Inventor · Phoenix, AZ, US

Wayne Johnson

68Patents
24h-index
50Co-inventors
91Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 7, 1985 → Feb 28, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6740853B1 Multi-zone resistance heater Electricity 639 Expired
US7166233B2 Pulsed plasma processing method and apparatus Electricity 275 Expired
US5234529A Plasma generating apparatus employing capacitive shielding and process for using such apparatus Electricity 218 Expired
US4918031A Processes depending on plasma generation using a helical resonator Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 178 Expired
US6313584A Electrical impedance matching system and method Electricity 132 Expired
US6535785B2 System and method for monitoring and controlling gas plasma processes Electricity 111 Expired
US6392187B1 Apparatus and method for utilizing a plasma density gradient to produce a flow of particles Electricity 107 Expired
US5269847A Variable rate distribution gas flow reaction chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 107 Expired
US4789771A Method and apparatus for substrate heating in an axially symmetric epitaxial deposition apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 82 Expired
US6757673B2 Displaying hierarchial relationship of data accessed via subject index Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 81 Expired
US7311782B2 Apparatus for active temperature control of susceptors Electricity 80 Expired
US6332961A Device and method for detecting and preventing arcing in RF plasma systems Electricity 76 Expired
US6863020B2 Segmented electrode apparatus for plasma processing Electricity 70 Expired
US4798165A Apparatus for chemical vapor deposition using an axially symmetric gas flow Chemistry; Metallurgy 70 Expired
US6740842B2 Radio frequency power source for generating an inductively coupled plasma Electricity 63 Expired
US6351683B1 System and method for monitoring and controlling gas plasma processes Electricity 51 Expired
US4654509A Method and apparatus for substrate heating in an axially symmetric epitaxial deposition apparatus Chemistry; Metallurgy 45 Expired
US7075031B2 Method of and structure for controlling electrode temperature Electricity 33 Expired
US7102292B2 Method and device for removing harmonics in semiconductor plasma processing systems Electricity 32 Expired
US6819053B2 Hall effect ion source at high current density Electricity 31 Expired
US7019253B2 Electrically controlled plasma uniformity in a high density plasma source Electricity 28 Expired
US7340472B2 Organizing and storing hierarchical data in a database having dual structures Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US7066703B2 Chuck transport method and system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 27 Expired
US6891124B2 Method of wafer band-edge measurement using transmission spectroscopy and a process for controlling the temperature uniformity of a wafer Electricity 27 Expired
US5455070A Variable rate distribution gas flow reaction chamber Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 24 Expired

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