Inventor · Fremont, CA, US

Lanhua Wei

18Patents
8h-index
15Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 20, 1999 → Dec 8, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6738138B2 Small spot ellipsometer Physics 68 Expired
US6281027A Spatial averaging technique for ellipsometry and reflectometry Electricity 26 Expired
US6515744B2 Small spot ellipsometer Physics 18 Expired
US9470639B1 Optical metrology with reduced sensitivity to grating anomalies Physics 17 Active
US6714300B1 Optical inspection equipment for semiconductor wafers with precleaning Electricity 13 Expired
US6608689B1 Combination thin-film stress and thickness measurement device Physics 11 Expired
US6583875B1 Monitoring temperature and sample characteristics using a rotating compensator ellipsometer Physics 11 Expired
US6870621B2 Small spot ellipsometer Physics 9 Expired
US6930771B2 Optical inspection equipment for semiconductor wafers with precleaning Electricity 7 Expired
US7054006B2 Self-calibrating beam profile ellipsometer Physics 7 Expired
US7068370B2 Optical inspection equipment for semiconductor wafers with precleaning Electricity 6 Expired
US6577384B2 Spatial averaging technique for ellipsometry and reflectometry Electricity 5 Expired
US7342661B2 Method for noise improvement in ellipsometers Physics 2 Expired
US9857291B2 Metrology system calibration refinement Physics 2 Active
US6509199B2 Spatial averaging technique for ellipsometry and reflectometry Electricity 1 Expired
US6856385B2 Spatial averaging technique for ellipsometry and reflectometry Electricity 1 Expired
US10605722B2 Metrology system calibration refinement Physics 1 Active
US6894781B2 Monitoring temperature and sample characteristics using a rotating compensator ellipsometer Physics 0 Expired

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