Patents by Inventor Jennifer Watia Tiller

Jennifer Watia Tiller 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: 7762114
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a component for a substrate processing chamber involves providing a preform having internal and external surfaces, and providing a mandrel having a textured surface with a pattern of textured features comprising protrusions and depressions. The internal surface of the preform component is contacted with the textured surface of mandrel, and a pressure is applied to the external surface of the preform. The pressure is sufficiently high to plastically deform the preform over the textured surface of the mandrel to form a component having a textured internal surface comprising the pattern of textured feature that are shaped and sized to adhere process residues generated in the processing of substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Abney, Anthony Vesci, Joseph F. Sommers, Marc O'Donnell Schweitzer, Scott Dickerson, Jennifer Watia Tiller
  • Patent number: 7264679
    Abstract: In a method of cleaning a surface of a substrate processing chamber component to remove process deposits, the component surface is cooled to a temperature below about ?40° C. to fracture the process deposits on the surface. The surface can be cooled by immersing the surface in a low temperature fluid, such as liquid nitrogen. In another version, the component surface is heated to fracture and delaminate the deposits, and optionally, subsequently rapidly cooled to form more fractures. The component surface cleaning can also be performed by bead blasting followed by a chemical cleaning step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc O'Donnell Schweitzer, Jennifer Watia Tiller, Brian West, Karl Brueckner