Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Bryan Pu

42Patents
21h-index
86Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 28, 1995 → Dec 20, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8231799B2 Plasma reactor apparatus with multiple gas injection zones having time-changing separate configurable gas compositions for each zone Electricity 532 Expired
US6403491B1 Etch method using a dielectric etch chamber with expanded process window Electricity 292 Expired
US6364957B1 Support assembly with thermal expansion compensation Electricity 286 Expired
US5843847A Method for etching dielectric layers with high selectivity and low microloading Electricity 270 Expired
US7316761B2 Apparatus for uniformly etching a dielectric layer Electricity 162 Expired
US6916399B1 Temperature controlled window with a fluid supply system Electricity 138 Expired
US6326307A Plasma pretreatment of photoresist in an oxide etch process Electricity 125 Expired
US5674321A Method and apparatus for producing plasma uniformity in a magnetic field-enhanced plasma reactor Electricity 119 Expired
US5891350A Adjusting DC bias voltage in plasma chambers Electricity 96 Expired
US6113731A Magnetically-enhanced plasma chamber with non-uniform magnetic field Electricity 75 Expired
US5740009A Apparatus for improving wafer and chuck edge protection Electricity 73 Expired
US6273022A Distributed inductively-coupled plasma source Electricity 62 Expired
US6568346B2 Distributed inductively-coupled plasma source and circuit for coupling induction coils to RF power supply Electricity 54 Expired
US6451703B1 Magnetically enhanced plasma etch process using a heavy fluorocarbon etching gas Electricity 53 Expired
US6284093A Shield or ring surrounding semiconductor workpiece in plasma chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 51 Expired
US6716302B2 Dielectric etch chamber with expanded process window Electricity 48 Expired
US6829056B1 Monitoring dimensions of features at different locations in the processing of substrates Electricity 48 Expired
US6825618B2 Distributed inductively-coupled plasma source and circuit for coupling induction coils to RF power supply Electricity 46 Expired
US6022446A Shallow magnetic fields for generating circulating electrons to enhance plasma processing Electricity 42 Expired
US6797639B2 Dielectric etch chamber with expanded process window Electricity 36 Expired
US8609546B2 Pulsed bias plasma process to control microloading Electricity 22 Active
US6689249B2 Shield or ring surrounding semiconductor workpiece in plasma chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 21 Expired
US6613689B2 Magnetically enhanced plasma oxide etch using hexafluorobutadiene Electricity 18 Expired
US6221782A Adjusting DC bias voltage in plasma chamber Electricity 17 Expired
US8187415B2 Plasma etch reactor with distribution of etch gases across a wafer surface and a polymer oxidizing gas in an independently fed center gas zone Electricity 15 Active

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