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Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc.

57Patents
0Active
57Granted
40Portfolio score

Filing activity: Jul 11, 1994 → Nov 1, 2001

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6182603A Surface-treated shower head for use in a substrate processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 563 Expired
US5716133A Shielded heat sensor for measuring temperature Physics 479 Expired
US6235634A Modular substrate processing system Electricity 215 Expired
US5788778A Deposition chamber cleaning technique using a high power remote excitation source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 138 Expired
US6206176A Substrate transfer shuttle having a magnetic drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 115 Expired
US6213704A Method and apparatus for substrate transfer and processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 95 Expired
US6024044A Dual frequency excitation of plasma for film deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 88 Expired
US5855744A Non-planar magnet tracking during magnetron sputtering Electricity 65 Expired
US6286230A Method of controlling gas flow in a substrate processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US5518593A Shield configuration for vacuum chamber Electricity 60 Expired
US6055927A Apparatus and method for white powder reduction in silicon nitride deposition using remote plasma source cleaning technology Chemistry; Metallurgy 57 Expired
US6086362A Multi-function chamber for a substrate processing system Electricity 56 Expired
US5844205A Heated substrate support structure Chemistry; Metallurgy 54 Expired
US6176668A In-situ substrate transfer shuttle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 53 Expired
US6079693A Isolation valves Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 45 Expired
US6534007B1 Method and apparatus for detecting the endpoint of a chamber cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 45 Expired
US6016611A Gas flow control in a substrate processing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US6435868B2 Multi-function chamber for a substrate processing system Electricity 42 Expired
US6471459B2 Substrate transfer shuttle having a magnetic drive Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6199259A Autoclave bonding of sputtering target assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US5895937A Tapered dielectric etch in semiconductor devices Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Expired
US6215897A Automated substrate processing system Physics 41 Expired
US5895549A Method and apparatus for etching film layers on large substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US5607602A High-rate dry-etch of indium and tin oxides by hydrogen and halogen radicals such as derived from HCl gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6517303B1 Substrate transfer shuttle Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.