Inventor
RAVKIN MICHAEL
US61 patents
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LAM RES CORP
35 patentsUS6988327B2Jan 24, 2006
Methods and systems for processing a substrate using a dynamic liquid meniscus
LAM RES CORP164 citations99
US7367345B1May 6, 2008
Apparatus and method for providing a confined liquid for immersion lithography
LAM RES CORP62 citations98
US6954993B1Oct 18, 2005
Concentric proximity processing head
LAM RES CORP64 citations96
US6733596B1May 11, 2004
Substrate cleaning brush preparation sequence, method, and system
LAM RES CORP66 citations96
US6290780B1Sep 18, 2001
Method and apparatus for processing a wafer
LAM RES CORP56 citations96
US6272712B1Aug 14, 2001
Brush box containment apparatus
LAM RES CORP59 citations95
US6624078B1Sep 23, 2003
Methods for analyzing the effectiveness of wafer backside cleaning
LAM RES CORP20 citations93
US6425158B2Jul 30, 2002
Apparatus for processing a wafer
LAM RES CORP22 citations93
US7383843B2Jun 10, 2008
Method and apparatus for processing wafer surfaces using thin, high velocity fluid layer
LAM RES CORP28 citations92
US7007333B1Mar 7, 2006
System and method for a combined contact and non-contact wafer cleaning module
LAM RES CORP25 citations92
US6770151B1Aug 3, 2004
Drying a substrate using a combination of substrate processing technologies
LAM RES CORP55 citations92
US6616516B1Sep 9, 2003
Method and apparatus for asymmetric processing of front side and back side of semiconductor substrates
LAM RES CORP42 citations92
US6431959B1Aug 13, 2002
System and method of defect optimization for chemical mechanical planarization of polysilicon
LAM RES CORP52 citations92
US7862662B2Jan 4, 2011
Method and material for cleaning a substrate
LAM RES CORP10 citations84
US7749689B2Jul 6, 2010
Methods for providing a confined liquid for immersion lithography
LAM RES CORP13 citations84
US7737097B2Jun 15, 2010
Method for removing contamination from a substrate and for making a cleaning solution
LAM RES CORP11 citations84
US7696141B2Apr 13, 2010
Cleaning compound and method and system for using the cleaning compound
LAM RES CORP10 citations84
US7648584B2Jan 19, 2010
Method and apparatus for removing contamination from substrate
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US7252097B2Aug 7, 2007
System and method for integrating in-situ metrology within a wafer process
LAM RES CORP18 citations84
US7165563B1Jan 23, 2007
Method and apparatus to decouple power and cavitation for megasonic cleaning applications
LAM RES CORP17 citations84
US7078344B2Jul 18, 2006
Stress free etch processing in combination with a dynamic liquid meniscus
LAM RES CORP13 citations84
US6949411B1Sep 27, 2005
Method for post-etch and strip residue removal on coral films
LAM RES CORP15 citations84
US6866051B1Mar 15, 2005
Megasonic substrate processing module
LAM RES CORP15 citations82
US7395611B2Jul 8, 2008
System processing a substrate using dynamic liquid meniscus
LAM RES CORP7 citations74
US7383601B2Jun 10, 2008
Substrate brush scrubbing and proximity cleaning-drying sequence using compatible chemistries, and method, apparatus, and system for implementing the same
LAM RES CORP7 citations74
US7127831B2Oct 31, 2006
Methods and systems for processing a substrate using a dynamic liquid meniscus
LAM RES CORP9 citations74
US7045018B2May 16, 2006
Substrate brush scrubbing and proximity cleaning-drying sequence using compatible chemistries, and method, apparatus, and system for implementing the same
LAM RES CORP9 citations74
US7743449B2Jun 29, 2010
System and method for a combined contact and non-contact wafer cleaning module
LAM RES CORP7 citations73
US6607072B2Aug 19, 2003
Wheel and conveyor system for transporting semiconductor wafers
LAM RES CORP5 citations73
US6439245B1Aug 27, 2002
Method for transferring wafers from a conveyor system to a wafer processing station
LAM RES CORP9 citations73
US6261407B1Jul 17, 2001
Method and apparatus for removal of thin films from wafers
LAM RES CORP10 citations73
US6145148ANov 14, 2000
Method and apparatus for cleaning of semiconductor substrates using hydrofluoric acid (HF)
LAM RES CORP8 citations73
US7396430B2Jul 8, 2008
Apparatus and method for confined area planarization
LAM RES CORP2 citations63
US7067016B1Jun 27, 2006
Chemically assisted mechanical cleaning of MRAM structures
LAM RES CORP2 citations63
US7040330B2May 9, 2006
Method and apparatus for megasonic cleaning of patterned substrates
LAM RES CORP5 citations63
FREER ERIK M
11 patentsUS8316866B2Nov 27, 2012
Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor substrate
FREER ERIK M6 citations84
US8716210B2May 6, 2014
Material for cleaning a substrate
FREER ERIK M4 citations73
US8522801B2Sep 3, 2013
Method and apparatus for cleaning a semiconductor substrate
FREER ERIK M6 citations73
US8480810B2Jul 9, 2013
Method and apparatus for particle removal
FREER ERIK M5 citations73
US8475599B2Jul 2, 2013
Substrate preparation using stabilized fluid solutions and methods for making stable fluid solutions
FREER ERIK M6 citations73
US8522799B2Sep 3, 2013
Apparatus and system for cleaning a substrate
FREER ERIK M6 citations72
US8608859B2Dec 17, 2013
Method for removing contamination from a substrate and for making a cleaning solution
FREER ERIK M2 citations62
US8591662B2Nov 26, 2013
Methods for cleaning a semiconductor substrate
FREER ERIK M4 citations62
US8555903B2Oct 15, 2013
Method and apparatus for removing contamination from substrate
FREER ERIK M2 citations62
US8388762B2Mar 5, 2013
Substrate cleaning technique employing multi-phase solution
FREER ERIK M2 citations62
US8137474B2Mar 20, 2012
Cleaning compound and method and system for using the cleaning compound
FREER ERIK M4 citations62
ONTRAK SYSTEMS INC
2 patentsLAM RES AG
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