Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Robert Robertson

27Patents
16h-index
29Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jun 16, 1975 → Feb 28, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5271972A Method for depositing ozone/TEOS silicon oxide films of reduced surface sensitivity Electricity 373 Expired
US5366585A Method and apparatus for protection of conductive surfaces in a plasma processing reactor Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 319 Expired
US5589233A Single chamber CVD process for thin film transistors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 92 Expired
US6024044A Dual frequency excitation of plasma for film deposition Chemistry; Metallurgy 88 Expired
US5399387A Plasma CVD of silicon nitride thin films on large area glass substrates at high deposition rates Chemistry; Metallurgy 78 Expired
US6055927A Apparatus and method for white powder reduction in silicon nitride deposition using remote plasma source cleaning technology Chemistry; Metallurgy 57 Expired
US4068938A Electrostatic color printing utilizing discrete potentials Physics 33 Expired
US6355108B1 Film deposition using a finger type shadow frame Electricity 33 Expired
US5851602A Deposition of high quality conformal silicon oxide thin films for the manufacture of thin film transistors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 32 Expired
US5380566A Method of limiting sticking of body to susceptor in a deposition treatment Chemistry; Metallurgy 27 Expired
US6338874B1 Method for multilayer CVD processing in a single chamber Electricity 26 Expired
US5902650A Method of depositing amorphous silicon based films having controlled conductivity Chemistry; Metallurgy 25 Expired
US6444277B1 Method for depositing amorphous silicon thin films onto large area glass substrates by chemical vapor deposition at high deposition rates Electricity 24 Expired
US5861197A Deposition of high quality conformal silicon oxide thin films on glass substrates Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US5359445A Fiber optic sensor Physics 18 Expired
US5441768A Multi-step chemical vapor deposition method for thin film transistors Electricity 17 Expired
US6902682B2 Method and apparatus for electrostatically maintaining substrate flatness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 16 Expired
US6172322A Annealing an amorphous film using microwave energy Chemistry; Metallurgy 14 Expired
US6294219A Method of annealing large area glass substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US6610374B2 Method of annealing large area glass substrates Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US7438228B2 Systems and methods for managing electronic prescriptions Physics 9 Active
US6177023A Method and apparatus for electrostatically maintaining substrate flatness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US6500265B1 Apparatus for electrostatically maintaining subtrate flatness Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US5567476A Multi-step chemical vapor deposition method for thin film transistors Electricity 6 Expired
US6352910B1 Method of depositing amorphous silicon based films having controlled conductivity Chemistry; Metallurgy 5 Expired

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