Patents by Inventor Daniel F. O'Kane

Daniel F. O'Kane 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: 4304641
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for rotary electroplating a thin metallic film having a uniform thickness and composition throughout. The apparatus includes a flow-through jet plate having nozzles of increasing size and uniformly spaced radially therethrough, or the same sized nozzles with varying radial spacing therethrough so as to provide a differential flow distribution of the plating solution that impinges on the wafer-cathode where the film is deposited. The spacing and size of the nozzles are critical to obtaining a uniform thickness. The electrical currents to the wafer and to the thieving ring are controlled by variable resistors so as to keep the electrical current to the cathode constant throughout the plating process. In a preferred embodiment the flow-through jet plate has an anode associated therewith in which the exposed area of the anode is maintained at a constant amount during the deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Johannes Grandia, Daniel F. O'Kane, Hugo A. E. Santini