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Steven C. Shannon

Applied Materials: 37 patents #265 of 7,310Top 4%
NUNorth Carolina State University: 1 patents #675 of 1,607Top 45%
Raleigh, NC: #153 of 6,378 inventorsTop 3%
North Carolina: #865 of 45,564 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #83,223 of 4,157,543Top 3%
39 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–39 of 39 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7754997 Apparatus and method to confine plasma and reduce flow resistance in a plasma Kallol Bera, Yan Ye, James D. Carducci, Daniel J. Hoffman, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. 2010-07-13
7620511 Method for determining plasma characteristics Daniel J. Hoffman, Jeremiah T. Pender, Tarreg Mawari 2009-11-17
7585384 Apparatus and method to confine plasma and reduce flow resistance in a plasma reactor Kallol Bera, Yan Ye, James D. Carducci, Daniel J. Hoffman, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. 2009-09-08
7554334 Matching network characterization using variable impedance analysis Daniel J. Hoffman, Steven Lane, Walter R. Merry, Jivko Dinev 2009-06-30
7510665 Plasma generation and control using dual frequency RF signals Alexander Paterson, Theodoros Panagopoulos, John Holland, Dennis S. Grimard, Daniel J. Hoffman 2009-03-31
7440859 Method for determining plasma characteristics Daniel J. Hoffman, Jeremiah T. Pender, Tarreg Mawari 2008-10-21
7431857 Plasma generation and control using a dual frequency RF source Alex Paterson, Theodoros Panagopoulos, John Holland, Dennis S. Grimard, Yashushi Takakura 2008-10-07
7375947 Method of feedback control of ESC voltage using wafer voltage measurement at the bias supply output Jang-Gyoo Yang, Daniel J. Hoffman, Douglas H. Burns, Wonseok Lee, Kwang Soo Kim 2008-05-20
7359177 Dual bias frequency plasma reactor with feedback control of E.S.C. voltage using wafer voltage measurement at the bias supply output Jang-Gyoo Yang, Daniel J. Hoffman, Douglas H. Burns, Wonseok Lee, Kwang Soo Kim 2008-04-15
7326872 Multi-frequency dynamic dummy load and method for testing plasma reactor multi-frequency impedance match networks 2008-02-05
7286948 Method for determining plasma characteristics Daniel J. Hoffman, Jeremiah T. Pender, Tarreg Mawari 2007-10-23
6879870 Method and apparatus for routing harmonics in a plasma to ground within a plasma enhanced semiconductor wafer processing chamber Daniel J. Hoffman, Michael Barnes, Lee LaBlanc 2005-04-12
6667577 Plasma reactor with spoke antenna having a VHF mode with the spokes in phase Daniel J. Hoffman, Chunshi Cui, Yan Ye, Gerardo Delgadino, Douglas A. Buchberger, Jr. +4 more 2003-12-23
6652712 Inductive antenna for a plasma reactor producing reduced fluorine dissociation Shiang-Bau Wang, Daniel J. Hoffman, Chunshi Cui, Yan Ye, Gerardo Delgadino +3 more 2003-11-25