Inventor · Campbell, CA, US

Eric A. Pape

38Patents
7h-index
60Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 15, 2002 → Oct 21, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6813097B2 Lenses capable of post-fabrication modulus change Physics 48 Expired
US8522716B2 Protective coating for a plasma processing chamber part and a method of use Electricity 20 Active
US8852964B2 Controlling CD and CD uniformity with trim time and temperature on a wafer by wafer basis Electricity 14 Active
US10049948B2 Power switching system for ESC with array of thermal control elements Electricity 11 Active
US8144328B2 Methods and apparatus for normalizing optical emission spectra Physics 10 Active
US7884925B2 Electrical and optical system and methods for monitoring erosion of electrostatic chuck edge bead materials Electricity 9 Active
US8358416B2 Methods and apparatus for normalizing optical emission spectra Physics 9 Active
US9779974B2 System and method for reducing temperature transition in an electrostatic chuck Electricity 6 Active
US10340171B2 Permanent secondary erosion containment for electrostatic chuck bonds Electricity 5 Active
US9012243B2 Controlling CD and CD uniformity with trim time and temperature on a wafer by wafer basis Electricity 4 Active
US8473089B2 Methods and apparatus for predictive preventive maintenance of processing chambers Electricity 4 Active
US7952694B2 Optical system and methods for monitoring erosion of electrostatic chuck edge bead materials Electricity 3 Active
US11430688B2 Two-stage pin lifter for de-chuck operations Electricity 2 Active
US10690414B2 Multi-plane heater for semiconductor substrate support Electricity 2 Active
US10381248B2 Auto-correction of electrostatic chuck temperature non-uniformity Electricity 1 Active
US10707110B2 Matched TCR joule heater designs for electrostatic chucks Electricity 1 Active
US7907260B2 Collimator arrangements including multiple collimators and implementation methods thereof Physics 1 Active
US9922855B2 Method for reducing temperature transition in an electrostatic chuck Electricity 1 Active
US10770363B2 Power switching system for ESC with array of thermal control elements Electricity 1 Active
US10096506B2 Reducing temperature transition in a substrate support Electricity 1 Active
US9543171B2 Auto-correction of malfunctioning thermal control element in a temperature control plate of a semiconductor substrate support assembly that includes deactivating the malfunctioning thermal control element and modifying a power level of at least one functioning thermal control element Electricity 1 Active
US10186437B2 Substrate holder having integrated temperature measurement electrical devices Electricity 1 Active
US9716022B2 Method of determining thermal stability of a substrate support assembly Electricity 1 Active
US10522377B2 System and method for substrate support feed-forward temperature control based on RF power Electricity 1 Active
US10306776B1 Substrate processing system printed-circuit control board assembly with one or more heater layers Electricity 1 Active

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