Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Alexander T. Schwarm

33Patents
15h-index
38Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 31, 2001 → Apr 24, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6913938B2 Feedback control of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US7082345B2 Method, system and medium for process control for the matching of tools, chambers and/or other semiconductor-related entities Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 63 Expired
US7333871B2 Automated design and execution of experiments with integrated model creation for semiconductor manufacturing tools Physics 50 Expired
US7201936B2 Method of feedback control of sub-atmospheric chemical vapor deposition processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 44 Expired
US7337019B2 Integration of fault detection with run-to-run control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6999836B2 Method, system, and medium for handling misrepresentative metrology data within an advanced process control system Physics 39 Expired
US7783375B2 Dynamic metrology schemes and sampling schemes for advanced process control in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 34 Active
US7356377B2 System, method, and medium for monitoring performance of an advanced process control system Physics 34 Expired
US7725208B2 Dynamic metrology schemes and sampling schemes for advanced process control in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US7160739B2 Feedback control of a chemical mechanical polishing device providing manipulation of removal rate profiles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 29 Expired
US7272459B2 Method, system and medium for controlling manufacture process having multivariate input parameters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7047099B2 Integrating tool, module, and fab level control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US7596718B2 Ranged fault signatures for fault diagnosis Physics 17 Active
US7587296B2 Adaptive multivariate fault detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Active
US7937179B2 Dynamic inline yield analysis and prediction of a defect limited yield using inline inspection defects Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Active
US8010321B2 Metrics independent and recipe independent fault classes Physics 14 Active
US7698012B2 Dynamic metrology schemes and sampling schemes for advanced process control in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7831326B2 Graphical user interface for presenting multivariate fault contributions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US7962864B2 Stage yield prediction Physics 8 Active
US8070909B2 Feedback control of chemical mechanical polishing device providing manipulation of removal rate profiles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7966087B2 Method, system and medium for controlling manufacture process having multivariate input parameters Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7765020B2 Graphical user interface for presenting multivariate fault contributions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7934125B2 Ranged fault signatures for fault diagnosis Physics 5 Active
US8799831B2 Inline defect analysis for sampling and SPC Physics 5 Active
US7668702B2 Method, system and medium for controlling manufacturing process using adaptive models based on empirical data Physics 3 Expired

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