Patents by Inventor Francimar C. Schmitt

Francimar C. Schmitt 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: 20240044656
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device detects a first user input corresponding to a request to search for an additional destination in a multi stop route, and the location on which the search is centered depends on whether or not navigation along the route is ongoing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Francimar C. SCHMITT, Nick PROVENZANO, Brian J. ANDRICH, Woon Yung CHOI, Darious L. ALLEN, Kirill NEGODA, William A. VIGLAKIS
  • Publication number: 20230366684
    Abstract: Multipoint routing through the use of a navigation device can be improved by using multipoint arrival and departure detection to determine whether to advance navigation to a next point on the route or to maintain navigation to a current point on the route. When adding intermediate points to a route, the locations generated by the search query can include a spatiotemporal distribution of search results. The results of the search can also be presented with routing cost information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Schieferdecker, Francimar C. Schmitt, Ishan Bhutani, Christian West
  • Patent number: 9449278
    Abstract: Troubleshooting a technical problem on a user device using a network-based remediation platform. Receiving problem statements relating to technical problems associated with a user device, activating a domain of cases, assigning a score for the cases based on a scoring algorithm, and determining one or more remediation actions to suggest based on the score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Efstratios N. Davlos, Francimar C. Schmitt, Edmund R. Brown, Gavin Anthony Condon
  • Publication number: 20140310222
    Abstract: Troubleshooting a technical problem on a user device using a network-based remediation platform. Receiving problem statements relating to technical problems associated with a user device, activating a domain of cases, assigning a score for the cases based on a scoring algorithm, and determining one or more remediation actions to suggest based on the score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Efstratios N. Davlos, Francimar C. Schmitt, Edmund R. Brown, Gavin Anthony Condon
  • Publication number: 20130012030
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for depositing amorphous and microcrystalline silicon films during the formation of solar cells are provided. In one embodiment, a method and apparatus is provided for generating and introducing hydrogen radicals directly into a processing region of a processing chamber for reaction with a silicon-containing precursor for film deposition on a substrate. In one embodiment, the hydrogen radicals are generated by a remote plasma source and directly introduced into the processing region via a line of sight path to minimize the loss of energy by the hydrogen radicals prior to reaching the processing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Annamalai Lakshmanan, Jianshe Tang, Dustin W. Ho, Francimar C. Schmitt, Alan Tso, Tom K. Cho, Brian Sy-Yuan Shieh, Hari K. Ponnekanti, Chris Eberspacher, Zheng Yuan
  • Publication number: 20120171852
    Abstract: Methods for forming and treating a silicon containing layer in a thin film transistor structure or solar cell devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method for forming a silicon containing layer on a substrate includes providing a substrate into a processing chamber, providing a gas mixture having a silicon containing gas into the processing chamber, providing a hydrogen containing gas from a remote plasma source coupled to the processing chamber, applying a RF power less than 17.5 mWatt/cm2 to the processing chamber, and forming a silicon containing layer on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Zheng Yuan, Mandar B. Pandit, Francimar C. Schmitt, Yi Zheng, Fan Yang, Lipan Li, Alan Tso, Dustin W. Ho, Tom K. Cho, Randhir Thakur
  • Publication number: 20110171774
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a method for forming a plurality of thin film single or multi-junction solar cell in a substrate processing chamber. In one embodiment, a method for processing a plurality of thin film solar cell substrates includes depositing sequentially a first undoped layer and a first doped layer over a surface of a first substrate and a chamber component in a single processing chamber, removing the substrate having the doped and undoped layers from the processing chamber, removing the second doped layer deposited on the chamber component to expose underlying first undoped layer which serves as a seasoning layer for a second substrate to be processed in the processing chamber, and depositing sequentially a second undoped layer and a second doped layer on the second substrate in the processing chamber. In one example, the first undoped layer is amorphous silicon or microcrystalline silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Francimar C. Schmitt, Zheng Yuan, Yi Zheng, Fan Yang, Lipan Li
  • Patent number: 7910897
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for processing a substrate with an ultraviolet curing process. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for processing a substrate including depositing a silicon carbide dielectric layer on a substrate surface and curing the silicon carbide dielectric layer with ultra-violet curing radiation. The silicon carbide dielectric layer may comprise a nitrogen containing silicon carbide layer, an oxygen containing silicon carbide layer, or a phenyl containing silicon carbide layer. The silicon carbide dielectric layer may be used as a barrier layer, an etch stop, or as an anti-reflective coating in a damascene formation technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Francimar C. Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20100087062
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing organosilicate dielectric layers having good adhesion properties and low dielectric constant. Embodiments are described in which layers are deposited at low temperature and at high temperature. The low temperature layers are generally post-treated, whereas the high temperature layers need no post treating. Adhesion of the layers is promoted by use of an initiation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Annamalai Lakshmanan, Dante Manalo, Nagarajan Rajagopalan, Francimar C. Schmitt, Bok Hoen Kim
  • Publication number: 20040253378
    Abstract: A method for depositing a low dielectric constant film having a dielectric constant of about 3.2 or less, preferably about 3.0 or less, includes providing a cyclic organosiloxane and a linear hydrocarbon compound having at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond to a substrate surface. In one aspect, the cyclic organosiloxane and the linear hydrocarbon compound are reacted at conditions sufficient to deposit a low dielectric constant film on the semiconductor substrate. Preferably, the low dielectric constant film has compressive stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Francimar C. Schmitt, Hichem M'Saad