Patents by Inventor Anupama Mallikarjunan

Anupama Mallikarjunan 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: 20230377874
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: HARIPIN CHANDRA, XINJIAN LEI, ANUPAMA MALLIKARJUNAN, MOO-SUNG KIM
  • Publication number: 20230325751
    Abstract: A method for developing or improving a process for producing a product from a material comprising steps of acquiring the composition for at least two slurries as raw material data (17) for the CMP based manufacturing process and its relevant parameters (2) by using a Data Collecting computer (9); physically performing specific method steps of a CMP process; measuring relevant parameters of the used slurries and the physically performed CMP process to determine the CMP process performance by using the Data Collecting computer (9); analyzing the measured data about the relevant parameters with a specific software performed on an Analyzing computer (11) by creating for the software and applying with it a predictive model using Machine Learning to understand the intercorrelation of the different parameters and using the results to improve the CMP process performance and the resulting product quality of the CMP based manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Cesar Clavero, Vid Gopal, Ryan Clarke, Esmeralda Yitamben, Hieu Pham, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Rung-Je Yang, Shirley Lin, Hongjun Zhou, Joseph Rose, Krishna Murella, Lu Gan
  • Patent number: 11742200
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Moo-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11626279
    Abstract: Described herein are low temperature processed high quality silicon containing films. Also disclosed are methods of forming silicon containing films at low temperatures. In one aspect, there are provided silicon-containing film having a thickness of about 2 nm to about 200 nm and a density of about 2.2 g/cm3 or greater wherein the silicon-containing thin film is deposited by a deposition process selected from a group consisting of chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), cyclic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD), plasma enhanced cyclic chemical vapor deposition (PECCVD, atomic layer deposition (ALD), and plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), and the vapor deposition is conducted at one or more temperatures ranging from about 25° C. to about 400° C. using an alkylsilane precursor selected from the group consisting of diethylsilane, triethylsilane, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Anupama Mallikarjunan, Andrew David Johnson, Meiliang Wang, Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, Bing Han, Xinjian Lei, Mark Leonard O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20220037151
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: HARIPIN CHANDRA, XINJIAN LEI, ANUPAMA MALLIKARJUNAN, MOO-SUNG KIM
  • Patent number: 11152206
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Moo-Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20200203155
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Moo-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10422034
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNz wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 10319862
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatus comprising one or more silicon-containing layers and a metal oxide layer. Also described herein are methods for forming one or more silicon-containing layers to be used, for example, as passivation layers in a display device. In one particular aspect, the apparatus comprises a transparent metal oxide layer, a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer. In this or other aspects, the apparatus is deposited at a temperature of 350° C. or below. The silicon-containing layers described herein comprise one or more of the following properties: a density of about 1.9 g/cm3 or greater; a hydrogen content of about 4×1022 cm?3 or less, and a transparency of about 90% or greater at 400-700 nm as measured by a UV-visible light spectrometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Gordon Ridgeway, Andrew David Johnson, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, Xinjian Lei, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Jianheng Li, Michael T. Savo
  • Patent number: 10283350
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, there is provided a precursor of Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from linear or branched C3 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, electron withdrawing group, and C6 to C10 aryl group; R2 is selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, C6 to C10 aryl group, linear or branched C1 to C6 fluorinated alkyl group, electron withdrawing group, and C4 to C10 aryl group; optionally wherein R1 and R2 are linked together to form ring selected from substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring; and n=1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Daniel P. Spence, Haripin Chandra, Bing Han, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Steven Gerard Mayorga, Anupama Mallikarjunan
  • Patent number: 10283348
    Abstract: A method and composition for depositing a silicon oxide film in an atomic layer deposition process at one or more temperatures of 650° C. or greater is provided. In one aspect, there is provided a method to deposit a silicon oxide film or material comprising the steps of: providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor at least one halidosiloxane precursor selected from the group of compounds having formulae I and II described herein; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing an oxygen source into the reactor; and purging reactor with purge gas; and wherein the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of silicon oxide is deposited and the process is conducted at one or more temperatures ranging from about 650 to 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Meiliang Wang, Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Haripin Chandra, Bing Han
  • Patent number: 10145008
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide film, a carbon doped silicon nitride, a carbon doped silicon oxynitride film in a deposition process. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least cyclic carbosilane having at least one Si—C—Si linkage and at least one anchoring group selected from a halide atom, an amino group, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Kirk Scott Cuthill, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao, Jianheng Li
  • Publication number: 20180294152
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, there is provided a precursor of Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from linear or branched C3 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, electron withdrawing group, and C6 to C10 aryl group; R2 is selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, C6 to C10 aryl group, linear or branched C1 to C6 fluorinated alkyl group, electron withdrawing group, and C4 to C10 aryl group; optionally wherein R1 and R2 are linked together to form ring selected from substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring; and n=1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Daniel P. Spence, Haripin Chandra, Bing Han, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Steven Gerard Mayorga, Anupama Mallikarjunan
  • Publication number: 20180274097
    Abstract: Described herein are methods for forming a conformal Group 4, 5, 6, 13 metal or metalloid doped silicon nitride film. In one aspect, there is provided a method of forming an aluminum silicon nitride film comprising the steps of: providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor an at least one aluminum precursor which reacts on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing into the reactor an organoaminosilane precursors to react on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; introducing a nitrogen source and an inert gas into the reactor to react with at least a portion of the chemisorbed layer; and optionally purge the reactor with an inert gas; and wherein the steps are repeated until a desired thickness of the aluminum nitride film is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Xinjian LEI, Moo-Sung KIM, Anupama MALLIKARJUNAN, Aaron Michael DANGERFIELD, Luis Fabián PEÑA, Yves Jean CHABAL
  • Patent number: 10077364
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, there is provided a precursor of Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from linear or branched C3 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, electron withdrawing group, and C6 to C10 aryl group; R2 is selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, C6 to C10 aryl group, linear or branched C1 to C6 fluorinated alkyl group, electron withdrawing group, and C4 to C10 aryl group; optionally wherein R1 and R2 are linked together to form ring selected from substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring; and n=1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Gerard Mayorga, Heather Regina Bowen, Xinjian Lei, Manchao Xiao, Haripin Chandra, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Ronald Martin Pearlstein
  • Patent number: 9997350
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, there is provided a precursor of Formula I: wherein R1 is selected from linear or branched C3 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C10 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, electron withdrawing group, and C6 to C10 aryl group; R2 is selected from hydrogen, linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkenyl group, linear or branched C3 to C6 alkynyl group, C1 to C6 dialkylamino group, C6 to C10 aryl group, linear or branched C1 to C6 fluorinated alkyl group, electron withdrawing group, and C4 to C10 aryl group; optionally wherein R1 and R2 are linked together to form ring selected from substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring or substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic ring; and n=1 or 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Daniel P. Spence, Haripin Chandra, Bing Han, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Steven Gerard Mayorga, Anupama Mallikarjunan
  • Publication number: 20180119276
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNZ wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 9905415
    Abstract: Methods for forming silicon nitride films are disclosed that comprise the steps of: providing a substrate in a reactor; introducing into the reactor an at least one organoaminosilane having a least one SiH3 group described herein wherein the at least one organoaminosilane reacts on at least a portion of the surface of the substrate to provide a chemisorbed layer; purging the reactor with a purge gas; introducing a plasma comprising nitrogen and an inert gas into the reactor to react with at least a portion of the chemisorbed layer and provide at least one reactive site wherein the plasma is generated at a power density ranging from about 0.01 to about 1.5 W/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Xinjian Lei, Moo-Sung Kim, Kirk Scott Cuthill, Mark Leonard O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20180033614
    Abstract: A composition and method for using the composition in the fabrication of an electronic device are disclosed. Compounds, compositions and methods for depositing a low dielectric constant (<4.0) and high oxygen ash resistance silicon-containing film such as, without limitation, a carbon doped silicon oxide, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Haripin Chandra, Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Moo-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 9879340
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are containing silicon-based films and compositions and methods for forming the same. The silicon-based films contain <50 atomic % of silicon. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNz wherein x is about 0 to about 55, y is about 35 to about 100, and z is about 0 to about 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In another aspect, the silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor comprising two silicon atoms, at least one Si-Me group, and an ethylene or propylene linkage between the silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilapentane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Anupama Mallikarjunan, Matthew R. MacDonald, Manchao Xiao