Inventor · San Ramon, CA, US

Michael Barnes

123Patents
43h-index
141Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1991 → May 2, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7915139B1 CVD flowable gap fill Electricity 775 Active
US6303523A Plasma processes for depositing low dielectric constant films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 649 Expired
US7582555B1 CVD flowable gap fill Electricity 563 Expired
US5679215A Method of in situ cleaning a vacuum plasma processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 560 Expired
US7888233B1 Flowable film dielectric gap fill process Electricity 543 Active
US5505816A Etching of silicon dioxide selectively to silicon nitride and polysilicon Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 290 Expired
US5178739A Apparatus for depositing material into high aspect ratio holes Electricity 276 Expired
US5835334A Variable high temperature chuck for high density plasma chemical vapor deposition Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 201 Expired
US5670066A Vacuum plasma processing wherein workpiece position is detected prior to chuck being activated Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 182 Expired
US6170429A Chamber liner for semiconductor process chambers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 144 Expired
US6013155A Gas injection system for plasma processing Electricity 144 Expired
US7524735B1 Flowable film dielectric gap fill process Electricity 124 Active
US5241245A Optimized helical resonator for plasma processing Electricity 121 Expired
US6042687A Method and apparatus for improving etch and deposition uniformity in plasma semiconductor processing Electricity 99 Expired
US6348725B1 Plasma processes for depositing low dielectric constant films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 94 Expired
US6660656B2 Plasma processes for depositing low dielectric constant films Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 91 Expired
US5689215A Method of and apparatus for controlling reactive impedances of a matching network connected between an RF source and an RF plasma processor Electricity 88 Expired
US5982099A Method of and apparatus for igniting a plasma in an r.f. plasma processor Electricity 87 Expired
US6853141B2 Capacitively coupled plasma reactor with magnetic plasma control Electricity 84 Expired
US6583071B1 Ultrasonic spray coating of liquid precursor for low K dielectric coatings Electricity 83 Expired
US6507155B1 Inductively coupled plasma source with controllable power deposition Electricity 80 Expired
US5892198A Method of and apparatus for electronically controlling r.f. energy supplied to a vacuum plasma processor and memory for same Electricity 73 Expired
US5463525A Guard ring electrostatic chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 71 Expired
US5561585A Electrostatic chuck with reference electrode Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 66 Expired
US5838529A Low voltage electrostatic clamp for substrates such as dielectric substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 65 Expired

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