Patents by Inventor John Francis Lehmann

John Francis Lehmann 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: 11913112
    Abstract: Processes for depositing silicon-containing films (e.g., silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films) are performed using halidosilane precursors. Examples of halidosilane precursor compounds described herein, include, but are not limited to, monochlorodisilane (MCDS), monobromodisilane (MBDS), monoiododisilane (MIDS), monochlorotrisilane (MCTS), and monobromotrisilane (MBTS), monoiodotrisilane (MITS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Jianheng Li, John Francis Lehmann, Alan Charles Cooper
  • Publication number: 20220154331
    Abstract: Halidosilane compounds, processes for synthesizing halidosilane compounds, compositions comprising halidosilane precursors, and processes for depositing silicon-containing films (e.g., silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films) using halidosilane precursors. Examples of halidosilane precursor compounds described herein, include, but are not limited to, monochlorodisilane (MCDS), monobromodisilane (MBDS), monoiododisilane (MIDS), monochlorotrisilane (MCTS), and monobromotrisilane (MBTS), monoiodotrisilane (MITS). Also described herein are methods for depositing silicon containing films such as, without limitation, silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films, at one or more deposition temperatures of about 500° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: XINJIAN LEI, JIANHENG LI, JOHN FRANCIS LEHMANN, ALAN CHARLES COOPER
  • Patent number: 11268190
    Abstract: Processes for depositing silicon-containing films (e.g., silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films) are performed using halidosilane precursors. Examples of halidosilane precursor compounds described herein, include, but are not limited to, monochlorodisilane (MCDS), monobromodisilane (MBDS), monoiododisilane (MIDS), monochlorotrisilane (MCTS), and monobromotrisilane (MBTS), monoiodotrisilane (MITS). Also described herein are methods for depositing silicon containing films such as, without limitation, silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films, at one or more deposition temperatures of about 500° C. or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Jianheng Li, John Francis Lehmann, Alan Charles Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200032389
    Abstract: Halidosilane compounds, processes for synthesizing halidosilane compounds, compositions comprising halidosilane precursors, and processes for depositing silicon-containing films (e.g., silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films) using halidosilane precursors. Examples of halidosilane precursor compounds described herein, include, but are not limited to, monochlorodisilane (MCDS), monobromodisilane (MBDS), monoiododisilane (MIDS), monochlorotrisilane (MCTS), and monobromotrisilane (MBTS), monoiodotrisilane (MITS). Also described herein are methods for depositing silicon containing films such as, without limitation, silicon, amorphous silicon, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbonitride, doped silicon films, and metal-doped silicon nitride films, at one or more deposition temperatures of about 500° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Jianheng Li, John Francis Lehmann, Alan Charles Cooper
  • Publication number: 20190017167
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least one compound is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane, an trisilylamine-based compound, an organoaminodisilane compound, and a cyclic trisilazane compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, William Robert Entley, Robert Gordon Ridgeway, Xinjian Lei, John Francis Lehmann, Manchao Xiao
  • Patent number: 10106890
    Abstract: Compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least one compound is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane, an trisilylamine-based compound, an organoaminodisilane compound, and a cyclic trisilazane compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Jianheng Li, John Francis Lehmann, Xinjian Lei, Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, Robert Gordon Ridgeway, William Robert Entley
  • Publication number: 20170335449
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the composition comprises at least one compound is selected from the group consisting of a siloxane, an trisilylamine-based compound, an organoaminodisilane compound, and a cyclic trisilazane compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jianheng LI, John Francis LEHMANN, Xinjian LEI, Raymond Nicholas VRTIS, Robert Gordon RIDGEWAY, William Robert ENTLEY
  • Publication number: 20140196664
    Abstract: Condensable materials, such as but not limited to tungsten fluoride (WF6), can be used deposit films in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Described herein are methods to collect and reuse the condensable materials that are unreacted in the production process rather than treat these materials as waste. In one embodiment, when a condensable material, such as gaseous WF6, is not supplied to the CVD reactor, it is redirected to a recovery cabinet for capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew David Johnson, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Heui-Bok Ahn, William Jack Casteel, JR., Eugene Joseph Karwacki, JR., John Francis Lehmann, David Charles Winchester
  • Publication number: 20120277457
    Abstract: Aminosilanes, such as diisopropylaminosilane (DIPAS), are precursors for the deposition of silicon containing films such as silicon-oxide and silicon-nitride films. Described herein are methods to make these aminosilanes as well as intermediate compounds such as haloaminosilane compounds having the following formula: X4-nHn-1SiN(CH(CH3)2)2 wherein n is a number selected from 1, 2 and 3; and X is a halogen selected from Cl, Br, or a mixture of Cl and Br provided that when X is Cl, n is not 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: John Francis Lehmann, Howard Paul Withers, JR.
  • Patent number: 8206676
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing a chlorinated silane at least one end product comprising SiH3Cl, SiH2Cl2, and combinations thereof in molar yields of 50% or greater with respect to silane in the feed stream. The method described herein therefore provides an end product comprising the one or more chlorinated silanes by contacting reaction mixture comprising silane and hydrogen chloride with a catalyst at a temperature and time sufficient to provide the end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Agarwal, John Francis Lehmann, Charles Gardner Coe, Daniel Joseph Tempel
  • Publication number: 20110113628
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing a chlorinated silane at least one end product comprising SiH3Cl, SiH2Cl2, and combinations thereof in molar yields of 50% or greater with respect to silane in the feed stream. The method described herein therefore provides an end product comprising the one or more chlorinated silanes by contacting reaction mixture comprising silane and hydrogen chloride with a catalyst at a temperature and time sufficient to provide the end product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Agarwal, John Francis Lehmann, Charles Gardner Coe, Daniel Joseph Tempel