Patents by Inventor Ashutosh Agarwal

Ashutosh Agarwal 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: 20250054804
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for loading and unloading substrates from a spatial processing chamber are described. A support assembly has a rotatable center base and support arms extending therefrom. A support shaft is at the outer end of the support arms and a substrate support is on the support shaft. Primary lift pins are positioned within openings in the substrate support. Secondary lift pins are positioned within openings in the support arms and are aligned with the primary lift pins. An actuation plate within the processing volume causes, upon movement of the support assembly, the primary lift pins to elevate through contact with the secondary lift pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Baluja, Tejas Ulavi, Eric J. Hoffmann, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Patent number: 12224198
    Abstract: Electrostatic chucks (ESCs) for plasma processing chambers, and methods of fabricating ESCs, are described. In an example, a substrate support assembly includes a ceramic top plate having a top surface with a processing region. One or more electrodes is within the ceramic top plate. A plurality of mesas is within the processing region and on the top surface of the ceramic plate or vertically over an edge of one of the one or more electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay D. Parkhe, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20250014922
    Abstract: Metrology slot plates, processing chamber lids and processing chambers having metrology slot plates are described. Each of the metrology slot plates independently comprises one or more of a plate blank, a reflectometer, a capacitance sensor, a gas flow meter, a manometer, a pyrometer, a distance sensor (laser) or an emissometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Brian Doering, Vivek B. Shah, Ashutosh Agarwal, Sanjeev Baluja, Shrihari Sampathkumar, Chunlei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12183618
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for loading and unloading substrates from a spatial processing chamber are described. A support assembly has a rotatable center base and support arms extending therefrom. A support shaft is at the outer end of the support arms and a substrate support is on the support shaft. Primary lift pins are positioned within openings in the substrate support. Secondary lift pins are positioned within openings in the support arms and are aligned with the primary lift pins. An actuation plate within the processing volume causes, upon movement of the support assembly, the primary lift pins to elevate through contact with the secondary lift pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjeev Baluja, Tejas Ulavi, Eric J. Hoffmann, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20240394945
    Abstract: The technology is directed to artificial intelligence (AI) powered tools that can enhance existing digital video components and simplify and automate the creation of new digital video components. The technology includes a digital video component creation tool that leverages existing assets to generate digital video components, a voice-over tool that can add voice-overs, generated from text to, video components, and a video component evaluation tool that can evaluate video components for conformity with attributes associated with best practices for video creative s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Beatriz Alessio Robles Orozco, Nikunj Agrawal, Andrew Coad Marmon, Mong Him Ng, Pei-Yu Chi, Nargis Sakhibova, Shih-Ming Wang, Ashutosh Agarwal, Ibrahim Hammoud, Mattie Frantz Wasiak, Bohan Zheng, Kaiwen Peng
  • Publication number: 20240360553
    Abstract: Processing chambers and methods of use comprising a plurality of processing regions bounded around an outer peripheral edge by one or more vacuum channel. A first processing region has a first vacuum channel with a first outer diameter and a second processing region has a second vacuum channel with a second outer diameter, the first outer diameter being less than the second outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph AuBuchon, Sanjeev Baluja, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Patent number: 12060638
    Abstract: Processing chambers and methods of use comprising a plurality of processing regions bounded around an outer peripheral edge by one or more vacuum channel. A first processing region has a first vacuum channel with a first outer diameter and a second processing region has a second vacuum channel with a second outer diameter, the first outer diameter being less than the second outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph AuBuchon, Sanjeev Baluja, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Patent number: 12057333
    Abstract: Metrology slot plates, processing chamber lids and processing chambers having metrology slot plates are described. Each of the metrology slot plates independently comprises one or more of a plate blank, a reflectometer, a capacitance sensor, a gas flow meter, a manometer, a pyrometer, a distance sensor (laser) or an emissometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Brian Doering, Vivek B. Shah, Ashutosh Agarwal, Sanjeev Baluja, Shrihari Sampathkumar, Chunlei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240242997
    Abstract: Electrostatic chucks (ESCs) for plasma processing chambers, and methods of fabricating ESCs, are described. In an example, a substrate support assembly includes a ceramic top plate having a top surface with a processing region. One or more electrodes is within the ceramic top plate. A plurality of mesas is within the processing region and on the top surface of the ceramic plate or vertically over an edge of one of the one or more electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: VIJAY D. PARKHE, ASHUTOSH AGARWAL
  • Publication number: 20240218502
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods of depositing a molybdenum film directly on a substrate surface (e.g., a low-? dielectric material) by exposing the substrate surface to a molybdenum-containing precursor and an organosilane reducing agent at a temperature of less than or equal to 450° C. The molybdenum-containing precursor comprises one or more of molybdenum pentachloride (MoCl5), molybdenum dioxide dichloride (MoO2Cl2), molybdenum oxytetrachloride (MoOCl4), molybdenum hexafluoride (MoF6), molybdenum hexacarbonyl, bis(tert-butylimido)-bis(dimethylamido)molybdenum, or bis(ethylbenzene) molybdenum. The organosilane reducing agent comprises trimethylsilyl compounds, such as 1,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)-2-methyl-2,5-cyclohexadiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Tuerxun Ailihumaer, Srinivas Gandikota, Yixiong Yang, Yogesh Sharma, Ashutosh Agarwal, Mandyam Sriram
  • Patent number: 12018376
    Abstract: Process chambers and methods for leveling a motor shaft and substrate support plane are described. The process chamber includes a motor shaft connected to the process chamber with a plurality of motor bolts. A first plurality of sensors is arranged at about the same radial distance from the rotational axis and at different angular positions relative to the rotational axis and a second plurality of sensors are arranged to measure the support plane. An angle-dependent motor leveling profile is determined and shim values for the motor bolts are determined to level the motor shaft. The support plane is measured using the second plurality of sensors to level the support plane perpendicular to the motor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Agarwal, Tejas Ulavi, Sanjeev Baluja
  • Patent number: 11955361
    Abstract: Electrostatic chucks (ESCs) for plasma processing chambers, and methods of fabricating ESCs, are described. In an example, a substrate support assembly includes a ceramic top plate having a top surface with a processing region. One or more electrodes is within the ceramic top plate. A plurality of mesas is within the processing region and on the top surface of the ceramic plate or vertically over an edge of one of the one or more electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay D. Parkhe, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20240102157
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to methods of depositing a molybdenum film directly on a substrate surface (e.g., a low-K dielectric material) by exposing the substrate surface to a molybdenum-containing precursor and a plasma at a temperature of less than or equal to 400° C. The molybdenum-containing precursor comprises one or more of molybdenum pentachloride (MoCl5), molybdenum dioxide dichloride (MoO2Cl2), molybdenum oxytetrachloride (MoOCl4), molybdenum hexacarbonyl, bis(tert-butylimido)-bis(dimethylamido)molybdenum, or bis(ethylbenzene) molybdenum. The plasma comprises one or more of hydrogen (H2), nitrogen (N2), or a silane (SixHy). In some embodiments, when the molybdenum-containing precursor comprises molybdenum hexafluoride (MoF6), the plasma does not include hydrogen (H2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: TUERXUN AILIHUMAER, Srinivas Gandikota, Yixiong Yang, Yogesh Sharma, Ashutosh Agarwal, Mandyam Sriram
  • Patent number: 11932939
    Abstract: Apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a lid for a substrate processing chamber includes: a lid plate comprising an upper surface and a contoured bottom surface, the upper surface having a central opening and the contoured bottom surface having a first portion that extends downwardly and outwardly from the central opening to a peripheral portion of the lid plate and a second portion that extends radially outward along the peripheral portion of the lid plate; an upper flange extending radially outward from the lid plate; and one or more channels formed through the lid plate from the upper surface of the lid plate to the second portion of the contoured bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Rasheed, Srinivas Gandikota, Mario Dan Sanchez, Guoqiang Jian, Yixiong Yang, Deepak Jadhav, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20240068095
    Abstract: Gas distribution apparatuses described herein include a mixing plate adjacent a back plate of a showerhead. The mixing plate has a back surface and a front surface defining a thickness of the mixing plate. The mixing plate has a mixing channel comprising a top portion and a bottom portion defining a mixing channel length and at least two gas inlets in fluid communication with the top portion of the mixing channel. The gas distribution apparatus also includes a mixer disposed within the thickness of the mixing plate in the top portion of the mixing channel. The mixer has a top plate and a mixer stem extending from the top plate and a plurality of blades positioned along the mixer stem length. Also provided are processing chambers including the gas distribution apparatuses described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Youngki Chang, Dhritiman Subha Kashyap, Rakesh Ramadas, Ashutosh Agarwal, Shashidhara Patel H B, Muhannad Mustafa, Sanjeev Baluja
  • Publication number: 20240062122
    Abstract: A system for greenhouse gas emissions data collection and cross-validation, including vehicle tailpipe emissions sensor devices, mine site environmental emission sensor devices, distributed computing data interfaces installed on light- and heavy-duty vehicles, wireless connection controllers integrated with the data interface, and remote cloud data servers. The system also includes software components that include a distributed computing-level cross-validation AI algorithm. The system also includes data acquisition modules, data analysis modules and sensor data processing modules. The particular acceptability threshold is calculated either in real-time and continuously or at predetermined time intervals. Further, the emission data is benchmarked against an acceptability threshold calculated from the emissions data from similar vehicles continuously accumulated using similar processes at the same mine site and globally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Symboticware Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Agarwal, Bashir Chalabi
  • Publication number: 20240050598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition of tetrofosmin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. It also relates to a lyophilized non-radioactive kit which upon reconstitution with 99mTc-pertechnetate solution gives a stable 99mTc-tetrofosmin radiopharmaceutical composition. It also provides process for the preparation of said radiopharmaceutical compositions and their use in diagnostic imaging procedures. The compositions provide desirable technical attributes such as stability, high radiochemical purity (RCP) and desired bio-distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Jubilant Draximage Inc.
    Inventors: Umamaheshwar M. Prasad, Harmik Sohi, Rahul Hasija, Dinesh Kumar, Kamal S. Mehta, Raj Vijaya Kuniyil Kulangara, Ashutosh Agarwal, Dharam Vir
  • Patent number: 11857647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition of tetrofosmin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. It also relates to a lyophilized non-radioactive kit which upon reconstitution with 99mTc-pertechnetate solution gives a stable 99mTc-tetrofosmin radiopharmaceutical composition. It also provides process for the preparation of said radiopharmaceutical compositions and their use in diagnostic imaging procedures. The compositions provide desirable technical attributes such as stability, high radiochemical purity (RCP) and desired bio-distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Umamaheshwar M. Prasad, Harmik Sohi, Rahul Hasija, Dinesh Kumar, Kamal S. Mehta, Raj Vijaya Kuniyil Kulangara, Ashutosh Agarwal, Dharam Vir
  • Patent number: 11823939
    Abstract: Methods for aligning a processing chamber using a centering ring and processing chambers having the centering ring are describes. The method includes determining an average central position for the centering ring based on the concentricity of the centering with the support surfaces and adjusting average position of centering ring to a final position based on the average central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok Feng Wong, Rakesh Ramadas, Ashutosh Agarwal
  • Patent number: D1037778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashutosh Agarwal, Eric J. Hoffmann, Dhritiman Subha Kashyap, Kartik Shah, Amit Rajendra Sherekar, Sanjeev Baluja