Patents by Inventor Kevin Vincent

Kevin Vincent 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: 12176205
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunming Zhou, Jothilingam Ramalingam, Yong Cao, Kevin Vincent Moraes, Shane Lavan
  • Patent number: 12142478
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunming Zhou, Jothilingam Ramalingam, Yong Cao, Kevin Vincent Moraes, Shane Lavan
  • Publication number: 20240047064
    Abstract: A method may include generating, based on a plurality of electrophysiology simulations such as electrical and/or electromechanical activation maps, one or more atlases including an activation time (AT) atlas and a vectorcardiogram (VCG) atlas. The atlases may be generated by applying a dimensionality reduction technique to include one or more modes of variation present in the electrophysiology simulations. The atlases may be applied to match a clinical vectorcardiogram of a patient to a simulated vectorcardiogram associated with an activation map included in the electrophysiology simulations. At least one of a diagnosis or treatment for the patient may be determined based on the activation map. Related systems and computer program products are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Vincent, Andrew D. McCulloch
  • Publication number: 20240032849
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for execution by an SSEP (Somatosensory Evoked Potentials) system. The method involves acquiring at least one SSEP recording from a subject, and determining if the baseline potential is monitorable based on the at least one SSEP recording. The method also involves acquiring ongoing SSEP recordings from the subject, comparing the ongoing SSEP potentials to the monitorable baseline potential, and upon the ongoing SSEP potentials deviating from the monitorable baseline potential according to a defined criteria, executing an alert. This can allow a medical worker to decide whether to take any corrective action, such as repositioning the subject, with a goal of preventing or mitigating iatrogenic injury to a nervous system of the subject. The SSEP system can be substantially automated, such that there is little reliance on discretion by the medical worker. Also disclosed is a SSEP system configured to implement the method summarised above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Kevin Vincent
  • Publication number: 20230335393
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chunming ZHOU, Jothilingam RAMALINGAM, Yong CAO, Kevin Vincent MORAES, Shane LAVAN
  • Publication number: 20220415649
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chunming ZHOU, Jothilingam RAMALINGAM, Yong CAO, Kevin Vincent MORAES, Shane LAVAN
  • Patent number: 11469096
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chunming Zhou, Jothilingam Ramalingam, Yong Cao, Kevin Vincent Moraes, Shane Lavan
  • Patent number: 11414740
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a processing system for forming one or more layers of a photodiode. In one embodiment, the processing system includes a transfer chamber, a plurality of processing chambers, and a controller configured to cause a process to be performed in the processing system. The process includes performing a pre-clean process on a substrate, aligning and placing a first mask on the substrate, depositing a first layer on the substrate, and depositing a second layer on the substrate. The processing system can form layers of a photodiode in a low defect, cost effective, and high utilization manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Lerner, Roey Shaviv, Michael P. Karazim, Kevin Vincent Moraes, Steven V. Sansoni, Andrew J. Constant, Jeffrey Allen Brodine, Kim Ramkumar Vellore, Amikam Sade, Niranjan Kumar
  • Publication number: 20220179703
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to improve neural network computations. In at least one embodiment, a deep neural network library receives computation descriptors from one or more users and generates an optimized execution plan comprising one or more optimized operations to facilitate neural network computing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Vincent, Yang Xu, Scott A. Yokim, Mostafa Hagog, Lingfeng Zhang, Seth Erickson Walters, Anerudhan Gopal
  • Patent number: 11278518
    Abstract: 4-methylumbelliferone is useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Paul L. Bollyky, Nadine Nagy, Kevin Vincent Grimes
  • Patent number: 11161081
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for generating nanobubbles of a gas in a liquid, the apparatus including: (a) an outer tube; (b) a porous inner tube coaxially located within the outer tube that is at least partially occluded so as to define one or more liquid flow paths through the inner tube; (c) a pair of end assemblies attached to respective first and second ends of the outer tube, each end assembly having an opening in fluid communication with the one or more liquid flow paths so as to allow a flow of liquid in an axial direction through the apparatus; and, (d) a gas inlet for allowing a flow of gas into a chamber formed between the outer and inner tube, the flow of gas permitted to permeate through the porous inner tube into the one or more liquid flow paths, wherein, as the gas permeates through the porous inner tube, nanobubbles of gas are generated which become entrained in the liquid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NANO BUBBLE TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Peter Griffiths, Kevin Vincent Finn
  • Publication number: 20200385851
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a processing system for forming one or more layers of a photodiode. In one embodiment, the processing system includes a transfer chamber, a plurality of processing chambers, and a controller configured to cause a process to be performed in the processing system. The process includes performing a pre-clean process on a substrate, aligning and placing a first mask on the substrate, depositing a first layer on the substrate, and depositing a second layer on the substrate. The processing system can form layers of a photodiode in a low defect, cost effective, and high utilization manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander N. LERNER, Roey SHAVIV, Michael P. KARAZIM, Kevin Vincent MORAES, Steven V. SANSONI, Andrew J. CONSTANT, Jeffrey Allen BRODINE, Kim Ramkumar VELLORE, Amikam SADE, Niranjan KUMAR
  • Publication number: 20200350160
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for backside stress engineering of substrates to combat film stresses and bowing issues. In one embodiment, a method of depositing a film layer on a backside of a substrate is provided. The method includes flipping a substrate at a factory interface so that the backside of the substrate is facing up, and transferring the flipped substrate from the factory interface to a physical vapor deposition chamber to deposit a film layer on the backside of the substrate. In another embodiment, an apparatus for depositing a backside film layer on a backside of a substrate, which includes a substrate supporting surface configured to support the substrate at or near the periphery of the substrate supporting surface without contacting an active region on a front side of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Chunming ZHOU, Jothilingam RAMALINGAM, Yong CAO, Kevin Vincent MORAES, Shane LAVAN
  • Patent number: 10649165
    Abstract: A flat drop cable has notches or other structures for enhancing the stripability of the jacket from a core of the flat drop cable. The notches can have an angled configuration with surfaces that converge as the notches extend into the jacket. Inner edges, or rounded valleys, at the bottoms of the notches can be positioned along a tear path that intersects the core of the flat drop cable at an angle relative to a major axis of the flat drop cable. For example, the notches can be offset from a minor axis of the flat drop cable a sufficient distance such that the notches are positioned outside a central boundary region that extends tangent to sides of the core and parallel to a minor axis of the flat drop cable. The shoulders of the notches, where the notches transition to an outer jacket wall, may also include a radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Norin Paul Pausan, David John Walker, Kevin Vincent Bate
  • Publication number: 20190344224
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for generating nanobubbles of a gas in a liquid, the apparatus including: (a) an outer tube; (b) a porous inner tube coaxially located within the outer tube that is at least partially occluded so as to define one or more liquid flow paths through the inner tube; (c) a pair of end assemblies attached to respective first and second ends of the outer tube, each end assembly having an opening in fluid communication with the one or more liquid flow paths so as to allow a flow of liquid in an axial direction through the apparatus; and, (d) a gas inlet for allowing a flow of gas into a chamber formed between the outer and inner tube, the flow of gas permitted to permeate through the porous inner tube into the one or more liquid flow paths, wherein, as the gas permeates through the porous inner tube, nanobubbles of gas are generated which become entrained in the liquid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: NANO BUBBLE TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
    Inventors: Andrew Peter GRIFFITHS, Kevin Vincent FINN
  • Publication number: 20190269647
    Abstract: 4-methylumbelliferone is useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Paul L. Bollyky, Nadine Nagy, Kevin Vincent Grimes
  • Patent number: 10345266
    Abstract: A method and system for the ultrasonic non-destructive testing of joints in plastic pipes using A-scans. A hand-held ultrasonic transducer is used to perform an A-scan and a comparison made on a response from the interface region of the joint used to determine a quality of the joint. Levels of result can provide a binary output to give an indication of whether or not a defect is present in the joint. Comparison techniques are described. Tests for coupling efficiency and performance are described making the system useable by an unskilled technician. The system finds application in fault detection on electro-fusion welds in plastic pipe joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: INDEPTH INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Vincent Ross, Arjun Prakash Thattaliyath Kadumberi, Andrew Lindsay Burns
  • Publication number: 20190095933
    Abstract: A shopping analysis system captures, saves, and displays a number of variables related to a shopper's experience, including time spent shopping, path traveled within the store by shopper, specific areas visited within the store, time spent in a particular area of the store, total time spent in the store, items removed from shelves, items placed in cart and or basket or other carrying device, items put back on the shelves, items purchased. In embodiments, one or more wireless communication devices may be associated with shopping equipment to provide shopper data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Kevin Vincent Doherty
  • Patent number: 10183364
    Abstract: Disclosures include a method for manufacturing a ball member usable in a flow control valve. The method comprises connecting a workpiece to a rotating apparatus along an axis of rotation of the workpiece, simultaneously rotating the workpiece about the axis of rotation and moving a rotating cutting tool toward the axis of rotation along a second axis to form a first curved surface having a progressively shorter radius with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the second axis is generally oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and cutting a bore through the workpiece, wherein one end of the bore extends through the first surface and the other end of the bore extends through the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: CHROMATIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Vincent, Charlie Partridge, Miguel Barroso, Fred Casey, Blake Smith
  • Publication number: 20180299631
    Abstract: A flat drop cable has notches or other structures for enhancing the stripability of the jacket from a core of the flat drop cable. The notches can have an angled configuration with surfaces that converge as the notches extend into the jacket. Inner edges, or rounded valleys, at the bottoms of the notches can be positioned along a tear path that intersects the core of the flat drop cable at an angle relative to a major axis of the flat drop cable. For example, the notches can be offset from a minor axis of the flat drop cable a sufficient distance such that the notches are positioned outside a central boundary region that extends tangent to sides of the core and parallel to a minor axis of the flat drop cable. The shoulders of the notches, where the notches transition to an outer jacket wall, may also include a radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Norin PAUSAN, David John WALKER, Kevin Vincent BATE