Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Arulkumar Shanmugasundram

40Patents
16h-index
63Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 2, 1999 → Nov 8, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7341633B2 Apparatus for electroless deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 227 Expired
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
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
US7725208B2 Dynamic metrology schemes and sampling schemes for advanced process control in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 33 Active
US7256111B2 Pretreatment for electroless deposition Electricity 33 Expired
US7223323B2 Multi-chemistry plating system Electricity 31 Expired
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
US7514353B2 Contact metallization scheme using a barrier layer over a silicide layer Electricity 25 Active
US7024268B1 Feedback controlled polishing processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6244931A Buffer station on CMP system Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US7651934B2 Process for electroless copper deposition Electricity 16 Active
US7247080B1 Feedback controlled polishing processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6413145B1 System for polishing and cleaning substrates Electricity 15 Expired
US7698012B2 Dynamic metrology schemes and sampling schemes for advanced process control in semiconductor processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US6625513B1 Run-to-run control over semiconductor processing tool based upon mirror image target Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7827930B2 Apparatus for electroless deposition of metals onto semiconductor substrates Electricity 14 Active
US7659203B2 Electroless deposition process on a silicon contact Electricity 11 Expired
US7654221B2 Apparatus for electroless deposition of metals onto semiconductor substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Active
US8308858B2 Electroless deposition process on a silicon contact Electricity 9 Active

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