Patents by Inventor Máolin Long

Máolin Long 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: 7091503
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for measuring plasma uniformity and RF uniformity within a plasma chamber. A measurement device is provided within the plasma chamber, where the measurement device includes an electrically conductive surrogate wafer (10) including a planar end wall (12) that is exposed to plasma within the plasma chamber and a printed circuit substrate (20) positioned within the surrogate wafer. The end wall has an aperture (18), and the printed circuit substrate has an ion current collector (26) aligned with the aperture in the end wall. The ion current collector preferably extends within the aperture in the end wall, and the ion current collector has an exposed planar surface that is coplanar with an outer surf of the planar end wall. The device measures ion current flux using the ion current collector, and transmits data from the ion current collector to a receiver located outside of the plasma chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Wayne L. Johnson, Máolin Long