Patents by Inventor Jennifer Y. Sun

Jennifer Y. Sun 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: 20240347336
    Abstract: Exemplary processing methods may include providing a component for semiconductor processing to a processing region of a processing chamber. The methods may include providing one or more deposition precursors to the processing region. The one or more deposition precursors may include a metal-containing precursor and a fluorine-containing precursor. The methods may include depositing a layer of material on the component for semiconductor processing in the processing region. The layer of material comprises a metal-and-fluorine-containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Deepak, Ryan Sheil, Jennifer Y. Sun, Zhijun Jiang, Katherine Woo
  • Publication number: 20240327300
    Abstract: Exemplary processing methods may include providing a powder to a processing region of a processing chamber. The methods may include providing one or more deposition precursors to the processing region. The methods may include generating plasma effluents of the one or more deposition precursors. The methods may include depositing a layer of material on the powder in the processing region. The layer of material may include a corrosion-resistant material. A temperature within the processing chamber is maintained at less than or about 700° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Deepak, Katherine Woo, Ryan Sheil, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 12104246
    Abstract: A method comprises depositing a first layer of aluminum oxide onto a surface of a chamber component via atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method further comprises depositing a second layer of yttrium oxide onto a surface of the chamber component via ALD, depositing a third layer of zirconium oxide onto the surface of the chamber component via ALD, and forming a corrosion and erosion resistant coating comprising a YZrxOy solid state phase of the second layer and the third layer, wherein x and y have values that are based on a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the second layer and a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Fenwick, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 12098107
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of forming a chamber component for a process chamber. The methods may include filling a mold with nanoparticles or plasma spraying nanoparticles, where at least a portion of the nanoparticles include a core particle and a thin film coating over the core particle. The core particle and thin film are formed of, independently, a rare earth metal-containing oxide, a rare earth metal-containing fluoride, a rare earth metal-containing oxyfluoride, or combinations thereof. The nanoparticles may have a donut-shape having a spherical form with indentations on opposite sides. The methods also may include sintering the nanoparticles to form the chamber component and materials. Further described are chamber components and coatings formed from the described nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Xiaowei Wu, Xiao Ming He, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 12049696
    Abstract: A lid or other chamber component for a process chamber comprises a) at least one surface comprising a first ceramic material, wherein the first ceramic material comprises Y3Al5O12 and b) an internal region beneath the at least one surface comprising a second ceramic material, wherein the second ceramic material comprises a combination of Al2O3 and ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wu, Jennifer Y. Sun, Michael R. Rice
  • Patent number: 12002657
    Abstract: Described herein are articles, systems and methods where a plasma resistant coating is deposited onto a surface of an article using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The plasma resistant coating has a first layer and a second layer including a solid solution of Y2O3—ZrO2 and uniformly covers features, such as those having an aspect ratio of length to width of about 3:1 to about 300:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wu, David Fenwick, Jennifer Y. Sun, Guodong Zhan
  • Patent number: 11984302
    Abstract: A plasma chamber includes a chamber body having a processing region therewithin, a liner disposed on the chamber body, the liner surrounding the processing region, a substrate support disposed within the liner, a magnet assembly comprising a plurality of magnets disposed around the liner, and a magnetic-material shield disposed around the liner, the magnetic-material shield encapsulating the processing region near the substrate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Job George Konnoth Joseph, Sathya Swaroop Ganta, Kallol Bera, Andrew Nguyen, Jay D. Pinson, II, Akshay Dhanakshirur, Kaushik Comandoor Alayavalli, Canfeng Lai, Ren-Guan Duan, Jennifer Y. Sun, Anil Kumar Kalal, Abhishek Pandey
  • Publication number: 20240153745
    Abstract: Semiconductor fabrication component preparation methods are described. In embodiments, the methods include forming a first layer on a surface of the semiconductor fabrication component. The first layer is characterized by a porosity of greater than or about 0.01 vol. %. The methods further include depositing a second layer on the first layer, where the second layer is characterized by a porosity of less than or about 20 vol. %. Treated semiconductor fabrication components are also described. In embodiments, the treated components include a first layer formed in the surface of the semiconductor fabrication component, where the first layer is characterized by a porosity of greater than or about 0.01 vol. %., and a second layer positioned on the first layer, where the second layer is characterized by a porosity of less than or about 20 vol. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Katherine Woo, Jennifer Y. Sun, Jian Li, Wenhao Zhang, Mayur Govind Kulkarni, Chidambara A. Ramalingam, Ryan Sheil, Martin J. Seamons, Nitin Deepak
  • Patent number: 11837448
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a method and apparatus for cleaning and repairing a substrate support having a heater disposed therein. A method includes (a) cleaning a surface of a substrate support having a bulk layer, the substrate support is disposed in a processing environment configured to process substrates. The cleaning process includes forming a plasma at a high temperature from a cleaning gas mixture having a fluorine containing gas and oxygen. The method includes (b) removing oxygen radicals from the processing environment with a treatment plasma formed from a treatment gas mixture. The treatment gas mixture includes the fluorine containing gas. The method further includes (c) repairing an interface of the substrate support and the bulk layer with a post-treatment plasma. The post-treatment plasma is formed from a post-treatment gas mixture including a nitrogen containing gas. The high temperature is greater than or equal to about 500 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Shuran Sheng, Lin Zhang, Jiyong Huang, Jang Seok Oh, Joseph C. Werner, Nitin Khurana, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Jennifer Y. Sun, Xinhai Han, Zhijun Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230339065
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 µin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Publication number: 20230322628
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of forming a chamber component for a process chamber. The methods may include filling a mold with nanoparticles or plasma spraying nanoparticles, where at least a portion of the nanoparticles include a core particle and a thin film coating over the core particle. The core particle and thin film are formed of, independently, a rare earth metal-containing oxide, a rare earth metal-containing fluoride, a rare earth metal-containing oxyfluoride, or combinations thereof. The nanoparticles may have a donut-shape having a spherical form with indentations on opposite sides. The methods also may include sintering the nanoparticles to form the chamber component and materials. Further described are chamber components and coatings formed from the described nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Xiaowei Wu, Xiao Ming He, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 11773479
    Abstract: An article such as a susceptor includes a body of a thermally conductive material coated by a first protective layer and a second protective layer over a surface of the body. The first protective layer is a thermally conductive ceramic. The second protective layer covers the first protective layer and is a plasma resistant ceramic thin film that is resistant to cracking at temperatures of 650 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vahid Firouzdor, Biraja P. Kanungo, Jennifer Y. Sun, Martin J. Salinas, Jared Ahmad Lee
  • Publication number: 20230286867
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to articles, coated articles and methods of coating such articles with a rare earth metal containing oxide coating. A method of co-depositing a rare earth metal containing oxide coating on a surface of an article is disclosed. The method includes contacting the article surface with a first or second metal containing precursor to form a partial metal adsorption layer of a first metal or a second metal. The method further includes contacting the partial metal adsorption layer with the first or second metal containing precursor to form a co-adsorption layer of the first metal and the second metal. The method further includes contacting the co-adsorption layer with a reactant to form the rare earth metal containing oxide coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wu, Jennifer Y. Sun, Michael R. Rice
  • Publication number: 20230279541
    Abstract: Described herein are articles, systems and methods where a halogen resistant coating is deposited onto a surface of a chamber component using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process. The halogen resistant coating has an optional amorphous seed layer and a transition metal-containing layer. The halogen resistant coating uniformly covers features of the chamber component, such as those having an aspect ratio of about 3:1 to about 300:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Prerna Goradia, Jennifer Y. Sun, Xiaowei Wu, Geetika Bajaj, Atul Chaudhari, Ankur Kadam
  • Patent number: 11731907
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to ceramic materials with high thermal shock resistance and high erosion resistance. In one embodiment, a ceramic material is formed from a composition comprising Al2O3, MgO, SiO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ren-Guan Duan, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 11724353
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plasma-resistant chamber component and a method for manufacturing the same. A plasma-resistant chamber component of a semiconductor processing chamber that generates a plasma environment includes a ceramic article having multiple polished apertures. A roughness of the multiple polished apertures is less than 32 ?in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Vahid Firouzdor, David Koonce, Biraja Prasad Kanungo
  • Patent number: 11702744
    Abstract: Methods of forming a metal oxyfluoride films are provided. A substrate is placed in an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber having a processing region. Flows of zirconium-containing gas, a zirconium precursor gas, for example, Tris(dimethylamino)cyclopentadienyl zirconium, an oxygen-containing gas, a fluorine containing gas, and an yttrium precursor, for example, tris(butylcyclopentadienyl)yttrium gas are delivered to the processing region, where a metal oxyfluoride film such as an yttrium zirconium oxyfluoride film, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Nitin Deepak, Gayatri Natu, Albert Barrett Hicks, III, Prerna Sonthalia Goradia, Jennifer Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 11680308
    Abstract: A chamber component for a process chamber comprises a ceramic body and one or more protective layer on at least one surface of the ceramic body, wherein the one or more protective layer comprises Y3Al5O12 having a dielectric constant of 9.76+/?up to 30% and a hermiticity of 4.4E-10 cm3/s+/?up to 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Y. Sun, Biraja P. Kanungo, Vahid Firouzdor, Tom Cho
  • Patent number: 11667575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to articles, coated articles and methods of coating such articles with a rare earth metal containing oxide coating. The coating can contain at least a first metal (e.g., a rare earth metal, tantalum, zirconium, etc.) and a second metal that have been co-deposited onto a surface of the article. The coating can include a homogenous mixture of the first metal and the second metal and does not contain mechanical segregation between layers in the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wu, Jennifer Y. Sun, Michael R. Rice
  • Patent number: 11667578
    Abstract: Methods of forming nanoceramic materials and components. The methods may include performing atomic layer deposition to form a plurality of nanoparticles, including forming a thin film coating over core particles, or sintering the nanoparticles in a mold. The nanoparticles can include a first material selected from a rare earth metal-containing oxide, a rare earth metal-containing fluoride, a rare earth metal-containing oxyfluoride or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Xiaowei Wu, Xiao Ming He, Jennifer Y. Sun