Inventor
GARRETSON CHARLES C
US39 patents
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APPLIED MATERIALS INC
32 patentsUS6551176B1Apr 22, 2003
Pad conditioning disk
APPLIED MATERIALS INC53 citations96
US7344434B2Mar 18, 2008
Retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC33 citations94
US6572446B1Jun 3, 2003
Chemical mechanical polishing pad conditioning element with discrete points and compliant membrane
APPLIED MATERIALS INC46 citations93
US7927190B2Apr 19, 2011
Retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC9 citations92
US6913518B2Jul 5, 2005
Profile control platen
APPLIED MATERIALS INC25 citations92
US6855043B1Feb 15, 2005
Carrier head with a modified flexible membrane
APPLIED MATERIALS INC33 citations92
US6220941B1Apr 24, 2001
Method of post CMP defect stability improvement
APPLIED MATERIALS INC35 citations92
US9242337B2Jan 26, 2016
Dynamic residue clearing control with in-situ profile control (ISPC)
APPLIED MATERIALS INC8 citations84
US9017138B2Apr 28, 2015
Retaining ring monitoring and control of pressure
APPLIED MATERIALS INC14 citations84
US10766117B2Sep 8, 2020
Retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC5 citations83
US9937601B2Apr 10, 2018
Retaining ring with Shaped Surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations83
US11400560B2Aug 2, 2022
Retaining ring design
APPLIED MATERIALS INC6 citations74
US11931853B2Mar 19, 2024
Control of processing parameters for substrate polishing with angularly distributed zones using cost function
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations73
US11260500B2Mar 1, 2022
Retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC4 citations72
US10589399B2Mar 17, 2020
Textured small pad for chemical mechanical polishing
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations71
US10256111B2Apr 9, 2019
Chemical mechanical polishing automated recipe generation
APPLIED MATERIALS INC3 citations69
US12343840B2Jul 1, 2025
Control of processing parameters for substrate polishing with substrate precession
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US12251788B2Mar 18, 2025
Polishing head with local wafer pressure
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11986923B2May 21, 2024
Polishing head with local wafer pressure
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11869815B2Jan 9, 2024
Asymmetry correction via oriented wafer loading
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11850703B2Dec 26, 2023
Method of forming retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11577361B2Feb 14, 2023
Retaining ring with shaped surface and method of forming
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations62
US11282755B2Mar 22, 2022
Asymmetry correction via oriented wafer loading
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations62
US9186773B2Nov 17, 2015
Retaining ring with shaped surface
APPLIED MATERIALS INC2 citations62
US11241769B2Feb 8, 2022
Methods and apparatus for profile and surface preparation of retaining rings utilized in chemical mechanical polishing processes
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations58
US8755927B2Jun 17, 2014
Feedback for polishing rate correction in chemical mechanical polishing
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US7115024B2Oct 3, 2006
Profile control platen
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations52
US12551981B2Feb 17, 2026
Machine learning for classifying retaining rings
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations51
US10252397B2Apr 9, 2019
Methods and apparatus for profile and surface preparation of retaining rings utilized in chemical mechanical polishing processes
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations48
US6855031B2Feb 15, 2005
Slurry flow rate monitoring in chemical-mechanical polisher using pressure transducer
APPLIED MATERIALS INC1 citations46
US10610994B2Apr 7, 2020
Polishing system with local area rate control and oscillation mode
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations41
US10434623B2Oct 8, 2019
Local area polishing system and polishing pad assemblies for a polishing system
APPLIED MATERIALS INC0 citations41
DHANDAPANI SIVAKUMAR
3 patentsUS9138860B2Sep 22, 2015
Closed-loop control for improved polishing pad profiles
DHANDAPANI SIVAKUMAR23 citations90
US8337279B2Dec 25, 2012
Closed-loop control for effective pad conditioning
DHANDAPANI SIVAKUMAR4 citations60
US8758085B2Jun 24, 2014
Method for compensation of variability in chemical mechanical polishing consumables
DHANDAPANI SIVAKUMAR3 citations59