Patents by Inventor Thad Nicholson

Thad Nicholson 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: 20230260759
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to methods and systems for integrating a vapor deposition process and an etch process in a single reactor. The vapor deposition process involves delivery of at least one deposition vapor in the absence of plasma. The etch process is a plasma etch process. Various features may be combined as desired to promote high quality deposition and etching results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Eric A. Hudson, Andrew Clark Serino, Thad Nicholson, Ramesh Chandrasekharan, Alan M. Schoepp
  • Publication number: 20220308462
    Abstract: Systems and techniques for dry deposition of extreme ultra-violet-sensitive (EUV-sensitive) photoresist layers are discussed. In some such systems, a processing chamber may be provided that features a multi-plenum showerhead that is configured to receive a vaporized organometallic precursor in one plenum and a vaporized counter-reactant thereof in another plenum. The two vaporized reactants may be delivered to a reaction space within the processing chamber and over a wafer support that supports the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Butch Berney, Alan M. Schoepp, Timothy William Weidman, Kevin Li Gu, Chenghao Wu, Katie Lynn Nardi, Boris Volosskiy, Clint Edward Thomas, Thad Nicholson