Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Lu Chen

13Patents
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29Co-inventors
56Inventor score

Filing activity: Aug 10, 2001 → Jun 1, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8223327B2 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Physics 21 Active
US8605275B2 Detecting defects on a wafer Electricity 18 Active
US8467047B2 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Physics 5 Active
US9880107B2 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Physics 3 Active
US10605744B2 Systems and methods for detecting defects on a wafer Physics 2 Active
US6696689B2 Method and apparatus for avoiding driver gas contamination in an ion implanter gas supply module Electricity 1 Expired
US6722022B2 Apparatus for calibrating the position of a wafer platform in an ion implanter Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US9347891B2 Wafer and reticle inspection systems and methods for selecting illumination pupil configurations Physics 1 Active
US11680313B2 Selective deposition on non-metallic surfaces Electricity 1 Active
US11939666B2 Methods and apparatus for precleaning and treating wafer surfaces Electricity 0 Active
US9523646B2 Wafer and reticle inspection systems and methods for selecting illumination pupil configurations Physics 0 Active
US10930550B2 Barrier for copper metallization and methods of forming Chemistry; Metallurgy 0 Active
US6605812B1 Method reducing the effects of N2 gas contamination in an ion implanter Electricity 0 Expired

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