Patents by Inventor Vahid Firouzdor

Vahid Firouzdor 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: 11920234
    Abstract: Described herein is a protective coating composition that provides erosion and corrosion resistance to a coated article (such as a chamber component) upon the article's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based environment) and/or upon the article's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with the protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits, on average, less than about 5 yttrium based particle defects per wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke, Joseph Frederick Sommers
  • Publication number: 20230348290
    Abstract: Described herein is a plasma resistant protective coating composition and bulk composition that provides enhanced erosion and corrosion resistance upon the coating composition's or the bulk composition's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based chemistries) and/or upon the coating composition's or the bulk composition's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with a plasma resistant protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits a reduced number of yttrium based particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Vahid Firouzdor, Joseph Frederick Sommers, Trevor Edward Wilantewicz, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke
  • Publication number: 20230339065
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 µin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Patent number: 11773479
    Abstract: An article such as a susceptor includes a body of a thermally conductive material coated by a first protective layer and a second protective layer over a surface of the body. The first protective layer is a thermally conductive ceramic. The second protective layer covers the first protective layer and is a plasma resistant ceramic thin film that is resistant to cracking at temperatures of 650 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja P. Kanungo, Jennifer Y. Sun, Martin J. Salinas, Jared Ahmad Lee
  • Patent number: 11724353
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 ?in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Patent number: 11680308
    Abstract: A chamber component for a process chamber comprises a ceramic body and one or more protective layer on at least one surface of the ceramic body, wherein the one or more protective layer comprises Y3Al5O12 having a dielectric constant of 9.76+/?up to 30% and a hermiticity of 4.4E-10 cm3/s+/?up to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo, Vahid Firouzdor, Tom Cho
  • Publication number: 20230167540
    Abstract: A method includes performing ion beam sputtering with ion assisted deposition to deposit a protective layer on a surface of a body. The protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth-containing film of a thickness less than 1000 µm. The porosity of the protective layer is below 1%. The plasma resistant rare earth-containing film consists of 40 mol% to less than 100 mol% of Y2O3, over 0 mol% to 60 mol% of ZrO2, and 0 mol% to 9 mol% of Al2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja Prasad Kanungo, Tom K. Cho, Vedapuram S. Achutharaman, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11661650
    Abstract: Described herein is a protective coating composition that provides erosion and corrosion resistance to a coated article (such as a chamber component) upon the article's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based environment) and/or upon the article's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with the protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits, on average, less than about 5 yttrium based particle defects per wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke, Joseph Frederick Sommers
  • Publication number: 20230160055
    Abstract: Described herein is a protective coating composition that provides erosion and corrosion resistance to a coated article (such as a chamber component) upon the article's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based environment) and/or upon the article's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with the protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits, on average, less than about 5 yttrium based particle defects per wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke, Joseph Frederick Sommers
  • Publication number: 20230077578
    Abstract: Methods of semiconductor processing may include forming a plasma of a carbon-containing material within a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include depositing a carbon-containing material on a backside of a substrate housed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. A front side of the substrate may be maintained substantially free of carbon-containing material. The methods may include performing an etch process on the front-side of the substrate. The methods may include removing the carbon-containing material from the backside of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard M. Tedeschi, Kartik Ramaswamy, Benjamin CE Schwarz, Changgong Wang, Vahid Firouzdor, Sumanth Banda, Teng-Fang Kou
  • Patent number: 11566318
    Abstract: An article comprises a body and a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the body. The conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 1000 ?m, wherein the plasma resistant rare earth oxide film is selected from a group consisting of an Er—Y composition, an Er—Al—Y composition, an Er—Y—Zr composition, and an Er—Al composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja Prasad Kanungo, Tom K. Cho, Vedapuram S. Achutharaman, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11566317
    Abstract: An article comprises a body and a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the body. The conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 1000 ?m, wherein the plasma resistant rare earth oxide is selected from a group consisting of YF3, Er4Al2O9, ErAlO3, and a ceramic compound comprising Y4Al2O9 and a solid-solution of Y2O3—ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja Prasad Kanungo, Tom K. Cho, Vedapuram S. Achutharaman, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11566319
    Abstract: An article comprises a body and a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the body. The conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a thickness of less than 1000 ?m, wherein the plasma resistant rare earth oxide film consists essentially of 40 mol % to less than 100 mol % of Y2O3, over 0 mol % to 60 mol % of ZrO2, and 0 mol % to 9 mol % of Al2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja Prasad Kanungo, Tom K. Cho, Vedapuram S. Achutharaman, Ying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220297256
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 ?in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Patent number: 11424136
    Abstract: A component for a processing chamber includes a ceramic body having at least one surface with a first average surface roughness. The component further includes a conformal protective layer on at least one surface of the ceramic body, wherein the conformal protective layer is a plasma resistant rare earth oxide film having a substantially uniform thickness of less than 300 ?m over the at least one surface and having a second average surface roughness that is less than the first average surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo, Vahid Firouzdor, Ying Zhang
  • Patent number: 11370078
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for polishing internal surfaces of apertures in semiconductor processing chamber components. A method includes providing a ceramic article having at least one aperture, the ceramic article being a component for a semiconductor processing chamber. The method further includes polishing the at least one aperture based on flowing an abrasive media through the at least one aperture of the ceramic article, the abrasive media including a polymer base and a plurality of abrasive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Publication number: 20210403337
    Abstract: Described herein is a plasma resistant protective coating composition and bulk composition that provides enhanced erosion and corrosion resistance upon the coating composition's or the bulk composition's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based chemistries) and/or upon the coating composition's or the bulk composition's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with a plasma resistant protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits a reduced number of yttrium based particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Vahid Firouzdor, Joseph Frederick Sommers, Trevor Edward Wilantewicz, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke
  • Publication number: 20210317564
    Abstract: Described herein is a protective coating composition that provides erosion and corrosion resistance to a coated article (such as a chamber component) upon the article's exposure to harsh chemical environment (such as hydrogen based and/or halogen based environment) and/or upon the article's exposure to high energy plasma. Also described herein is a method of coating an article with the protective coating using electronic beam ion assisted deposition, physical vapor deposition, or plasma spray. Also described herein is a method of processing wafer, which method exhibits, on average, less than about 5 yttrium based particle defects per wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Christopher Laurent Beaudry, Hyun-Ho Doh, Joseph Frederick Behnke, Joseph Frederick Sommers
  • Publication number: 20210317563
    Abstract: A chamber component for a process chamber comprises a ceramic body and one or more protective layer on at least one surface of the ceramic body, wherein the one or more protective layer comprises Y3Al5O12 having a dielectric constant of 9.76+/?up to 30% and a hermiticity of 4.4E-10 cm3/s+/?up to 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo, Vahid Firouzdor, Tom Cho
  • Patent number: 11053581
    Abstract: An article comprises a body and at least one protective layer on at least one surface of the body. The at least one protective layer is a thin film having a thickness of less than approximately 20 microns that comprises a ceramic selected from a group consisting of Y3Al5O12, Er2O3, Er3Al5O12, and a ceramic compound comprising Y4Al2O9 and a solid-solution of Y2O3—ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo, Vahid Firouzdor, Tom Cho