Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Charles S. Rhoades

10Patents
9h-index
17Co-inventors
61Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 21, 1991 → Jan 21, 1997

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5545289A Passivating, stripping and corrosion inhibition of semiconductor substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 108 Expired
US5486235A Plasma dry cleaning of semiconductor processing chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US5384009A Plasma etching using xenon Chemistry; Metallurgy 38 Expired
US5221424A Method for removal of photoresist over metal which also removes or inactivates corosion-forming materials remaining from previous metal etch Electricity 37 Expired
US5494523A Controlling plasma particulates by contouring the plasma sheath using materials of differing RF impedances Electricity 34 Expired
US5387556A Etching aluminum and its alloys using HC1, C1-containing etchant and N.sub. 2 Electricity 33 Expired
US5423918A Method for reducing particulate contamination during plasma processing of semiconductor devices Electricity 23 Expired
US5685916A Dry cleaning of semiconductor processing chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5676759A Plasma dry cleaning of semiconductor processing chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US5753137A Dry cleaning of semiconductor processing chambers using non-metallic, carbon-comprising material Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired

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