Patents by Inventor Alexander Berger

Alexander Berger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11424149
    Abstract: A substrate processing system is disclosed which includes a processing chamber comprising a susceptor having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a groove formed in the first surface adjacent to a perimeter thereof, and a substrate support structure including a plurality of carrier lift pins, each of the plurality of carrier lift pins movably disposed in an opening formed from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the opening is recessed from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Richard O. Collins, Richard Giljum, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20220130700
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a transport system and a substrate processing and transfer (SPT) system. The SPT system includes a transport system that connects two processing tools. The transport system includes a vacuum tunnel that is configured to transport substrates between the processing tools. The vacuum tunnel includes a substrate transport carriage to move the substrate through the vacuum tunnel. The SPT system has a variety of configurations that allow the user to add or remove processing chambers, depending on the process chambers required for a desired substrate processing procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob NEWMAN, Ulrich OLDENDORF, Martin AENIS, Andrew J. CONSTANT, Shay ASSAF, Jeffrey C. HUDGENS, Alexander BERGER, William Tyler WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20220088803
    Abstract: A robot device includes a first link and a second link coupled to the first link via an elbow. One or more of the first link or the second link rotates about an axis of the elbow. The robot device further includes a generator disposed in the elbow. The generator is configured to generate electrical power based on relative angular mechanical movement associated with the elbow. The robot device further includes an end effector configured to transport a substrate within a substrate processing system. The end effector is disposed at a distal end of the second link. The end effector is to receive the electrical power generated by the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Paul Lawrence Korff, William Paul Laceky, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Rajkumar Thanu, Damon K. Cox, Matvey Farber
  • Patent number: 11232965
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a transport system and a substrate processing and transfer (SPT) system. The SPT system includes a transport system that connects two processing tools. The transport system includes a vacuum tunnel that is configured to transport substrates between the processing tools. The vacuum tunnel includes a substrate transport carriage to move the substrate through the vacuum tunnel. The SPT system has a variety of configurations that allow the user to add or remove processing chambers, depending on the process chambers required for a desired substrate processing procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob Newman, Ulrich Oldendorf, Martin Aenis, Andrew J. Constant, Shay Assaf, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Alexander Berger, William Tyler Weaver
  • Publication number: 20210291374
    Abstract: A calibration object is placed at a target orientation in a station of an electronics processing device by a first robot arm, and then retrieved from the station by the first robot arm. The calibration object is transferred to an aligner station using the first robot arm, a second robot arm and/or a load lock, wherein the calibration object has a first orientation at the aligner station. The first orientation at the aligner station is determined. A characteristic error value is determined based on the first orientation. The aligner station is to use the characteristic error value for alignment of objects to be placed in the first station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Damon K. Cox, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20210291375
    Abstract: A first robot arm places a calibration object into a load lock that separates a factory interface from a transfer chamber using a first taught position. A second robot arm retrieves the calibration object from the load lock using a second taught position. A controller determines, using a sensor, a first offset amount between a calibration object center of the calibration object and a pocket center of the second robot arm. The controller determines a characteristic error value that represents a misalignment between the first taught position of the first robot arm and the second taught position of the second robot arm based on the first offset amount. The first robot arm or the second robot arm uses the first characteristic error value to compensate for the misalignment for objects transferred between the first robot arm and the second robot arm via the load lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas Michael Bergantz, Damon K. Cox, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20210276179
    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices, systems and methods relating to a transfer chamber for an electronic device processing system. For example, a robot can include a first mover configured to be driven by a platform of a linear motor, a support structure disposed on the first mover, a first robot arm attached to the first end of the support structure at a shoulder axis, and a first arm drive assembly. The first drive assembly can include a first pulley attached to a first end of the support structure and to the first robot arm at the shoulder axis, a second pulley attached to a second end of the support structure, a first band connecting the first pulley to the second pulley, and a second mover configured to be driven by the platform of the linear motor, where the second mover is connected to the first band, and where motion of the second mover relative to the first mover causes the first band to a) rotate the first pulley and the second pulley and b) rotate the first robot arm around the shoulder axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Jeffrey C. Hudgens
  • Publication number: 20210272143
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing campaign driven offer distribution include receiving, from a service provider device associated with a service provider, first campaign information for a first campaign. A first offer that has been configured to be irredeemable by the first customer and that includes a first offer condition associated with the first campaign information that must be satisfied to reconfigure the first offer to be redeemable by the first customer is provided for display on a first customer device. A notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied is received. In response to receiving the notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied, the first offer is reconfigured to be redeemable by the first customer. A notification indicating a status change with the first offer that causes the first offer to be displayed on the first customer device is communicated to the first customer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Manas Garg
  • Patent number: 10885540
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing campaign driven offer distribution include receiving, from a service provider device associated with a service provider, first campaign information for a first campaign. A first offer that has been configured to be irredeemable by the first customer and that includes a first offer condition associated with the first campaign information that must be satisfied to reconfigure the first offer to be redeemable by the first customer is provided for display on a first customer device. A notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied is received. In response to receiving the notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied, the first offer is reconfigured to be redeemable by the first customer. A notification indicating a status change with the first offer that causes the first offer to be displayed on the first customer device is communicated to the first customer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Manas Garg
  • Publication number: 20200310001
    Abstract: Described herein is a method of depositing a conformal, optically transparent coating onto a surface of one or more internal components that are enclosed within an assembled device using a non-line-of-sight deposition process without altering a structure of the assembled device or impacting functionality of the assembled device. Also described is an assembled device including one or more internal components enclosed within the assembled device and a coating deposited onto a surface of the internal components enclosed within the assembled device, where the coating is a conformal, optically transparent coating that is resistant to corrosion by at least one of fluorine-, chlorine-, sulfur-, hydrogen-, bromine-, or nitrogen-based acids and that does not negatively impact functionality of the internal components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander BERGER, Cheng-Hsuan CHOU, David KNAPP
  • Publication number: 20200303228
    Abstract: A substrate processing system is disclosed which includes a processing chamber comprising a susceptor having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a groove formed in the first surface adjacent to a perimeter thereof, and a substrate support structure including a plurality of carrier lift pins, each of the plurality of carrier lift pins movably disposed in an opening formed from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the opening is recessed from the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Richard O. Collins, Richard Giljum, Alexander Berger
  • Patent number: 10755955
    Abstract: A substrate processing system is disclosed which includes a substrate input/output chamber coupled to a transfer chamber, and one or more processing chambers coupled to the transfer chamber, wherein the substrate input/output chamber includes a plurality of stacked carrier holders, and a platen, wherein the platen includes a plurality of alignment pads and a plurality of openings formed in a recessed flange along a peripheral edge of the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Masato Ishii, Richard O. Collins, Richard Giljum, Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20200111692
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a transport system and a substrate processing and transfer (SPT) system. The SPT system includes a transport system that connects two processing tools. The transport system includes a vacuum tunnel that is configured to transport substrates between the processing tools. The vacuum tunnel includes a substrate transport carriage to move the substrate through the vacuum tunnel. The SPT system has a variety of configurations that allow the user to add or remove processing chambers, depending on the process chambers required for a desired substrate processing procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jacob NEWMAN, Ulrich OLDENDORF, Martin AENIS, Andrew J. CONSTANT, Shay ASSAF, Jeffrey C. HUDGENS, Alexander BERGER, William Tyler WEAVER
  • Publication number: 20190252229
    Abstract: A substrate processing system is disclosed which includes a substrate input/output chamber coupled to a transfer chamber, and one or more processing chambers coupled to the transfer chamber, wherein the substrate input/output chamber includes a plurality of stacked carrier holders, and one of the carrier holders includes a substrate carrier to support a substrate thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Masato ISHII, Richard O. COLLINS, Richard GILJUM, Alexander BERGER
  • Publication number: 20180308074
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for pairing of transaction partners using associated data and identifiers. A user may engage in a transaction with a merchant, where the merchant may generate an invoice for the transaction using a merchant device. The user may wish to provide payment for the invoice using a payment provider, for example, through a mobile payment application of a communication device in possession of the user. The merchant may request that the invoice be matched to the user based on similar parameters or other information for the merchant and the user. The similar parameters may correspond to a shared location or other shared data. If the invoice is matched to the user, the invoice may be published to the payment application of the communication device. The user may then view the invoice and provide payment using the payment application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20170286984
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing campaign driven offer distribution include receiving, from a service provider device associated with a service provider, first campaign information for a first campaign. A first offer that has been configured to be irredeemable by the first customer and that includes a first offer condition associated with the first campaign information that must be satisfied to reconfigure the first offer to be redeemable by the first customer is provided for display on a first customer device. A notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied is received. In response to receiving the notification indicating the first offer condition has been satisfied, the first offer is reconfigured to be redeemable by the first customer. A notification indicating a status change with the first offer that causes the first offer to be displayed on the first customer device is communicated to the first customer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Manas Garg
  • Publication number: 20170032337
    Abstract: There are provided systems and methods for pairing of transaction partners using associated data and identifiers. A user may engage in a transaction with a merchant, where the merchant may generate an invoice for the transaction using a merchant device. The user may wish to provide payment for the invoice using a payment provider, for example, through a mobile payment application of a communication device in possession of the user. The merchant may request that the invoice be matched to the user based on similar parameters or other information for the merchant and the user. The similar parameters may correspond to a shared location or other shared data. If the invoice is matched to the user, the invoice may be published to the payment application of the communication device. The user may then view the invoice and provide payment using the payment application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Alexander Berger
  • Publication number: 20160085544
    Abstract: Systems and techniques are disclosed for improving the management of data contracts during a software development lifecycle. A system can include a data contract metadata store, components for interacting with the metadata store to support development tool integration, and interchange features for verified build processes. A service can be provided that receives a developer package from a development client application, parses the developer package to generate data contract metadata, modifies a data contract metadata store in accordance with at least one command received with the developer package, and communicates notification data, when included with the data contract metadata, to a notification service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Pankaj Sharma, Arabinda Mohapatra, Alexander Berger, Mangesh Ganpatrao Barad, Veerendra K. Koya, David M. Denz, Tomer Weisberg, Mario Zimmermann, Brent Thomas McBride, Hema Tulsidas Goyal, AnandBalaji Subbaraj, Harinarayan Paramasivan, Ricardo Persegani, Maxim Kudryavtsev
  • Patent number: 8537160
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating distributed dataflow graphs and processing data elements in parallel utilizing the distributed dataflow graphs are provided. A sequential dataflow graph is formed from incoming data elements, and a variety of heuristics is applied to the sequential dataflow graph to determine which of the data transformation steps within the graph are capable of being processed multiple times in parallel. Once determined, the sequential dataflow graph is divided into subgraphs, which are then replicated, e.g., based on available resources and.or external constraints. The resulting subgraphs are connected, based on the semantics of each vertex, and a distributed dataflow graph is generated, which can efficiently process data elements, for instance, for data warehousing and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Hargrove, Mosha Pasumansky, Alexander Berger
  • Patent number: 8380748
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for building a multidimensional data cube having one or more high-cardinality attributes are described. In embodiments, data is extracted from one or more databases. It is determined that one or more instances of the data are fact data and one or more instances of the data are dimension data. Each member of the fact data is one instance of a dimension and each instance of the dimension data includes an attribute for grouping the fact data. Moreover, in embodiments it is determined that one or more instances of the dimension data are high-cardinality attributes. The one or more high-cardinality attributes are processed with fact data and stored in fact tables on a computer storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Berger, Mosha Pasumansky, Amir Netz, Akshai M. Mirchandani, Marius Dumitru, Cristian Petculescu