Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Katrina Mikhaylich

24Patents
9h-index
11Co-inventors
68Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 30, 1998 → Sep 22, 2011

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6361414B1 Apparatus and method for conditioning a fixed abrasive polishing pad in a chemical mechanical planarization process Performing Operations; Transporting 39 Expired
US6435952B1 Apparatus and method for qualifying a chemical mechanical planarization process Performing Operations; Transporting 34 Expired
US6431959B1 System and method of defect optimization for chemical mechanical planarization of polysilicon Electricity 31 Expired
US6622335B1 Drip manifold for uniform chemical delivery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6616516B1 Method and apparatus for asymmetric processing of front side and back side of semiconductor substrates Electricity 18 Expired
US7231682B1 Method and apparatus for simultaneously cleaning the front side and back side of a wafer Electricity 11 Expired
US6471566B1 Sacrificial retaining ring CMP system and methods for implementing the same Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6858091B2 Method for controlling galvanic corrosion effects on a single-wafer cleaning system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US6375540B1 End-point detection system for chemical mechanical posing applications Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6352595B1 Method and system for cleaning a chemical mechanical polishing pad Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6537381B1 Method for cleaning and treating a semiconductor wafer after chemical mechanical polishing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6845778B2 In-situ local heating using megasonic transducer resonator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US6994611B2 Method and system for cleaning a chemical mechanical polishing pad Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US6711775B2 System for cleaning a semiconductor wafer Electricity 5 Expired
US6800020B1 Web-style pad conditioning system and methods for implementing the same Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US7029369B2 End-point detection apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6170110A Apparatus for HF-HF cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6093254A Method of HF-HF Cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired
US7270597B2 Method and system for chemical mechanical polishing pad cleaning Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US6726530B2 End-point detection system for chemical mechanical polishing applications Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US8051863B2 Methods of and apparatus for correlating gap value to meniscus stability in processing of a wafer surface by a recipe-controlled meniscus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US6679763B2 Apparatus and method for qualifying a chemical mechanical planarization process Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US6827793B2 Drip manifold for uniform chemical delivery Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Expired
US8287656B2 Methods for correlating gap value to meniscus stability in processing of a wafer surface by a recipe-controlled meniscus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

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