Patents by Inventor Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI

Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI 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: 20230377855
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a substrate processing chamber, and methods for cleaning the substrate processing chamber are provided herein. An electrode cleaning ring is disposed in a lower portion of a process volume (e.g., disposed below a substrate support in the process volume). The electrode cleaning ring is a capacitively coupled plasma source. The electrode cleaning ring propagates plasma into the lower portion of the process volume. RF power is provided to the electrode cleaning ring via an RF power feed-through. The RF plasma propagated by the electrode cleaning ring removes deposition residue in the lower portion of the process volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mukesh Shivakumaraiah CHITRADURGA, Luke BONECUTTER, Sathya Swaroop GANTA, Canfeng LAI, Jay D. PINSON, Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI, Kallol BERA
  • Patent number: 11721545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods of depositing carbon film layers greater than 3,000 ? in thickness over a substrate and surface of a lid of a chamber using dual frequency, top, sidewall and bottom sources. The method includes introducing a gas to a processing volume of a chamber. A first radiofrequency (RF) power is provided having a first frequency of about 40 MHz or greater to a lid of the chamber. A second RF power is provided having a second frequency to a bias electrode disposed in a substrate support within the processing volume. The second frequency is about 10 MHz to about 40 MHz. An additional third RF power is provided having lower frequency of about 400 kHz to about 2 MHz to the bias electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Anup Kumar Singh, Rick Kustra, Vinayak Vishwanath Hassan, Bhaskar Kumar, Krishna Nittala, Pramit Manna, Kaushik Comandoor Alayavalli, Ganesh Balasubramanian
  • Publication number: 20220349050
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate a process chamber including a lid and a chamber body coupled to the lid. The chamber body and lid define a process volume and a coupling ring is disposed within the chamber body and below the lid. The coupling ring is coupled to ground or is coupled to a coupling RF power source. A substrate support is disposed and movable within the process volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Rick KUSTRA, Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI, Jay D. PINSON, II, Sathya Swaroop GANTA, Anup Kumar SINGH
  • Publication number: 20220139679
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    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: 20220102141
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods of depositing carbon film layers greater than 3,000 ? in thickness over a substrate and surface of a lid of a chamber using dual frequency, top, sidewall and bottom sources. The method includes introducing a gas to a processing volume of a chamber. A first radiofrequency (RF) power is provided having a first frequency of about 40 MHz or greater to a lid of the chamber. A second RF power is provided having a second frequency to a bias electrode disposed in a substrate support within the processing volume. The second frequency is about 10 MHz to about 40 MHz. An additional third RF power is provided having lower frequency of about 400 kHz to about 2 MHz to the bias electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Anup Kumar SINGH, Rick KUSTRA, Vinayak Vishwanath HASSAN, Bhaskar KUMAR, Krishna NITTALA, Pramit MANNA, Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN
  • Publication number: 20220064797
    Abstract: A lid for a process chamber includes a plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface has a recess and a seal groove formed in the first surface and surrounding the recess. The lid further includes an array of holes extending from the recess to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Akshay DHANAKSHIRUR, Juan Carlos ROCHA-ALVAREZ, Kaushik Comandoor ALAYAVALLI, Jay D. PINSON, II, Rick KUSTRA, Badri N. RAMAMURTHI, Anup Kumar SINGH, Ganesh BALASUBRAMANIAN, Bhaskar KUMAR, Vinayak Vishwanath HASSAN, Canfeng LAI, Kallol BERA, Sathya Swaroop GANTA