Patents by Inventor Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE

Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE 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: 20250132135
    Abstract: A bottom ring is configured to support a moveable edge ring that is configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support. The bottom ring includes a ring body including an upper surface and a lower surface and includes a plurality of vertical guide channels configured to receive a plurality of lift pins, respectively, for raising and lowering the moveable edge ring. Each of the plurality of vertical guide channels extends from the lower surface to the upper surface. The plurality of vertical guide channels include a first diameter adjacent to the upper surface and a second diameter, greater than the first diameter, adjacent to the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE, Shawn Tokairin, Jon MCCHESNEY
  • Publication number: 20220189744
    Abstract: A middle ring configured to be arranged on a bottom ring and to support a moveable edge ring and further configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support includes an upper surface that is stepped, an annular inner diameter, an annular outer diameter, a lower surface, a guide feature in the upper surface defining the annular outer diameter, an inner annular rim in the upper surface defining the annular inner diameter, and a groove defined in the upper surface between the guide feature and the inner annular rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE, Shawn TOKAIRIN, Jon MCCHESNEY
  • Publication number: 20220189745
    Abstract: A bottom ring is configured to support a moveable edge ring that is configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support. The bottom ring includes an upper surface that is stepped, an annular inner diameter, an annular outer diameter, a lower surface, a plurality of vertical guide channels provided through the bottom ring from the lower surface to the upper surface of the bottom ring, each of the guide channels including a first region having a smaller diameter than the guide channel and being configured to receive respective lift pins for raising and lowering the edge ring, and a guide feature extending upward from the upper surface of the bottom ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE, Shawn TOKAIRIN, Jon MCCHESNEY
  • Publication number: 20200312633
    Abstract: A bottom ring is configured to support a moveable edge ring. The edge ring is configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support. The bottom ring includes an upper surface that is stepped, an annular inner diameter, an annular outer diameter, a lower surface, and a plurality of vertical guide channels provided through the bottom ring from the lower surface to the upper surface of the bottom ring. Each of the guide channels includes a first region having a smaller diameter than the guide channel, and the guide channels are configured to receive respective lift pins for raising and lowering the edge ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE, Shawn E S TOKAIRIN, Jon MCCHESNEY
  • Publication number: 20200020565
    Abstract: An edge ring is configured to be raised and lowered relative to a substrate support, via one or more lift pins, in a substrate processing system. The edge ring is further configured to interface with a guide feature extending upward from a bottom ring and/or a middle ring of the substrate support during tuning of the edge ring. The edge ring includes an upper surface, an annular inner diameter, an annular outer diameter, a lower surface, and an annular groove arranged in the lower surface of the edge ring to interface with the guide feature. Walls of the annular groove are substantially vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hiran Rajitha RATHNASINGHE, Jon MCCHESNEY