Inventor · Saratoga, CA, US

Jeffrey C. Benzing

23Patents
15h-index
24Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1985 → Feb 19, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5238499A Gas-based substrate protection during processing Electricity 367 Expired
US5346578A Induction plasma source Electricity 202 Expired
US5405480A Induction plasma source Electricity 121 Expired
US5230741A Gas-based backside protection during substrate processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US4657616A In-situ CVD chamber cleaner Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 78 Expired
US5620525A Apparatus for supporting a substrate and introducing gas flow doximate to an edge of the substrate Electricity 74 Expired
US5882417A Apparatus for preventing deposition on frontside peripheral region and edge of wafer in chemical vapor deposition apparatus Electricity 66 Expired
US5578532A Wafer surface protection in a gas deposition process Electricity 65 Expired
US6251770A Dual-damascene dielectric structures and methods for making the same Electricity 56 Expired
US5843233A Exclusion guard and gas-based substrate protection for chemical vapor deposition apparatus Electricity 44 Expired
US5925411A Gas-based substrate deposition protection Electricity 43 Expired
US5374594A Gas-based backside protection during substrate processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US6126382A Apparatus for aligning substrate to chuck in processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US5769951A Exclusion guard and gas-based substrate protection for chemical vapor deposition apparatus Electricity 36 Expired
US5653813A Cyclone evaporator Chemistry; Metallurgy 21 Expired
US5605599A Method of generating plasma having high ion density for substrate processing operation Electricity 15 Expired
US6528153B1 Low dielectric constant porous materials having improved mechanical strength Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US5901271A Process of evaporating a liquid in a cyclone evaporator Chemistry; Metallurgy 13 Expired
US8192806B1 Plasma particle extraction process for PECVD Electricity 8 Active
US6225744A Plasma process apparatus for integrated circuit fabrication having dome-shaped induction coil Electricity 8 Expired
US7060605B2 Methods for making dual-damascene dielectric structures Electricity 3 Expired
US6909190B2 Dual-damascene dielectric structures Electricity 3 Expired
US7501339B2 Methods for making dual-damascene dielectric structures Electricity 0 Expired

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