Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Ananda H. Kumar

96Patents
29h-index
121Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 6, 1978 → Apr 3, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6310755A Electrostatic chuck having gas cavity and method Chemistry; Metallurgy 241 Expired
US7236816B2 Biopsy and sampling needle antennas for magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsies Human Necessities 212 Expired
US5209817A Selective plating method for forming integral via and wiring layers Electricity 212 Expired
US6095084A High density plasma process chamber Electricity 140 Expired
US6108189A Electrostatic chuck having improved gas conduits Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 138 Expired
US5266446A Method of making a multilayer thin film structure Electricity 110 Expired
US4301324A Glass-ceramic structures and sintered multilayer substrates thereof with circuit patterns of gold, silver or copper Electricity 93 Expired
US6280584A Compliant bond structure for joining ceramic to metal Electricity 91 Expired
US6776873B1 Yttrium oxide based surface coating for semiconductor IC processing vacuum chambers Chemistry; Metallurgy 86 Expired
US5880924A Electrostatic chuck capable of rapidly dechucking a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 84 Expired
US5436412A Interconnect structure having improved metallization Electricity 75 Expired
US6586886B1 Gas distribution plate electrode for a plasma reactor Electricity 68 Expired
US6538872B1 Electrostatic chuck having heater and method Electricity 66 Expired
US6440221B2 Process chamber having improved temperature control Electricity 61 Expired
US4413061A Glass-ceramic structures and sintered multilayer substrates thereof with circuit patterns of gold, silver or copper Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US6490146B2 Electrostatic chuck bonded to base with a bond layer and method Chemistry; Metallurgy 58 Expired
US6721162B2 Electrostatic chuck having composite dielectric layer and method of manufacture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US5196251A Ceramic substrate having a protective coating thereon and a method for protecting a ceramic substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US6462928B1 Electrostatic chuck having improved electrical connector and method Electricity 38 Expired
US7412767B2 Microprobe tips and methods for making Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US6151203A Connectors for an electrostatic chuck and combination thereof Electricity 36 Expired
US7531077B2 Electrochemical fabrication process for forming multilayer multimaterial microprobe structures Physics 35 Active
US5847935A Electronic circuit chip package Electricity 32 Expired
US7778682B2 Biopsy and sampling needle antennas for magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsies Human Necessities 31 Active
US6490144B1 Support for supporting a substrate in a process chamber Electricity 31 Expired

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