Inventor
BENJAMIN NEIL
US49 patents
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LAM RES CORP
39 patentsUS7274004B2Sep 25, 2007
Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support
LAM RES CORP170 citations99
US6847014B1Jan 25, 2005
Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support
LAM RES CORP704 citations99
US6483690B1Nov 19, 2002
Ceramic electrostatic chuck assembly and method of making
LAM RES CORP155 citations99
US5863376AJan 26, 1999
Temperature controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber
LAM RES CORP281 citations99
US8884194B2Nov 11, 2014
Heating plate with planar heater zones for semiconductor processing
LAM RES CORP52 citations98
US6920312B1Jul 19, 2005
RF generating system with fast loop control
LAM RES CORP109 citations98
US6344105B1Feb 5, 2002
Techniques for improving etch rate uniformity
LAM RES CORP141 citations97
US5820723AOct 13, 1998
Universal vacuum chamber including equipment modules such as a plasma generating source, vacuum pumping arrangement and/or cantilevered substrate support
LAM RES CORP434 citations97
US5948704ASep 7, 1999
High flow vacuum chamber including equipment modules such as a plasma generating source, vacuum pumping arrangement and/or cantilevered substrate support
LAM RES CORP207 citations96
US5589737ADec 31, 1996
Plasma processor for large workpieces
LAM RES CORP75 citations95
US6974550B2Dec 13, 2005
Apparatus and method for controlling the voltage applied to an electrostatic shield used in a plasma generator
LAM RES CORP15 citations93
US6781393B2Aug 24, 2004
Methods relating to wafer integrated plasma probe assembly arrays
LAM RES CORP15 citations93
US6653852B1Nov 25, 2003
Wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array
LAM RES CORP30 citations93
US6592710B1Jul 15, 2003
Apparatus for controlling the voltage applied to an electrostatic shield used in a plasma generator
LAM RES CORP22 citations93
US9392643B2Jul 12, 2016
Heating plate with planar heater zones for semiconductor processing
LAM RES CORP12 citations92
US6563076B1May 13, 2003
Voltage control sensor and control interface for radio frequency power regulation in a plasma reactor
LAM RES CORP30 citations92
US6509542B1Jan 21, 2003
Voltage control sensor and control interface for radio frequency power regulation in a plasma reactor
LAM RES CORP28 citations92
US6087778AJul 11, 2000
Scalable helicon wave plasma processing device with a non-cylindrical source chamber having a serpentine antenna
LAM RES CORP29 citations89
US6901808B1Jun 7, 2005
Capacitive manometer having reduced process drift
LAM RES CORP48 citations88
US7080941B1Jul 25, 2006
Temperature sensing system for temperature measurement in a high radio frequency environment
LAM RES CORP43 citations87
US10720346B2Jul 21, 2020
Substrate support with thermal zones for semiconductor processing
LAM RES CORP5 citations84
US10236193B2Mar 19, 2019
Substrate supports with multi-layer structure including independent operated heater zones
LAM RES CORP6 citations84
USRE47276EMar 5, 2019
RF isolation for power circuitry
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US9775194B2Sep 26, 2017
Multiplexed heater array using AC drive for semiconductor processing
LAM RES CORP9 citations84
US9646861B2May 9, 2017
Heating plate with heating zones for substrate processing and method of use thereof
LAM RES CORP7 citations84
US6821378B1Nov 23, 2004
Pump baffle and screen to improve etch uniformity
LAM RES CORP17 citations84
US10049948B2Aug 14, 2018
Power switching system for ESC with array of thermal control elements
LAM RES CORP14 citations83
US7571697B2Aug 11, 2009
Plasma processor coil
LAM RES CORP9 citations83
US6952255B2Oct 4, 2005
System and method for integrated multi-use optical alignment
LAM RES CORP18 citations83
US10403475B2Sep 3, 2019
Tunable multi-zone gas injection system
LAM RES CORP13 citations82
US6972579B2Dec 6, 2005
Wafer integrated plasma probe assembly array
LAM RES CORP11 citations74
US10276348B2Apr 30, 2019
Methods and apparatus for a hybrid capacitively-coupled and an inductively-coupled plasma processing system
LAM RES CORP3 citations73
US9997381B2Jun 12, 2018
Hybrid edge ring for plasma wafer processing
LAM RES CORP3 citations73
US9824904B2Nov 21, 2017
Method and apparatus for controlling spatial temperature distribution
LAM RES CORP4 citations73
US7152011B2Dec 19, 2006
Smart component-based management techniques in a substrate processing system
LAM RES CORP9 citations73
US8921740B2Dec 30, 2014
Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support
LAM RES CORP3 citations63
US10770363B2Sep 8, 2020
Power switching system for ESC with array of thermal control elements
LAM RES CORP1 citations62
US10153136B2Dec 11, 2018
Hollow RF feed with coaxial DC power feed
LAM RES CORP1 citations52
US7254510B2Aug 7, 2007
Smart component-based management techniques in a substrate processing system
LAM RES CORP0 citations51
BENJAMIN NEIL
5 patentsUS8755204B2Jun 17, 2014
RF isolation for power circuitry
BENJAMIN NEIL20 citations92
US8528498B2Sep 10, 2013
Integrated steerability array arrangement for minimizing non-uniformity
BENJAMIN NEIL13 citations84
US8963052B2Feb 24, 2015
Method for controlling spatial temperature distribution across a semiconductor wafer
BENJAMIN NEIL9 citations83
US8536494B2Sep 17, 2013
Method and apparatus for controlling the spatial temperature distribution across the surface of a workpiece support
BENJAMIN NEIL9 citations83
US9105449B2Aug 11, 2015
Distributed power arrangements for localizing power delivery
BENJAMIN NEIL0 citations41