Inventor · Milpitas, CA, US

Benjamin Bierman

14Patents
13h-index
14Co-inventors
64Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 24, 1996 → Jul 6, 2000

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5781693A Gas introduction showerhead for an RTP chamber with upper and lower transparent plates and gas flow therebetween Chemistry; Metallurgy 809 Expired
US5879128A Lift pin and support pin apparatus for a processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 518 Expired
US6090210A Multi-zone gas flow control in a process chamber Electricity 122 Expired
US5960555A Method and apparatus for purging the back side of a substrate during chemical vapor processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 61 Expired
US6157106A Magnetically-levitated rotor system for an RTP chamber Electricity 49 Expired
US6215106A Thermally processing a substrate Chemistry; Metallurgy 44 Expired
US5848889A Semiconductor wafer support with graded thermal mass Electricity 41 Expired
US6395363B1 Sloped substrate support Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US5884412A Method and apparatus for purging the back side of a substrate during chemical vapor processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 29 Expired
US6133152A Co-rotating edge ring extension for use in a semiconductor processing chamber Electricity 24 Expired
US6123766A Method and apparatus for achieving temperature uniformity of a substrate Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6035100A Reflector cover for a semiconductor processing chamber Physics 14 Expired
US5920797A Method for gaseous substrate support Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US6803546B1 Thermally processing a substrate Electricity 12 Expired

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