Patents by Inventor Joe F. Sommers

Joe F. Sommers 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).

  • Magnet secured in a two part shell
    Patent number: 7561015
    Abstract: A magnet encapsulated within a canister formed from two cans into a laminated structure particularly useful in plasma processing reactors. Each can includes an end wall and a cylindrical sidewall. One can additionally includes an annular lip that slidably fits outside the sidewall of the other can with a small gap therebetween. The magnet is inserted into the two cans together with a flowable and curable adhesive such as epoxy. The cans are slid together and compressed to cause the adhesive to flow between the magnet and the two cans and between the lip of one can and the sidewall of the other. The adhesive is cured to bond the magnet to the cans and to bond the cans together and to also hermetically seal the structure. The cans may be deep drawn from non-magnetic stainless steel with wall thicknesses of less than 0.064 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Vesci, Alan B. Liu, Donny Young, Joe F. Sommers, Kevin Hughes
  • Chamber having components with textured surfaces and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6933025
    Abstract: A component for a substrate processing chamber has a structure composed of aluminum oxide. The structure has a roughened surface having a roughness average of from about 150 to about 450 microinches. A plasma sprayed ceramic coating of aluminum oxide is deposited on the roughened surface of the structure. The component may be a dome shaped ceiling of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyh-Nung Lin, Mark D. Menzie, Joe F. Sommers, Daniel Owen Clawson, Glen T. Mori, Lolita L. Sharp
  • Chamber having components with textured surfaces and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20040180158
    Abstract: A component for a substrate processing chamber comprises a structure composed of aluminum oxide. The structure has a roughened surface having a roughness average of from about 150 to about 450 microinches. A plasma sprayed ceramic coating composed of aluminum oxide is deposited on the roughened surface of the structure. The component may be a dome shaped ceiling of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shyh-Nung Lin, Mark D. Menzie, Joe F. Sommers, Daniel Owen Clawson, Glen T. Mori, Lolita L. Sharp
  • Chamber components having textured surfaces and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6777045
    Abstract: A domed enclosure wall for a plasma processing chamber is made from a dielectric material having a roughened surface with a roughness average of from about 150 to about 450 microinches. A plasma sprayed ceramic coating is applied on the roughened surface of the dielectric material. The plasma sprayed coating comprises a textured surface having a roughness with an average skewness that is a negative value. When the enclosure wall is used in a plasma processing chamber, sputtered material generated by a plasma formed in a plasma processing chamber has good adherence to the textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Shyh-Nung Lin, Mark D. Menzie, Joe F. Sommers, Daniel Owen Clawson, Glen T. Mori, Lolita L. Sharp
  • Process chamber components having textured internal surfaces and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20030026917
    Abstract: A domed enclosure wall for a plasma processing chamber is made from a dielectric material having a roughened surface with a roughness average of from about 150 to about 450 microinches. A plasma sprayed ceramic coating is applied on the roughened surface of the dielectric material. The plasma sprayed coating comprises a textured surface having a roughness with an average skewness that is a negative value. When the enclosure wall is used in a plasma processing chamber, sputtered material generated by a plasma formed in a plasma processing chamber has good adherence to the textured surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Shyh-Nung Lin, Mark D. Menzie, Joe F. Sommers, Daniel Owen Clawson, Glen T. Mori, Lolita L. Sharp