Inventor · Fort Collins, CO, US

Daniel Carter

65Patents
27h-index
38Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 20, 1987 → Aug 16, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10269540B1 Impedance matching system and method of operating the same Electricity 107 Active
US9767988B2 Method of controlling the switched mode ion energy distribution system Electricity 107 Active
US8742669B2 Passive power distribution for multiple electrode inductive plasma source Electricity 91 Active
US9685297B2 Systems and methods for monitoring faults, anomalies, and other characteristics of a switched mode ion energy distribution system Electricity 90 Active
US9105447B2 Wide dynamic range ion energy bias control; fast ion energy switching; ion energy control and a pulsed bias supply; and a virtual front panel Electricity 85 Active
US9210790B2 Systems and methods for calibrating a switched mode ion energy distribution system Electricity 84 Active
US8884525B2 Remote plasma source generating a disc-shaped plasma Electricity 84 Active
US6432260B1 Inductively coupled ring-plasma source apparatus for processing gases and materials and method thereof Electricity 82 Expired
US8674606B2 Detecting and preventing instabilities in plasma processes Electricity 72 Active
US6830650B2 Wafer probe for measuring plasma and surface characteristics in plasma processing environments Electricity 67 Expired
US5130105A Protein crystal growth tray assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired
US9309594B2 System, method and apparatus for controlling ion energy distribution of a projected plasma Electricity 65 Active
US4886646A Hanging drop crystal growth apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US9362089B2 Method of controlling the switched mode ion energy distribution system Electricity 58 Active
US10607813B2 Synchronized pulsing of plasma processing source and substrate bias Electricity 56 Active
US8723423B2 Electrostatic remote plasma source Electricity 52 Active
US10896807B2 Synchronization between an excitation source and a substrate bias supply Electricity 48 Active
US10707055B2 Spatial and temporal control of ion bias voltage for plasma processing Electricity 47 Active
US5419278A Vapor equilibration tray for growing protein crystals Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 40 Expired
US11011349B2 System, method, and apparatus for controlling ion energy distribution in plasma processing systems Electricity 40 Active
US4909933A Apparatus for mixing solutions in low gravity environments Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US4833233A Human serum albumin crystals and method of preparation Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US7192505B2 Wafer probe for measuring plasma and surface characteristics in plasma processing environments Electricity 38 Expired
US5641681A Device and method for screening crystallization conditions in solution crystal growth Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5013531A Macromolecular crystal growing system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired

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