Inventor · Portland, OR, US

Robert Charatan

16Patents
5h-index
20Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 20, 2002 → Aug 15, 2012

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6955588B1 Method of and platen for controlling removal rate characteristics in chemical mechanical planarization Performing Operations; Transporting 29 Expired
US8340827B2 Methods for controlling time scale of gas delivery into a processing chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Active
US6935938B1 Multiple-conditioning member device for chemical mechanical planarization conditioning Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US7695632B2 Critical dimension reduction and roughness control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US7004825B1 Apparatus and associated method for conditioning in chemical mechanical planarization Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6958005B1 Polishing pad conditioning system Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8268118B2 Critical dimension reduction and roughness control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US7205226B1 Sacrificial layer for protection during trench etch Electricity 4 Expired
US6752898B1 Method and apparatus for an air bearing platen with raised topography Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US6899594B1 Relative lateral motion in linear CMP Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Expired
US8614149B2 Critical dimension reduction and roughness control Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7479457B2 Gas mixture for removing photoresist and post etch residue from low-k dielectric material and method of use thereof Physics 1 Expired
US8529728B2 System and method for critical dimension reduction and pitch reduction Physics 1 Active
US7014539B1 Method and apparatus for minimizing agglomerate particle size in a polishing fluid Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Expired
US7442649B2 Etch with photoresist mask Electricity 1 Active
US7427458B2 System and method for critical dimension reduction and pitch reduction Electricity 0 Expired

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