Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Martin Jay Seamons

37Patents
8h-index
107Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 14, 1995 → Feb 10, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6413321B1 Method and apparatus for reducing particle contamination on wafer backside during CVD process Chemistry; Metallurgy 589 Expired
US6913938B2 Feedback control of plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition processes Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 83 Expired
US6060397A Gas chemistry for improved in-situ cleaning of residue for a CVD apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US8361906B2 Ultra high selectivity ashable hard mask film Electricity 53 Active
US8536065B2 Ultra high selectivity doped amorphous carbon strippable hardmask development and integration Electricity 46 Active
US6051284A Chamber monitoring and adjustment by plasma RF metrology Electricity 27 Expired
US7407893B2 Liquid precursors for the CVD deposition of amorphous carbon films Electricity 21 Expired
US8993454B2 Ultra high selectivity doped amorphous carbon strippable hardmask development and integration Electricity 14 Active
US6868856B2 Enhanced remote plasma cleaning Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US9299581B2 Methods of dry stripping boron-carbon films Electricity 7 Active
US7867578B2 Method for depositing an amorphous carbon film with improved density and step coverage Electricity 6 Active
US6843881B2 Detecting chemiluminescent radiation in the cleaning of a substrate processing chamber Physics 6 Expired
US9390910B2 Gas flow profile modulated control of overlay in plasma CVD films Electricity 5 Active
US10100408B2 Edge hump reduction faceplate by plasma modulation Electricity 3 Active
US8105465B2 Method for depositing conformal amorphous carbon film by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) Electricity 3 Active
US10580623B2 Plasma processing using multiple radio frequency power feeds for improved uniformity Electricity 3 Active
US7776516B2 Graded ARC for high NA and immersion lithography Electricity 3 Active
US8282734B2 Methods to improve the in-film defectivity of PECVD amorphous carbon films Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active
US9337072B2 Apparatus and method for substrate clamping in a plasma chamber Electricity 2 Active
US10373822B2 Gas flow profile modulated control of overlay in plasma CVD films Electricity 2 Active
US8513129B2 Planarizing etch hardmask to increase pattern density and aspect ratio Electricity 1 Active
US11133177B2 Oxidation reduction for SiOC film Electricity 1 Active
US7514125B2 Methods to improve the in-film defectivity of PECVD amorphous carbon films Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US9837265B2 Gas flow profile modulated control of overlay in plasma CVD films Electricity 1 Active
US7094442B2 Methods for the reduction and elimination of particulate contamination with CVD of amorphous carbon Electricity 1 Expired

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