Inventor · Quincy, CA, US

Alan M. Schoepp

43Patents
15h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 23, 1998 → Jul 26, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6320320A Method and apparatus for producing uniform process rates Electricity 357 Expired
US7858898B2 Bevel etcher with gap control Electricity 321 Active
US6170429A Chamber liner for semiconductor process chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 144 Expired
US9431268B2 Isotropic atomic layer etch for silicon and germanium oxides Electricity 126 Active
US6669783B2 High temperature electrostatic chuck Electricity 63 Expired
US6341574B1 Plasma processing systems Electricity 61 Expired
US6322661A Method and apparatus for controlling the volume of a plasma Electricity 56 Expired
US6361645B1 Method and device for compensating wafer bias in a plasma processing chamber Electricity 51 Expired
US6277237A Chamber liner for semiconductor process chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6464843B1 Contamination controlling method and apparatus for a plasma processing chamber Electricity 34 Expired
US6377437B1 High temperature electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6302966A Temperature control system for plasma processing apparatus Electricity 20 Expired
US6074516A High sputter, etch resistant window for plasma processing chambers Electricity 18 Expired
US7943007B2 Configurable bevel etcher Electricity 18 Active
US8580078B2 Bevel etcher with vacuum chuck Electricity 16 Active
US8898928B2 Delamination drying apparatus and method Electricity 12 Active
US6306244A Apparatus for reducing polymer deposition on substrate support Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6567258B2 High temperature electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US6518705B2 Method and apparatus for producing uniform process rates Electricity 9 Expired
US8721908B2 Bevel etcher with vacuum chuck Electricity 9 Active
US9982341B2 Modular vaporizer Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Active
US9673037B2 Substrate freeze dry apparatus and method Electricity 6 Active
US6653791B1 Method and apparatus for producing uniform process rates Electricity 6 Expired
US7662254B2 Methods of and apparatus for aligning electrodes in a process chamber to protect an exclusion area within an edge environ of a wafer Electricity 4 Active
US9117860B2 Controlled ambient system for interface engineering Electricity 3 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.