency powers
DHINDSA RAJINDER160 citations98
US8869742B2Oct 28, 2014
Plasma processing chamber with dual axial gas injection and exhaust
DHINDSA RAJINDER195 citations97
US9184028B2Nov 10, 2015
Dual plasma volume processing apparatus for neutral/ion flux control
DHINDSA RAJINDER34 citations92
US8900398B2Dec 2, 2014
Local plasma confinement and pressure control arrangement and methods thereof
DHINDSA RAJINDER27 citations92
BAILEY III ANDREW D
3 patentsLAM CORP
1 patentYOON HYUNGSUK ALEXANDER
1 patentCHEN JACK
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