Frank Sinclair
139Patents
12h-index
146Co-inventors
89Inventor score
Filing activity: May 30, 1985 → Feb 2, 2024
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5608223A | Ion implantation device | Electricity | 32 | Expired |
| US5156741A | Wastewater treatment system and method | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 31 | Expired |
| US7888653B2 | Techniques for independently controlling deflection, deceleration and focus of an ion beam | Electricity | 29 | Active |
| US5760409A | Dose control for use in an ion implanter | Electricity | 28 | Expired |
| US5525807A | Ion implantation device | Electricity | 18 | Expired |
| US5814819A | System and method for neutralizing an ion beam using water vapor | Electricity | 17 | Expired |
| US5865942A | Seam welder | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US6347919B1 | Wafer processing chamber having separable upper and lower halves | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 16 | Expired |
| US5656092A | Apparatus for capturing and removing contaminant particles from an interior region of an ion implanter | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US6414329B1 | Method and system for microwave excitation of plasma in an ion beam guide | Electricity | 14 | Expired |
| US8129695B2 | System and method for controlling deflection of a charged particle beam within a graded electrostatic lens | Electricity | 13 | Active |
| US6429139B1 | Serial wafer handling mechanism | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 12 | Expired |
| USD294362S | Hot air discharge tip for membrane seam welder | General | 11 | Expired |
| US6213184A | Seam welder | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 11 | Expired |
| US7855087B2 | Floating sheet production apparatus and method | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 11 | Active |
| US8519353B2 | Method and apparatus for controlling an asymmetric electrostatic lens about a central ray trajectory of an ion beam | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7700925B2 | Techniques for providing a multimode ion source | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US8436318B2 | Apparatus for controlling the temperature of an RF ion source window | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US8501624B2 | Excited gas injection for ion implant control | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US5670217A | Method for capturing and removing contaminant particles from an interior region of an ion implanter | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US8604443B2 | System and method for manipulating an ion beam | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US7816153B2 | Method and apparatus for producing a dislocation-free crystalline sheet | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 7 | Active |
| US8188448B2 | Temperature controlled ion source | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8357912B2 | Techniques for providing a multimode ion source | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8475591B2 | Method of controlling a thickness of a sheet formed from a melt | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 6 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.