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Michael N. Grimbergen

Applied Materials: 41 patents #220 of 7,310Top 4%
Redwood City, CA: #166 of 5,061 inventorsTop 4%
California: #10,539 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #72,776 of 4,157,543Top 2%
42 Patents All Time

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Showing 26–42 of 42 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7632419 Apparatus and method for monitoring processing of a substrate Shaoher X. Pan 2009-12-15
7520999 Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor with dynamic adjustment of the plasma source power applicator and the workpiece relative to one another Madhavi R. Chandrachood, Richard Lewington, Darin Bivens, Ajay Kumar, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim +2 more 2009-04-21
7504041 Method of processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor employing a dynamically adjustable plasma source power applicator Madhavi R. Chandrachood, Richard Lewington, Darin Bivens, Ajay Kumar, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim +2 more 2009-03-17
7431797 Plasma reactor with a dynamically adjustable plasma source power applicator Madhavi R. Chandrachood, Richard Lewington, Darin Bivens, Ajay Kumar, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim +2 more 2008-10-07
7419551 Plasma reactor with apparatus for dynamically adjusting the plasma source power applicator and the workpiece relative to one another Madhavi R. Chandrachood, Richard Lewington, Darin Bivens, Ajay Kumar, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim +2 more 2008-09-02
6835275 Reducing deposition of process residues on a surface in a chamber Xue-Yu Qian 2004-12-28
6824813 Substrate monitoring method and apparatus Thorsten Lill, Jitske Trevor, Wei-Nan Jiang, Jeffrey D. Chinn 2004-11-30
6712927 Chamber having process monitoring window Xue-Yu Qian 2004-03-30
6632321 Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling wafer fabrication process Thorsten Lill, David Mui 2003-10-14
6534756 Ultra-stable, compact, high intensity fiber-coupled light source for use in monitoring and process control 2003-03-18
6406924 Endpoint detection in the fabrication of electronic devices Thorsten Lill 2002-06-18
6390019 Chamber having improved process monitoring window Xue-Yu Qian 2002-05-21
6352049 Plasma assisted processing chamber with separate control of species density Gerald Yin, Arnold Kolandenko, Hong Ching Shan, Peter Loewenhardt, Chii Guang Lee +9 more 2002-03-05
6284665 Method for controlling the shape of the etch front in the etching of polysilicon Thorsten Lill 2001-09-04
6129807 Apparatus for monitoring processing of a substrate Shaoher X. Pan 2000-10-10
6081334 Endpoint detection for semiconductor processes Thorsten Lill 2000-06-27
6074954 Process for control of the shape of the etch front in the etching of polysilicon Thorsten Lill 2000-06-13