Inventor · Campbell, CA, US

Sanjeev Baluja

100Patents
11h-index
139Co-inventors
83Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 15, 2004 → Jul 2, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7566891B2 Apparatus and method for treating a substrate with UV radiation using primary and secondary reflectors Performing Operations; Transporting 523 Active
US8911553B2 Quartz showerhead for nanocure UV chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 457 Active
US7692171B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to UV radiation using asymmetric reflectors Physics 451 Active
US8338809B2 Ultraviolet reflector with coolant gas holes and method Physics 391 Active
US8203126B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to a rotating irradiance pattern of UV radiation Electricity 26 Active
US7663121B2 High efficiency UV curing system Electricity 23 Active
US7589336B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to UV radiation while monitoring deterioration of the UV source and reflectors Performing Operations; Transporting 21 Active
US7777198B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to a rotating irradiance pattern of UV radiation Electricity 19 Active
US7909595B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to UV radiation using a reflector having both elliptical and parabolic reflective sections Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Active
US8274017B2 Multifunctional heater/chiller pedestal for wide range wafer temperature control Electricity 11 Active
US7964858B2 Ultraviolet reflector with coolant gas holes and method Physics 11 Active
US8753449B2 Enhancement in UV curing efficiency using oxygen-doped purge for ultra low-K dielectric film Electricity 9 Active
USD1037778S1 Gas distribution plate General 8 Active
US7226269B2 Substrate edge grip apparatus Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US8455849B2 Method and apparatus for modulating wafer treatment profile in UV chamber Electricity 7 Active
US8679987B2 Deposition of an amorphous carbon layer with high film density and high etch selectivity Electricity 6 Active
US8657961B2 Method for UV based silylation chamber clean Electricity 5 Active
US8309421B2 Dual-bulb lamphead control methodology Electricity 4 Active
US9364871B2 Method and hardware for cleaning UV chambers Chemistry; Metallurgy 4 Active
US8841629B2 Microwave excursion detection for semiconductor processing Electricity 3 Active
US7554103B2 Increased tool utilization/reduction in MWBC for UV curing chamber Electricity 3 Active
US8597011B2 Apparatus and method for exposing a substrate to UV radiation using a reflector having both elliptical and parabolic reflective sections Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US10490436B2 Enhanced lift pin design to eliminate local thickness non-uniformity in teos oxide films Electricity 3 Active
US11430686B2 Pedestal heater for spatial multi-wafer processing tool Electricity 3 Active
US9506145B2 Method and hardware for cleaning UV chambers Chemistry; Metallurgy 3 Active

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