Inventor · Los Gatos, CA, US

Sergio Edelstein

20Patents
13h-index
53Co-inventors
80Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 31, 1995 → Jun 5, 2009

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5796074A Wafer heater assembly Chemistry; Metallurgy 565 Expired
US6603269B1 Resonant chamber applicator for remote plasma source Electricity 238 Expired
US7893703B2 Systems and methods for controlling deposition of a charge on a wafer for measurement of one or more electrical properties of the wafer Electricity 103 Active
US6350353B2 Alternate steps of IMP and sputtering process to improve sidewall coverage Electricity 100 Expired
US5691876A High temperature polyimide electrostatic chuck Electricity 44 Expired
US7369233B2 Optical system for measuring samples using short wavelength radiation Physics 38 Expired
US6290865A Spin-rinse-drying process for electroplated semiconductor wafers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Expired
US6368469B1 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Electricity 28 Expired
US5650052A Variable cell size collimator Electricity 26 Expired
US5908334A Electrical connector for power transmission in an electrostatic chuck Electricity 26 Expired
US6254746A Recessed coil for generating a plasma Electricity 25 Expired
US7248062B1 Contactless charge measurement of product wafers and control of corona generation and deposition Electricity 20 Expired
US6254737A Active shield for generating a plasma for sputtering Electricity 13 Expired
US6783639B2 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Electricity 12 Expired
US9710903B2 System and method for detecting design and process defects on a wafer using process monitoring features Electricity 6 Active
US7719294B1 Systems configured to perform a non-contact method for determining a property of a specimen Electricity 5 Active
US8398832B2 Coils for generating a plasma and for sputtering Electricity 5 Active
US7538333B1 Contactless charge measurement of product wafers and control of corona generation and deposition Electricity 2 Active
US7345306B1 Corona based charge voltage measurement Physics 0 Active
US7098050B1 Corona based charge voltage measurement Physics 0 Expired

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