Patents by Inventor Shane Lawrence KINTNER

Shane Lawrence KINTNER 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: 20240130082
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. For example, an apparatus for processing a substrate comprises a process chamber configured to process a substrate, a substrate support comprising a heat sink configured to cool the substrate support during operation and a water trap panel comprising a pumping ring configured to cool the water trap panel such that the water trap panel condenses water vapor molecules and drops a process chamber pressure during operation, and a chiller operably coupled to the substrate support and configured to supply a cooling fluid to the substrate support via a cooling fluid line that connects to the heat sink and the pumping ring via a serial configuration or a parallel configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Irwin DECOTTIGNIES, Roger Bradford FISH, Steven SZUDARSKI, Shane Lawrence KINTNER