Patents by Inventor Gregory Khosrov Arslanian

Gregory Khosrov Arslanian 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: 20240282734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for wafer oxide removal and reflow treatment. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for wafer oxide removal and reflow treatment, comprising: a heating plate, a sample plate for supporting a wafer sample above the heating plate, and an electron attachment pin plate above the sample plate, wherein the heating plate is configured to be capable of moving up and down, and contacting and heating the sample plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Wu, Wenshan Pang, Lulu Qi, Xiang Yu, Leijian Yu, Jiong Chen, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Yuxiang Zhou
  • Patent number: 9649590
    Abstract: Process gas(es), such as but not limited to helium, can be used in the manufacture of a variety of objects. Described herein are methods to collect, reuse, and recycle the process gas(es) that are used in the production process rather than treat these materials as waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Albright, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Andrew David Johnson, David Charles Winchester
  • Publication number: 20150196870
    Abstract: Process gas(es), such as but not limited to helium, can be used in the manufacture of a variety of objects. Described herein are methods to collect, reuse, and recycle the process gas(es) that are used in the production process rather than treat these materials as waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Albright, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Andrew David Johnson, David Charles Winchester
  • Publication number: 20140027495
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for providing an inerting gas during the application of soldering to a work piece. In one aspect, there is provided an apparatus for providing an inerting gas into an atmosphere above a solder reservoir during soldering of a work piece comprising: a base comprising an interior volume in fluid communication with an inerting gas source, a tube having an interior volume and comprising one or more perforations for the flow of inerting gas therethrough, and one or more support legs comprising an interior volume in fluid communication with the interior volume of the base and the interior volume of the tube, wherein the one or more support legs extend vertically upward from the base and elevate the tube above the surface of molten solder contained within a solder reservoir, and wherein the inerting gas travels through the base, upward through the one or more support legs, into the interior volume of the tube, and out through the one or more perforations in the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Jerry Wu, Victor Wang
  • Patent number: 8617352
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., BTU International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick, Gary A. Orbeck, Donald A. Seccombe, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8579182
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for providing an inerting gas during the application of soldering to a work piece. In one aspect, there is provided an enclosure for providing an inerting gas into an atmosphere above a solder reservoir during soldering of a work piece comprising: a tube in fluid communication with an inerting gas source wherein the tube comprises one or more openings for the flow of the inerting gas therethrough, a base wherein the tube resides in therein and comprises an interior volume, a neck comprising an opening and an interior volume in fluid communication with the interior volume of the base, and a cap proximal to the opening wherein the inerting gas source travels through the tube into the interior volume and into the atmosphere through the opening defined by the neck and cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Victor Wang, Jerry Wu, Ranajit Ghosh, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Patent number: 8454850
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and an apparatus for removing metal oxides and/or forming solder joints on at least a portion of a substrate surface within a target area. In one particular embodiment, the method and apparatus form a solder joint within a substrate comprising a layer having a plurality of solder bumps by providing one or more energizing electrodes and exposing at least a portion of the layer and solder bumps to the energizing electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Ranajit Ghosh, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Publication number: 20130098974
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for providing an inerting gas during the application of soldering to a work piece. In one aspect, there is provided an enclosure for providing an inerting gas into an atmosphere above a solder reservoir during soldering of a work piece comprising: a tube in fluid communication with an inerting gas source wherein the tube comprises one or more openings for the flow of the inerting gas therethrough, a base wherein the tube resides in therein and comprises an interior volume, a neck comprising an opening and an interior volume in fluid communication with the interior volume of the base, and a cap proximal to the opening wherein the inerting gas source travels through the tube into the interior volume and into the atmosphere through the opening defined by the neck and cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Victor Wang, Jerry Wu, Ranajit Ghosh, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Patent number: 8361340
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and an apparatus for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface within a target area. In one particular embodiment, the method and apparatus has an energizing electrode which has an array of protruding conductive tips that are electrically connected by a conductive wire and separated into a first electrically connected group and a second electrically connected group wherein at least a portion of the conductive tips are activated by a DC voltage source that is negatively biased to generate electrons within the target area that attach to at least a portion of a reducing gas that is present in the target area to form a negatively charged reducing gas that contacts the treating surface to reduce the metal oxides on the treating surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Richard E. Patrick, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Ranajit Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20120055980
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and method for providing an inerting gas during the application of soldering to a work piece. In one aspect, there is provided an apparatus that is placed atop of a solder reservoir and comprises a plurality of porous tubes that are in fluid communication with an inerting gas. In another aspect, there is provided a method for providing an inerting gas to a wave soldering apparatus comprising the steps of, among other things, placing an apparatus atop at least one edge of the solder reservoir wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of tubes comprising one or more openings in fluid communication with an inerting gas source. In a further aspect, at least one of the tubes comprises a non-stick coating or is comprised of a porous non-stick material such as a sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Ranajit Ghosh, Victor Wang, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8119016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises: providing a substrate, a first, and a second electrode that reside within a target area; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through the target area; supplying an amount of energy to the first and/or the second electrode to generate electrons within the target area wherein at least a portion of the electrons attach to a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the substrate with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the metal oxides on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick
  • Publication number: 20110204123
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and an apparatus for removing metal oxides and/or forming solder joints on at least a portion of a substrate surface within a target area. In one particular embodiment, the method and apparatus form a solder joint within a substrate comprising a layer having a plurality of solder bumps by providing one or more energizing electrodes and exposing at least a portion of the layer and solder bumps to the energizing electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Ranajit Ghosh, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Publication number: 20110094679
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick, Gary A. Orbeck, Donald A. Seccombe, JR.
  • Patent number: 7897029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises: providing a substrate, a first, and a second electrode that reside within a target area; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through the target area; supplying an amount of energy to the first and/or the second electrode to generate electrons within the target area wherein at least a portion of the electrons attach to a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the substrate with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the metal oxides on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Richard E. Patrick, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Patent number: 7883602
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., BTU International, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick, Gary A. Orbeck, Donald A. Seccombe, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090236236
    Abstract: Described herein are a method and an apparatus for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface within a target area. In one particular embodiment, the method and apparatus has an energizing electrode which has an array of protruding conductive tips that are electrically connected by a conductive wire and separated into a first electrically connected group and a second electrically connected group wherein at least a portion of the conductive tips are activated by a DC voltage source that is negatively biased to generate electrons within the target area that attach to at least a portion of a reducing gas that is present in the target area to form a negatively charged reducing gas that contacts the treating surface to reduce the metal oxides on the treating surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Richard E. Patrick, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Ranajit Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20090223831
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises: providing a substrate, a first, and a second electrode that reside within a target area; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through the target area; supplying an amount of energy to the first and/or the second electrode to generate electrons within the target area wherein at least a portion of the electrons attach to a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the substrate with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the metal oxides on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Richard E. Patrick, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian
  • Patent number: 7563380
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick, Gary A. Orbeck, Donald A. Seccombe, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20080295966
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method comprising same for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface are disclosed herein. In one particular embodiment, the apparatus comprises an electrode assembly that has a housing that is at least partially comprised of an insulating material and having an internal volume and at least one fluid inlet that is in fluid communication with the internal volume; a conductive base connected to the housing comprising a plurality of conductive tips that extend therefrom into a target area and a plurality of perforations that extend therethrough and are in fluid communication with the internal volume to allow for a passage of a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick, Gary A. Orbeck, Donald A. Seccombe, JR.
  • Publication number: 20080149690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for removing metal oxides from a substrate surface. In one particular embodiment, the method comprises: providing a substrate, a first, and a second electrode that reside within a target area; passing a gas mixture comprising a reducing gas through the target area; supplying an amount of energy to the first and/or the second electrode to generate electrons within the target area wherein at least a portion of the electrons attach to a portion of the reducing gas and form a negatively charged reducing gas; and contacting the substrate with the negatively charged reducing gas to reduce the metal oxides on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Chun Christine Dong, Wayne Thomas McDermott, Alexander Schwarz, Gregory Khosrov Arslanian, Richard E. Patrick