Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Masato Toshima

34Patents
19h-index
41Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Apr 20, 1987 → Nov 3, 2017

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4951601A Multi-chamber integrated process system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 997 Expired
US5882165A Multiple chamber integrated process system Electricity 591 Expired
US5292393A Multichamber integrated process system Electricity 286 Expired
US5556501A Silicon scavenger in an inductively coupled RF plasma reactor Electricity 246 Expired
US6518195B1 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Electricity 113 Expired
US4785962A Vacuum chamber slit valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US5186594A Dual cassette load lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 106 Expired
US6488807B1 Magnetic confinement in a plasma reactor having an RF bias electrode Electricity 99 Expired
US6068784A Process used in an RF coupled plasma reactor Electricity 96 Expired
US6007675A Wafer transfer system and method of using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6251792A Plasma etch processes Electricity 82 Expired
US6545420B1 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Electricity 61 Expired
US5944940A Wafer transfer system and method of using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 55 Expired
US5900105A Wafer transfer system and method of using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 50 Expired
US5308417A Uniformity for magnetically enhanced plasma chambers Electricity 40 Expired
US5769588A Dual cassette load lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 39 Expired
US6454519B1 Dual cassette load lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 38 Expired
US6146469A Apparatus and method for cleaning semiconductor wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 36 Expired
US5753133A Method and apparatus for etching film layers on large substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US6224680A Wafer transfer system Electricity 16 Expired
US6454508B2 Dual cassette load lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US7695233B2 Substrate processing apparatus Electricity 11 Active
US6599076B2 Dual cassette load lock Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US8444364B2 Auto-sequencing multi-directional inline processing apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US5288645A Hydrogen evolution analyzer Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired

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