Patents by Inventor ANNIRUDDHA PAL

ANNIRUDDHA PAL 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: 20110097901
    Abstract: Embodiments of dual mode inductively coupled plasma reactors and methods of use of same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a dual mode inductively coupled plasma processing system may include a process chamber having a dielectric lid and a plasma source assembly disposed above the dielectric lid. The plasma source assembly includes a plurality of coils configured to inductively couple RF energy into the process chamber to form and maintain a plasma therein, a phase controller for adjusting the relative phase of the RF current applied to each coil in the plurality of coils, and an RF generator coupled to the phase controller and the plurality of coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: SAMER BANNA, VALENTIN N. TODOROW, KENNETH S. COLLINS, ANDREW NGUYEN, MARTIN JEFF SALINAS, ZHIGANG CHEN, ANKUR AGARWAL, ANNIRUDDHA PAL, TSE-CHIANG WANG, SHAHID RAUF