Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Imad Yousif

29Patents
8h-index
51Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 28, 1996 → Jun 17, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8988848B2 Extended and independent RF powered cathode substrate for extreme edge tunability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US6366346B1 Method and apparatus for optical detection of effluent composition Electricity 39 Expired
US8092605B2 Magnetic confinement of a plasma Electricity 35 Active
US7967996B2 Process for wafer backside polymer removal and wafer front side photoresist removal Electricity 10 Active
USD699692S1 Upper liner General 10 Active
US10163606B2 Plasma reactor with highly symmetrical four-fold gas injection Electricity 10 Active
US10090181B2 Method and apparatus for substrate transfer and radical confinement Electricity 9 Active
US10204805B2 Thin heated substrate support Electricity 9 Active
US8329593B2 Method and apparatus for removing polymer from the wafer backside and edge Electricity 7 Active
US7552736B2 Process for wafer backside polymer removal with a ring of plasma under the wafer Electricity 6 Active
US6123097A Apparatus and methods for controlling process chamber pressure Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US11393710B2 Wafer edge ring lifting solution Electricity 5 Active
US7879183B2 Apparatus and method for front side protection during backside cleaning Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Active
US10008368B2 Multi-zone gas injection assembly with azimuthal and radial distribution control Electricity 5 Active
US8414736B2 Plasma reactor with tiltable overhead RF inductive source Electricity 3 Active
US9947559B2 Thermal management of edge ring in semiconductor processing Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US11244811B2 Plasma reactor with highly symmetrical four-fold gas injection Electricity 1 Active
US11139150B2 Nozzle for multi-zone gas injection assembly Electricity 1 Active
US10825708B2 Process kit components for use with an extended and independent RF powered cathode substrate for extreme edge tunability Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9464732B2 Apparatus for uniform pumping within a substrate process chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11728141B2 Gas hub for plasma reactor Electricity 1 Active
US12094752B2 Wafer edge ring lifting solution Electricity 1 Active
US10410841B2 Side gas injection kit for multi-zone gas injection assembly Electricity 0 Active
US9330887B2 Plasma reactor with tiltable overhead RF inductive source Electricity 0 Active
US11177136B2 Abatement and strip process chamber in a dual loadlock configuration Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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