Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Iqbal Shareef

34Patents
8h-index
43Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 28, 1998 → Feb 2, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6778762B1 Sloped chamber top for substrate processing Electricity 60 Expired
US6079353A Chamber for reducing contamination during chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 32 Expired
US8340827B2 Methods for controlling time scale of gas delivery into a processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US6114227A Chamber for reducing contamination during chemical vapor deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 23 Expired
US8794267B2 Gas transport delay resolution for short etch recipes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Active
US7881886B1 Methods for performing transient flow prediction and verification using discharge coefficients Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8521461B2 Apparatus for delivering a process gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Active
US8851113B2 Shared gas panels in plasma processing systems Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US10022689B2 Fluid mixing hub for semiconductor processing tool Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Active
US7822570B2 Methods for performing actual flow verification Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7731798B2 Heated chuck for laser thermal processing Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US7176405B2 Heat shield for thermal processing Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US9090972B2 Gas supply systems for substrate processing chambers and methods therefor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9335768B2 Cluster mass flow devices and multi-line mass flow devices incorporating the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US9004086B2 Methods and apparatus for displacing fluids from substrates using supercritical CO2 Electricity 3 Active
US10431431B2 Gas supply delivery arrangement including a gas splitter for tunable gas flow control Electricity 3 Active
US10128087B2 Configuration independent gas delivery system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10943769B2 Gas distributor and flow verifier Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US9721763B2 Systems and methods for providing gases to a process chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9091397B2 Shared gas panels in plasma processing chambers employing multi-zone gas feeds Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9778083B2 Metrology method for transient gas flow Physics 2 Active
US10002747B2 Methods and apparatus for supplying process gas in a plasma processing system Electricity 2 Active
US9364870B2 Ultrasonic cleaning method and apparatus therefore Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US9721782B2 Method and apparatus for shaping a gas profile near bevel edge Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US8150646B2 Methods for delivering a process gas Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

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