Patents by Inventor Kyle Fondurulia

Kyle Fondurulia 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: 10876205
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical vaporizer vessels and multiple chamber deposition modules. In some embodiments, a solid source chemical vaporizer includes a housing base and a housing lid. Some embodiments also include a first and second tray configured to be housed within the housing base, wherein each tray defines a first serpentine path adapted to hold solid source chemical and allow gas flow thereover. In some embodiments, a multiple chamber deposition module includes first and second vapor phase reaction chambers and a solid source chemical vaporizer vessel to supply each of the first and second vapor phase reaction chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Eric James Shero, Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Patent number: 10872804
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor processing apparatus having a reaction chamber which can include a baseplate having an opening; a moveable substrate support configured to support a substrate; a movement element configured to move a substrate held on the substrate support towards the opening of the baseplate; a plurality of gas inlets positioned above and configured to direct gas downwardly towards the substrate support; and a sealing element configured to form a seal between the baseplate and the substrate support, the seal positioned at a greater radial distance from a center of the substrate support than an outer edge of the substrate support. In some embodiments, the sealing element can also include a plurality of apertures extend through the sealing element, the apertures configured to provide a flow path between a position below the sealing element to a position above the sealing element. Some embodiments include two or more stacked sealing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia, John Kevin Shugrue, David Marquardt
  • Patent number: 10872803
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor processing apparatus having a reaction chamber which can include a baseplate having an opening; a moveable substrate support configured to support a substrate; a movement element configured to move a substrate held on the substrate support towards the opening of the baseplate; a plurality of gas inlets positioned above and configured to direct gas downwardly towards the substrate support; and a sealing element configured to form a seal between the baseplate and the substrate support, the seal positioned at a greater radial distance from a center of the substrate support than an outer edge of the substrate support. In some embodiments, the sealing element can also include a plurality of apertures extend through the sealing element, the apertures configured to provide a flow path between a position below the sealing element to a position above the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia, John Kevin Shugrue
  • Patent number: 10832903
    Abstract: Embodiments related to managing the process feed conditions for a semiconductor process module are provided. In one example, a gas channel plate for a semiconductor process module is provided. The example gas channel plate includes a heat exchange surface including a plurality of heat exchange structures separated from one another by intervening gaps. The example gas channel plate also includes a heat exchange fluid director plate support surface for supporting a heat exchange fluid director plate above the plurality of heat exchange structures so that at least a portion of the plurality of heat exchange structures are spaced from the heat exchange fluid director plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Fred Pettinger, Carl White, Dave Marquardt, Sokol Ibrani, Eric Shero, Todd Dunn, Kyle Fondurulia, Mike Halpin
  • Publication number: 20200340109
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical vaporizer vessels and multiple chamber deposition modules. In some embodiments, a solid source chemical vaporizer includes a housing base and a housing lid. Some embodiments also include a first and second tray configured to be housed within the housing base, wherein each tray defines a first serpentine path adapted to hold solid source chemical and allow gas flow thereover. In some embodiments, a multiple chamber deposition module includes first and second vapor phase reaction chambers and a solid source chemical vaporizer vessel to supply each of the first and second vapor phase reaction chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Eric James Shero, Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Publication number: 20200279721
    Abstract: A showerhead including a body having an opening, a first plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, a second plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, and wherein each of the first plate plurality of slots are concentrically aligned with the second plate plurality of slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Carl White, Todd Dunn, Eric Shero, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Patent number: 10714315
    Abstract: A showerhead including a body having an opening, a first plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, a second plate positioned within the opening and having a plurality of slots, and wherein each of the first plate plurality of slots are concentrically aligned with the second plate plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holdings B.V.
    Inventors: Carl White, Todd Dunn, Eric Shero, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Patent number: 10683571
    Abstract: A gas inlet system for a wafer processing reactor includes a tubular gas manifold conduit adapted to be connected to a gas inlet port of the wafer processing reactor; and gas feeds including a first feed for feeding a first gas into the tubular gas manifold conduit and a second feed for feeding a second gas into the tubular gas manifold conduit. Each feed has two or more injection ports connected to the tubular gas manifold conduit at a first axial position of the tubular gas manifold conduit, and the injection ports of each of the gas feeds are evenly distributed along a circumference of the tubular gas manifold conduit at the first axial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Lucian C. Jdira, Herbert Terhorst, Michael Halpin, Carl White, Todd Robert Dunn, Eric Shero, Melvin Verbass, Christopher Wuester, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Publication number: 20200056283
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical sublimator vessels and corresponding deposition modules. The solid source chemical sublimator can include a housing configured to hold solid chemical reactant therein. A lid may be disposed on a proximal portion of the housing. The lid can include a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and define a serpentine flow path within a distal portion of the lid. The lid can be adapted to allow gas flow within the flow path. The solid source chemical sublimator can include a filter that is disposed between the serpentine flow path and the distal portion of the housing. The filter can have a porosity configured to restrict a passage of a solid chemical reactant therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Eric James Shero, Carl Louis White, Mohith E. Verghese, Kyle Fondurulia, Timothy James Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10468291
    Abstract: An atomic deposition (ALD) thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition chamber configured to deposit a thin film on a wafer mounted within a space defined therein. The deposition chamber comprises a gas inlet that is in communication with the space. A gas system is configured to deliver gas to the gas inlet of the deposition chamber. At least a portion of the gas system is positioned above the deposition chamber. The gas system includes a mixer configured to mix a plurality of gas streams. A transfer member is in fluid communication with the mixer and the gas inlet. The transfer member comprising a pair of horizontally divergent walls configured to spread the gas in a horizontal direction before entering the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ASM America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Kyle Fondurulia, Carl White, Eric Shero, Darko Babic, Herbert Terhorst, Marko Peussa, Min Yan
  • Publication number: 20190139808
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor processing apparatus having a reaction chamber which can include a baseplate having an opening; a moveable substrate support configured to support a substrate; a movement element configured to move a substrate held on the substrate support towards the opening of the baseplate; a plurality of gas inlets positioned above and configured to direct gas downwardly towards the substrate support; and a sealing element configured to form a seal between the baseplate and the substrate support, the seal positioned at a greater radial distance from a center of the substrate support than an outer edge of the substrate support. In some embodiments, the sealing element can also include a plurality of apertures extend through the sealing element, the apertures configured to provide a flow path between a position below the sealing element to a position above the sealing element. Some embodiments include two or more stacked sealing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia, John Kevin Shugrue, David Marquardt
  • Publication number: 20190139807
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor processing apparatus having a reaction chamber which can include a baseplate having an opening; a moveable substrate support configured to support a substrate; a movement element configured to move a substrate held on the substrate support towards the opening of the baseplate; a plurality of gas inlets positioned above and configured to direct gas downwardly towards the substrate support; and a sealing element configured to form a seal between the baseplate and the substrate support, the seal positioned at a greater radial distance from a center of the substrate support than an outer edge of the substrate support. In some embodiments, the sealing element can also include a plurality of apertures extend through the sealing element, the apertures configured to provide a flow path between a position below the sealing element to a position above the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia, John Kevin Shugrue
  • Publication number: 20180130652
    Abstract: Embodiments related to managing the process feed conditions for a semiconductor process module are provided. In one example, a gas channel plate for a semiconductor process module is provided. The example gas channel plate includes a heat exchange surface including a plurality of heat exchange structures separated from one another by intervening gaps. The example gas channel plate also includes a heat exchange fluid director plate support surface for supporting a heat exchange fluid director plate above the plurality of heat exchange structures so that at least a portion of the plurality of heat exchange structures are spaced from the heat exchange fluid director plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Fred Pettinger, Carl White, Dave Marquardt, Sokol Ibrani, Eric Shero, Todd Dunn, Kyle Fondurulia, Mike Halpin
  • Publication number: 20180094351
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical vaporizer vessels and multiple chamber deposition modules. In some embodiments, a solid source chemical vaporizer includes a housing base and a housing lid. Some embodiments also include a first and second tray configured to be housed within the housing base, wherein each tray defines a first serpentine path adapted to hold solid source chemical and allow gas flow thereover. In some embodiments, a multiple chamber deposition module includes first and second vapor phase reaction chambers and a solid source chemical vaporizer vessel to supply each of the first and second vapor phase reaction chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Eric James Shero, Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia, Herbert Terhorst
  • Publication number: 20180094350
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to solid source chemical vaporizer vessels and multiple chamber deposition modules. In some embodiments, a solid source chemical vaporizer includes a housing base and a housing lid. Some embodiments also include a first and second tray configured to be housed within the housing base, wherein each tray defines a first serpentine path adapted to hold solid source chemical and allow gas flow thereover. In some embodiments, a multiple chamber deposition module includes first and second vapor phase reaction chambers and a solid source chemical vaporizer vessel to supply each of the first and second vapor phase reaction chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Eric James Shero, Carl Louis White, Kyle Fondurulia
  • Patent number: 9892908
    Abstract: Embodiments related to managing the process feed conditions for a semiconductor process module are provided. In one example, a gas channel plate for a semiconductor process module is provided. The example gas channel plate includes a heat exchange surface including a plurality of heat exchange structures separated from one another by intervening gaps. The example gas channel plate also includes a heat exchange fluid director plate support surface for supporting a heat exchange fluid director plate above the plurality of heat exchange structures so that at least a portion of the plurality of heat exchange structures are spaced from the heat exchange fluid director plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ASM America, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Pettinger, Carl White, Dave Marquardt, Sokol Ibrani, Eric Shero, Todd Dunn, Kyle Fondurulia, Mike Halpin
  • Patent number: 9593416
    Abstract: A precursor source vessel comprises a vessel body, a passage within the vessel body, and a valve attached to a surface of the body. An internal chamber is adapted to contain a chemical reactant, and the passage extends from outside the body to the chamber. The valve regulates flow through the passage. The vessel has inlet and outlet valves, and optionally a vent valve for venting internal gas. An external gas panel can include at least one valve fluidly interposed between the outlet valve and a substrate reaction chamber. Gas panel valves can each be positioned along a plane that is generally parallel to, and no more than about 10.0 cm from, a flat surface of the vessel. Filters in a vessel lid or wall filter gas flow through the vessel's valves. A quick-connection assembly allows fast and easy connection of the vessel to a gas panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ASM AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Fondurulia, Eric Shero, Mohith E. Verghese, Carl L. White
  • Publication number: 20160233124
    Abstract: An atomic deposition (ALD) thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition chamber configured to deposit a thin film on a wafer mounted within a space defined therein. The deposition chamber comprises a gas inlet that is in communication with the space. A gas system is configured to deliver gas to the gas inlet of the deposition chamber. At least a portion of the gas system is positioned above the deposition chamber. The gas system includes a mixer configured to mix a plurality of gas streams. A transfer member is in fluid communication with the mixer and the gas inlet. The transfer member comprising a pair of horizontally divergent walls configured to spread the gas in a horizontal direction before entering the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Kyle Fondurulia, Carl White, Eric Shero, Darko Babic, Herbert Terhorst, Marko Peussa, Min Yan
  • Patent number: 9359672
    Abstract: An atomic deposition (ALD) thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition chamber configured to deposit a thin film on a wafer mounted within a space defined therein. The deposition chamber comprises a gas inlet that is in communication with the space. A gas system is configured to deliver gas to the gas inlet of the deposition chamber. At least a portion of the gas system is positioned above the deposition chamber. The gas system includes a mixer configured to mix a plurality of gas streams. A transfer member is in fluid communication with the mixer and the gas inlet. The transfer member comprising a pair of horizontally divergent walls configured to spread the gas in a horizontal direction before entering the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ASM America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohith Verghese, Kyle Fondurulia, Carl White, Eric Shero, Darko Babic, Herbert Terhorst, Marko Peussa, Min Yan
  • Publication number: 20150240359
    Abstract: A gas inlet system for a wafer processing reactor includes a tubular gas manifold conduit adapted to be connected to a gas inlet port of the wafer processing reactor; and gas feeds including a first feed for feeding a first gas into the tubular gas manifold conduit and a second feed for feeding a second gas into the tubular gas manifold conduit. Each feed has two or more injection ports connected to the tubular gas manifold conduit at a first axial position of the tubular gas manifold conduit, and the injection ports of each of the gas feeds are evenly distributed along a circumference of the tubular gas manifold conduit at the first axial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Lucian C. Jdira, Herbert Terhorst, Michael Halpin, Carl White, Todd Robert Dunn, Eric Shero, Melvin Verbass, Christopher Wuester, Kyle Fondurulia