Patents by Inventor Benjamin M. Johnston

Benjamin M. Johnston 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: 20150002019
    Abstract: A bellows which forms a flexible coupling between the lid of a processing chamber and an antenna feed through. One embodiment provides an apparatus comprising a chamber body having a chamber lid, a feed through extending through the chamber lid, an antenna coupled to and extending through the feed through to an internal volume of the chamber body, and a bellows comprising a first flange, the first flange coupled to the feed through, a second flange, the second flange coupled to the chamber lid, and a center portion extending between the first flange and the second flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Johnston, Shinichi Kurita
  • Publication number: 20130068161
    Abstract: An apparatus for introducing gas into a processing chamber comprising one or more gas distribution tubes having gas-injection holes which may be larger in size, greater in number, and/or spaced closer together at sections of the gas introduction tubes where greater gas conductance through the gas-injection holes is desired. An outside tube having larger gas-injection holes may surround each gas distribution tube. The gas distribution tubes may be fluidically connected to a vacuum foreline to facilitate removal of gas from the gas distribution tube at the end of a process cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. White, Suhail Anwar, Jozef Kudela, Carl A. Sorensen, Tae K. Won, Seon-Mee Cho, Soo Young Choi, Beom Soo Park, Benjamin M. Johnston
  • Patent number: 7973546
    Abstract: A method for testing a plurality of electronic devices formed on a large area substrate is described. In one embodiment, the method includes transferring a substrate on an end effector relative to a testing platform having a plurality of testing columns coupled thereto, the substrate having a plurality of electronic devices located thereon, and moving the substrate in a single directional axis relative to an optical axis of each of the plurality of testing columns, the single directional axis being substantially orthogonal to the optical axis to define a test area on the substrate, wherein the test area is configured to cover an entire length or an entire width of the substrate such that the testing columns are capable of testing the entire substrate as the substrate is moved through the test area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, John M. White, Shinichi Kurita, James C. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20100327162
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing a plurality of electronic devices formed on a large area substrate is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus performs a test on the substrate in one linear axis in at least one chamber that is slightly wider than a dimension of the substrate to be tested. Clean room space and process time is minimized due to the smaller dimensions and volume of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: FAYEZ E. ABBOUD, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, John M. White, Shinichi Kurita, James C. Hunter
  • Patent number: 7786742
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing large area substrates is described. The large area substrates include patterns of displays and contact points electrically coupled to the displays on the large area substrate. The apparatus includes a prober assembly that is movable relative to the large area substrate and/or the contact points, and may be configured to test various patterns of displays and contact points on various large area substrates. The prober assembly is also configured to test fractional sections of the large area substrate positioned on a testing table, and the prober assembly may be configured for different display and contact point patterns without removing the prober assembly from the testing table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Krishnaswami, Matthias Brunner, William Beaton, Yong Liu, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Ludwig Ledl, Ralf Schmid
  • Patent number: 7746088
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing a plurality of electronic devices formed on a large area substrate is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus performs a test on the substrate in one linear axis in at least one chamber that is slightly wider than a dimension of the substrate to be tested. Clean room space and process time is minimized due to the smaller dimensions and volume of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, John M. White, Shinichi Kurita, James C. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20090255911
    Abstract: Laser scribing can be performed on a workpiece (104) such as substrates with layers formed thereon for use in a solar panel without need to rotate the workpiece (104) during the scribing process. A series of lasers (602, 622) can be used to concurrently remove material from multiple positions on the workpiece (104). Each laser (602, 622) can have at least one scanning device (614, 630, 632) positioned along a beam path thereof in order to adjust a position of the laser output relative to the workpiece (104). By adjusting the beam or pulse positions using the scanning devices (614, 630, 632) while translating the workpiece (104), substantially any pattern can be scribed into at least one layer of the workpiece (104) without the need for any rotation of the workpiece (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Sriram Krishnaswami, Shinichi Kurita, Bassam Shamoun, Benjamin M. Johnston, John M. White, Jiafa Fan, Inchen Huang, Antoine P. Manens, Wei-Sheng Lei, Wei-Yung Hsu
  • Patent number: 7602199
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing large area substrates is described. The large area substrates include patterns of displays and contact points electrically coupled to the displays. The apparatus includes a prober assembly that is movable relative to the large area substrate and may be configured to test various patterns of displays and contact points. The prober assembly is also configured to test fractional sections of the large area substrate. The apparatus also includes a test chamber configured to store at least two prober assemblies within an interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Johnston, Sriram Krishnaswami, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Yong Liu
  • Publication number: 20090195262
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing a plurality of electronic devices formed on a large area substrate is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus performs a test on the substrate in one linear axis in at least one chamber that is slightly wider than a dimension of the substrate to be tested. Clean room space and process time is minimized due to the smaller dimensions and volume of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, John M. White, Shinichi Kurita, James C. Hunter
  • Patent number: 7535238
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for testing a plurality of electronic devices formed on a large area substrate is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus performs a test on the substrate in one linear axis in at least one chamber that is slightly wider than a dimension of the substrate to be tested. Clean room space and process time is minimized due to the smaller dimensions and volume of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Fayez E. Abboud, Sriram Krishnaswami, Benjamin M. Johnston, Hung T. Nguyen, Matthias Brunner, Ralf Schmid, John M. White, Shinichi Kurita, James C. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20090109250
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for supporting a substrate are provided. According to one aspect of the invention, a substrate support is provided which includes a first major surface comprising a plurality of flat support tiles and a plurality of leveling mechanisms coupled to the plurality of support tiles, wherein the plurality of leveling mechanisms are adapted to level the plurality of flat support tiles with respect to each other so as to provide a flat and level first major surface of the substrate support. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Johnston, Michael Renta