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Gerald Yin — 89 Patents

Applied Materials: 74 patents #80 of 7,310Top 2%
AEAdvanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment: 8 patents #2 of 61Top 4%
Lam Research: 2 patents #1,028 of 2,128Top 50%
Intel: 1 patents #18,326 of 30,777Top 60%
Overall (All Time): #18,310 of 4,157,543Top 1%
89 Patents All Time
Gerald Yin has been granted 89 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1989 and the most recent in September 2024. Gerald Yin ranks #18,310 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.44%). Patent records list Gerald Yin in Shanghai, CA, CN.

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Showing 1–25 of 89 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12080570 Semiconductor processing system Heng Tao 2024-09-03
11189496 Plasma reactor for ultra-high aspect ratio etching and etching method thereof Yichuan Zhang, Jie Liang, Xingcai Su, Tuqiang Ni 2021-11-30
9947562 Method and apparatus for processing semiconductor work pieces Aihua Chen, Ryoji Todaka 2018-04-17 $32,881,000
9230781 Capacitive-coupled plasma processing apparatus and method for processing substrate Zhongdu Liu 2016-01-05
9208998 Multi-station decoupled reactive ion etch chamber Tuqiang Ni, Jinyuan Chen, Xueyu Qian 2015-12-08
8366829 Multi-station decoupled reactive ion etch chamber Tuqiang Ni, Jinyuan Chen, Xueyu Qian 2013-02-05
8336488 Multi-station plasma reactor with multiple plasma regions Aihua Chen, Yijun Liu, Jinyuan Chen, Lee Luo, Tuqiang Ni +1 more 2012-12-25
8297225 Capacitive CVD reactor and methods for plasma CVD process Jinyuan Chen, Tuqiang Ni 2012-10-30
7658800 Gas distribution assembly for use in a semiconductor work piece processing reactor Aihua Chen, Shulin Wang, Henry Ho, Qing Lv, Li Fu 2010-02-09
7503996 Multiple frequency plasma chamber, switchable RF system, and processes using same Jinyuan Chen, Xueyu Qian, Tuqiang Ni, Hiroshi Iizuka 2009-03-17
7227244 Integrated low k dielectrics and etch stops Claes Bjorkman, Melissa Yu, Hongquing Shan, David Cheung, Wai-Fan Yau +7 more 2007-06-05 $16,579,000
7030335 Plasma reactor with overhead RF electrode tuned to the plasma with arcing suppression Daniel J. Hoffman, Yan Ye, Dan Katz, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr., Xiaoye Zhao +3 more 2006-04-18 $27,657,000
6949203 System level in-situ integrated dielectric etch process particularly useful for copper dual damascene Chang-Lin Hsieh, Diana Xiaobing Ma, Brian Sy-Yuan Shieh, Jennifer Y. Sun, Senh Thach +2 more 2005-09-27 $49,865,000
6858153 Integrated low K dielectrics and etch stops Claes Bjorkman, Min Melissa Yu, Hongquing Shan, David Cheung, Wai-Fan Yau +7 more 2005-02-22 $18,056,000
6849193 Highly selective process for etching oxide over nitride using hexafluorobutadiene Hoiman Hung, Joseph P. Caulfield, Hongqing Shan, Ruiping Wang 2005-02-01
6838635 Plasma reactor with overhead RF electrode tuned to the plasma Daniel J. Hoffman 2005-01-04
6793835 System level in-situ integrated dielectric etch process particularly useful for copper dual damascene Lee Luo, Claes Bjorkman, Brian Sy-Yuan Shieh 2004-09-21
6699399 Self-cleaning etch process Xue-Yu Qian, Zhi-Wen Sun, Weinan Jiang, Arthur Y. Chen, Ming-Hsun Yang +5 more 2004-03-02 $27,245,000
6669858 Integrated low k dielectrics and etch stops Claes Bjorkman, Min Melissa Yu, Hongquing Shan, David Cheung, Wai-Fan Yau +7 more 2003-12-30 $36,918,000
6613691 Highly selective oxide etch process using hexafluorobutadiene Raymond Hung, Joseph P. Caulfield, Hongching Shan, Ruiping Wang 2003-09-02 $29,625,000
6602434 Process for etching oxide using hexafluorobutadiene or related fluorocarbons and manifesting a wide process window Hoiman Hung, Joseph P. Caulfield, Hongqing Shan, Ruiping Wang 2003-08-05 $36,159,000
6528751 Plasma reactor with overhead RF electrode tuned to the plasma Daniel J. Hoffman 2003-03-04 $29,443,000
6518195 Plasma reactor using inductive RF coupling, and processes Kenneth S. Collins, Chan-Lon Yang, Jerry Wong, Jeffrey Marks, Peter Keswick +7 more 2003-02-11 $17,783,000
6503367 Magnetically enhanced inductively coupled plasma reactor with magnetically confined plasma Peter Loewenhardt, Philip M. Salzman 2003-01-07 $25,673,000
6500357 System level in-situ integrated dielectric etch process particularly useful for copper dual damascene Lee Luo, Claes Bjorkman, Brian Sy-Yuan Shieh 2002-12-31 $23,154,000