Inventor · Austin, TX, US

Matthew A. Purdy

36Patents
12h-index
28Co-inventors
73Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 20, 2000 → Sep 30, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6245581A Method and apparatus for control of critical dimension using feedback etch control Electricity 126 Expired
US6988045B2 Dynamic metrology sampling methods, and system for performing same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 42 Expired
US7067333B1 Method and apparatus for implementing competing control models Physics 39 Expired
US6708129B1 Method and apparatus for wafer-to-wafer control with partial measurement data Electricity 35 Expired
US7131937B2 Standing weightlifting apparatus Human Necessities 24 Expired
US6133132A Method for controlling transistor spacer width Electricity 21 Expired
US6871114B1 Updating process controller based upon fault detection analysis Physics 19 Expired
US6740534B1 Determination of a process flow based upon fault detection analysis Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6728591B1 Method and apparatus for run-to-run control of trench profiles Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Expired
US6790686B1 Method and apparatus for integrating dispatch and process control actions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 17 Expired
US6639663B1 Method and apparatus for detecting processing faults using scatterometry measurements Physics 16 Expired
US7296103B1 Method and system for dynamically selecting wafer lots for metrology processing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US7153709B1 Method and apparatus for calibrating degradable components using process state data Physics 11 Expired
US7100081B1 Method and apparatus for fault classification based on residual vectors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US6409879B1 System for controlling transistor spacer width Electricity 10 Expired
US6978189B1 Matching data related to multiple metrology tools Electricity 9 Expired
US7460968B1 Method and apparatus for selecting wafers for sampling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US7076321B2 Method and system for dynamically adjusting metrology sampling based upon available metrology capacity Electricity 9 Expired
US6365481B1 Isotropic resistor protect etch to aid in residue removal Electricity 9 Expired
US6562635B1 Method of controlling metal etch processes, and system for accomplishing same Electricity 6 Expired
US6991945B1 Fault detection spanning multiple processes Electricity 6 Expired
US6912436B1 Prioritizing an application of correction in a multi-input control system Physics 6 Expired
US6988225B1 Verifying a fault detection result based on a process control state Physics 5 Expired
US8676538B2 Adjusting weighting of a parameter relating to fault detection based on a detected fault Physics 3 Active
US6555397B1 Dry isotropic removal of inorganic anti-reflective coating after poly gate etching Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Expired

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