Patents by Inventor Brent Biggs

Brent Biggs 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).

  • Patent number: 9972511
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for processing substrates are disclosed. In some embodiments, a substrate processing system includes: a process chamber defining an interior volume for receiving a substrate and having a plasma forming zone, a substrate support positioned within the interior volume, a resonator coil disposed proximate the plasma forming zone, and a resonant inductor tuning circuit configured to vary an RF feed point location along the resonator coil. A method of operating a substrate processing system, according to embodiments, includes: transferring a substrate to a substrate support disposed within an interior volume of a processing chamber, the interior volume having a plasma forming zone, and operating a resonant inductor tuning circuit to couple an RF power source to a first RF feed point of a plurality of RF feed points along a resonator coil disposed proximate the plasma forming zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Takashi Kuratomi
  • Patent number: 9966275
    Abstract: Methods for reducing oxygen content in an oxidized annealed metal nitride film comprising exposing the film to a plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Takashi Kuratomi, Mark H. Lee
  • Publication number: 20170178927
    Abstract: Methods for reducing oxygen content in an oxidized annealed metal nitride film comprising exposing the film to a plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Takashi Kuratomi, Mark H. Lee
  • Publication number: 20170098554
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for processing substrates are disclosed. In some embodiments, a substrate processing system includes: a process chamber defining an interior volume for receiving a substrate and having a plasma forming zone, a substrate support positioned within the interior volume, a resonator coil disposed proximate the plasma forming zone, and a resonant inductor tuning circuit configured to vary an RF feed point location along the resonator coil. A method of operating a substrate processing system, according to embodiments, includes: transferring a substrate to a substrate support disposed within an interior volume of a processing chamber, the interior volume having a plasma forming zone, and operating a resonant inductor tuning circuit to couple an RF power source to a first RF feed point of a plurality of RF feed points along a resonator coil disposed proximate the plasma forming zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Brent BIGGS, Takashi KURATOMI
  • Publication number: 20080317048
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a management console to configure a router and one or more servers to route and bind network addresses respectively are described herein. In various embodiments, the management console may configure one or more servers of one or more local area networks, each of the one or more servers coupled to the management console, to route one or more network addresses to a router remotely disposed from the one or more servers, the routing to be through one or more networking tunnels through one or more networks correspondingly coupling the one or more servers to the router communicatively. Also, in some embodiments, the management console may configure the router to route the one or more network addresses to at least one recipient server coupled to the router for binding to the at least one recipient server, the at least one recipient server being also remotely disposed from the one or more servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: DIRECT ROUTE, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Jason Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20080320164
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a management console to configure a router and one or more servers to route and bind network addresses respectively are described herein. In various embodiments, the management console may configure one or more servers of one or more local area networks, each of the one or more servers coupled to the management console, to route one or more network addresses to a router remotely disposed from the one or more servers, the routing to be through one or more networking tunnels through one or more networks correspondingly coupling the one or more servers to the router communicatively. Also, in some embodiments, the management console may configure the router to route the one or more network addresses to at least one recipient server coupled to the router for binding to the at least one recipient server, the at least one recipient server being also remotely disposed from the one or more servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: DIRECT ROUTE, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Jason Rudolph
  • Patent number: 7467229
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for a management console to configure a router and one or more servers to route and bind network addresses respectively are described herein. In various embodiments, the management console may configure one or more servers of one or more local area networks, each of the one or more servers coupled to the management console, to route one or more network addresses to a router remotely disposed from the one or more servers, the routing to be through one or more networking tunnels through one or more networks correspondingly coupling the one or more servers to the router communicatively. Also, in some embodiments, the management console may configure the router to route the one or more network addresses to at least one recipient server coupled to the router for binding to the at least one recipient server, the at least one recipient server being also remotely disposed from the one or more servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Direct Route, LLC
    Inventors: Brent Biggs, Jason Rudolph