Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Bruce E. Adams

76Patents
17h-index
45Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 6, 1978 → Sep 28, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5154512A Non-contact techniques for measuring temperature or radiation-heated objects Physics 84 Expired
US5166080A Techniques for measuring the thickness of a film formed on a substrate Physics 67 Expired
US5183338A Temperature measurement with combined photo-luminescent and black body sensing techniques Physics 64 Expired
US5490728A Non-contact optical techniques for measuring surface conditions Physics 63 Expired
US5364186A Apparatus and method for monitoring a temperature using a thermally fused composite ceramic blackbody temperature probe Physics 48 Expired
US8222574B2 Temperature measurement and control of wafer support in thermal processing chamber Electricity 46 Active
US5310260A Non-contact optical techniques for measuring surface conditions Physics 43 Expired
US5769540A Non-contact optical techniques for measuring surface conditions Physics 39 Expired
US6183130A Apparatus for substrate temperature measurement using a reflecting cavity and detector Physics 32 Expired
US7279721B2 Dual wavelength thermal flux laser anneal Electricity 32 Expired
US8148663B2 Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization Performing Operations; Transporting 32 Active
US6839507B2 Black reflector plate Electricity 30 Expired
US7135392B1 Thermal flux laser annealing for ion implantation of semiconductor P-N junctions Electricity 26 Expired
US5318362A Non-contact techniques for measuring temperature of radiation-heated objects Physics 24 Expired
US7860379B2 Temperature measurement and control of wafer support in thermal processing chamber Electricity 20 Active
US5112137A Temperature measurement with combined photo-luminescent and black body sensing techniques Physics 19 Expired
US7595208B2 Method of laser annealing using two wavelengths of radiation Electricity 19 Active
US6406179B2 Sensor for measuring a substrate temperature Physics 17 Expired
US7494272B2 Dynamic surface annealing using addressable laser array with pyrometry feedback Electricity 17 Active
US8829392B2 Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization Performing Operations; Transporting 15 Active
US7129440B2 Single axis light pipe for homogenizing slow axis of illumination systems based on laser diodes Physics 13 Expired
US7398693B2 Adaptive control method for rapid thermal processing of a substrate Electricity 11 Active
US8367983B2 Apparatus including heating source reflective filter for pyrometry Electricity 9 Active
US4145479A Heat resistant curable surface coating composition comprising the reaction product of an unsaturated polyaryloxyphosphazene and an unsaturated aryloxycyclotriphosphazene Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7795816B2 High speed phase scrambling of a coherent beam using plasma Electricity 7 Active

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