Patents by Inventor Alex J. Tom

Alex J. Tom 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: 20230314269
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring and detecting a gas leak in a gas stick assembly is provided. The method includes measuring the pressure in the mass flow controller of the gas stick assembly at different time points and determining whether there is a difference in the pressure at the different time points that exceeds a difference threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yen-Kun Wang, Alex J. Tom, Ming Xu, Ashley Okada, Kenneth Le
  • Publication number: 20230305531
    Abstract: A cool cluster comprises one or more transfer chambers; a plurality of process chambers connected to the one or more transfer chambers; and a computing device of the tool cluster. The computing device is to receive first measurements generated by sensors of a first process chamber during or after a process is performed within the first process chamber; determine that the first process chamber is due for maintenance based on processing the first measurements using a first trained machine learning model; after maintenance has been performed on the first process chamber, receive second measurements generated by the sensors during or after a seasoning process is performed within the first process chamber; and determine that the first process chamber is ready to be brought back into service based on processing the second measurements using a second trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Priyadarshi Panda, Lei Lian, Pengyu Han, Todd J. Egan, Prashant Aji, Eli Mor, Alex J. Tom, Leonard Michael Tedeschi
  • Patent number: 11709477
    Abstract: A substrate processing system comprises one or more transfer chambers; a plurality of process chambers connected to the one or more transfer chambers; and a computing device connected to each of the plurality of process chambers. The computing device is to receive first measurements generated by sensors of a first process chamber during or after a process is performed within the first process chamber; determine that the first process chamber is due for maintenance based on processing the first measurements using a first trained machine learning model; after maintenance has been performed on the first process chamber, receive second measurements generated by the sensors during or after a seasoning process is performed within the first process chamber; and determine that the first process chamber is ready to be brought back into service based on processing the second measurements using a second trained machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Priyadarshi Panda, Lei Lian, Pengyu Han, Todd J. Egan, Prashant Aji, Eli Mor, Alex J. Tom, Leonard Michael Tedeschi
  • Publication number: 20220214662
    Abstract: A substrate processing system comprises one or more transfer chambers; a plurality of process chambers connected to the one or more transfer chambers; and a computing device connected to each of the plurality of process chambers. The computing device is to receive first measurements generated by sensors of a first process chamber during or after a process is performed within the first process chamber; determine that the first process chamber is due for maintenance based on processing the first measurements using a first trained machine learning model; after maintenance has been performed on the first process chamber, receive second measurements generated by the sensors during or after a seasoning process is performed within the first process chamber; and determine that the first process chamber is ready to be brought back into service based on processing the second measurements using a second trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Priyadarshi Panda, Lei Lian, Pengyu Han, Todd J. Egan, Prashant Aji, Eli Mor, Alex J. Tom, Leonard Michael Tedeschi