Patents by Inventor Frank A. Lavoie

Frank A. Lavoie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240167153
    Abstract: In one example, a method for depositing a film on a substrate comprises arranging a substrate on a substrate support in a processing chamber and setting a processing pressure, temperature and pressure in the chamber. The method includes striking a plasma and depositing and annealing the film on the substrate at a thickness in a predetermined film thickness range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Awnish Gupta, Douglas Walter Agnew, Bart Jan van Schravendijk, Joseph R. Abel, Frank L. Pasquale, Adrien Lavoie
  • Patent number: 11959175
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for use of a fill on demand ampoule are disclosed. The fill on demand ampoule may refill an ampoule with precursor concurrent with the performance of other deposition processes. The fill on demand may keep the level of precursor within the ampoule at a relatively constant level. The level may be calculated to result in an optimum head volume. The fill on demand may also keep the precursor at a temperature near that of an optimum precursor temperature. The fill on demand may occur during parts of the deposition process where the agitation of the precursor due to the filling of the ampoule with the precursor minimally effects the substrate deposition. Substrate throughput may be increased through the use of fill on demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Tuan Nguyen, Eashwar Ranganathan, Shankar Swaminathan, Adrien LaVoie, Chloe Baldasseroni, Ramesh Chandrasekharan, Frank Loren Pasquale, Jennifer Leigh Petraglia
  • Publication number: 20080098315
    Abstract: Executing an operation associated with a region proximate a graphic element on a surface. A user interaction with a region proximate a graphic element on a surface is detected, where the surface comprises a plurality of regions proximate the graphic element. Responsive to the user interaction, an operation associated with the region is executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Dao-Liang Chou, Steve Baldzikowski, Frank A. Lavoie