Inventor · Belmont, CA, US

David A. Reed

29Patents
6h-index
19Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 23, 1989 → Jan 15, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5128543A Particle analyzer apparatus and method Electricity 55 Expired
US9588066B2 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Electricity 36 Active
US5619034A Differentiating mass spectrometer Electricity 30 Expired
US7411188B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 13 Active
US5103083A Position sensitive detector and method using successive interdigitated electrodes with different patterns Electricity 9 Expired
US7884321B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 7 Active
US11183377B2 Mass spectrometer detector and system and method using the same Electricity 5 Active
US8269167B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 5 Active
US10119925B2 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Electricity 5 Active
US10056242B2 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Electricity 5 Active
US9240254B2 System and method for characterizing a film by X-ray photoelectron and low-energy X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy Physics 4 Active
US10481112B2 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle X-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Electricity 2 Active
US7399963B2 Photoelectron spectroscopy apparatus and method of use Electricity 2 Active
US10859519B2 Methods and systems for measuring periodic structures using multi-angle x-ray reflectance scatterometry (XRS) Electricity 1 Active
US9201030B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 1 Active
US8011830B2 Method and system for calibrating an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurement Physics 1 Active
US8610059B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 1 Active
US10403489B2 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Electricity 0 Active
US11996259B2 Patterned x-ray emitting target Electricity 0 Active
US9297771B2 Methods and systems for fabricating platelets of a monochromator for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8916823B2 Method and system for non-destructive distribution profiling of an element in a film Electricity 0 Active
US11430647B2 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Electricity 0 Active
US11874237B2 System and method for measuring a sample by x-ray reflectance scatterometry Electricity 0 Active
US10910208B2 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Electricity 0 Active
US12165863B2 Systems and approaches for semiconductor metrology and surface analysis using secondary ion mass spectrometry Electricity 0 Active

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