Patents by Inventor Brett BERENS

Brett BERENS 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: 11841692
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a recipe for depositing layers on a substrate in a processing chamber of a substrate processing system. The recipe comprises iterations of a set of one or more processes, and wherein each iteration of the iterations is for depositing at least one layer of the layers. The method further includes determining changes to parameters for depositing the at least one layer on the substrate. Each of the changes corresponds to a respective iteration of the iterations and is associated with a relative position of a corresponding layer. The layers are to be deposited on one or more substrates based on the recipe and the changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Anton Baryshnikov, Brett Berens, Mitesh Sanghvi, Shuang Liu
  • Publication number: 20230014145
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a recipe for depositing layers on a substrate in a processing chamber of a substrate processing system. The recipe comprises iterations of a set of one or more processes, and wherein each iteration of the iterations is for depositing at least one layer of the layers. The method further includes determining changes to parameters for depositing the at least one layer on the substrate. Each of the changes corresponds to a respective iteration of the iterations and is associated with a relative position of a corresponding layer. The layers are to be deposited on one or more substrates based on the recipe and the changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Anton Baryshnikov, Brett Berens, Mitesh Sanghvi, Shuang Liu
  • Patent number: 11449026
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a recipe for depositing a plurality of layers on a substrate in a processing chamber of a substrate processing system. The recipe includes iterations of a set of processes. Each iteration is for depositing at least one layer. The method further includes determining iteration adjustments to cause uniformity of the layers. Each iteration adjustment corresponds to a respective iteration. The method further includes determining multipliers to cause an adjustment in thickness of one or more layers of the layers. Each multiplier of the multipliers corresponds to a corresponding iteration. The method further includes storing the iteration adjustments and the multipliers as stored iteration adjustments and stored multipliers. The layers are deposited on substrates based on the recipe and the stored iteration adjustments and the stored multipliers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Anton Baryshnikov, Brett Berens, Mitesh Sanghvi, Shuang Liu
  • Publication number: 20210373523
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a recipe for depositing a plurality of layers on a substrate in a processing chamber of a substrate processing system. The recipe includes iterations of a set of processes. Each iteration is for depositing at least one layer. The method further includes determining iteration adjustments to cause uniformity of the layers. Each iteration adjustment corresponds to a respective iteration. The method further includes determining multipliers to cause an adjustment in thickness of one or more layers of the layers. Each multiplier of the multipliers corresponds to a corresponding iteration. The method further includes storing the iteration adjustments and the multipliers as stored iteration adjustments and stored multipliers. The layers are deposited on substrates based on the recipe and the stored iteration adjustments and the stored multipliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Anton Baryshnikov, Brett Berens, Mitesh Sanghvi, Shuang Liu
  • Patent number: 11031262
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Saptarshi Basu, Jeongmin Lee, Paul Connors, Dale R. Du Bois, Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Karthik Thimmavajjula Narasimha, Brett Berens, Kalyanjit Ghosh, Jianhua Zhou, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Hiroyuki Ogiso, Liliya Krivulina, Rick Gilbert, Mohsin Waqar, Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Hari K. Ponnekanti
  • Publication number: 20200234982
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Saptarshi BASU, Jeongmin LEE, Paul CONNORS, Dale R. DU BOIS, Prashant Kumar KULSHRESHTHA, Karthik Thimmavajjula NARASIMHA, Brett BERENS, Kalyanjit GHOSH, Jianhua ZHOU, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ, Hiroyuki OGISO, Liliya KRIVULINA, Rick GILBERT, Mohsin WAQAR, Venkatanarayana SHANKARAMURTHY, Hari K. PONNEKANTI
  • Patent number: 10636684
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Saptarshi Basu, Jeongmin Lee, Paul Connors, Dale R. Du Bois, Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Karthik Thimmavajjula Narasimha, Brett Berens, Kalyanjit Ghosh, Jianhua Zhou, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Hiroyuki Ogiso, Liliya Krivulina, Rick Gilbert, Mohsin Waqar, Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Hari K. Ponnekanti
  • Publication number: 20190371630
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Saptarshi Basu, Jeongmin Lee, Paul Connors, Dale R. Du Bois, Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Karthik Thimmavajjula Narasimha, Brett Berens, Kalyanjit Ghosh, Jianhua Zhou, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Hiroyuki Ogiso, Liliya Krivulina, Rick Gilbert, Mohsin Waqar, Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Hari K. Ponnekanti
  • Patent number: 10403515
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Saptarshi Basu, Jeongmin Lee, Paul Connors, Dale R. Du Bois, Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Karthik Thimmavajjula Narasimha, Brett Berens, Kalyanjit Ghosh, Jianhua Zhou, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Kwangduk Douglas Lee, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Hiroyuki Ogiso, Liliya Krivulina, Rick Gilbert, Mohsin Waqar, Venkatanarayana Shankaramurthy, Hari K. Ponnekanti
  • Publication number: 20170092511
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein describe a bevel etch apparatus within a loadlock bevel etch chamber and methods of using the same. The bevel etch apparatus has a mask assembly within the loadlock bevel etch chamber. During an etch process, the mask assembly delivers a gas flow to control bevel etch without the use of a shadow frame. As such, the edge exclusion at the bevel edge can be reduced, thus increasing product yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Saptarshi BASU, Jeongmin LEE, Paul CONNORS, Dale R. DU BOIS, Prashant Kumar KULSHRESHTHA, Karthik Thimmavajjula NARASIMHA, Brett BERENS, Kalyanjit GHOSH, Jianhua ZHOU, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Kwangduk Douglas LEE, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ, Hiroyuki OGISO, Liliya KRIVULINA, Rick GILBERT, Mohsin WAQAR, Venkatanarayana SHANKARAMURTHY, Hari K. PONNEKANTI