Patents by Inventor Makonnen Payne

Makonnen Payne 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: 10790187
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that aids in the removal of post-etch residues and aluminum-containing material, e.g., aluminum oxide, in the production of semiconductors that utilize an aluminum-containing etch stop layer. The compositions have a high selectivity for post-etch residue and aluminum-containing materials relative to low-k dielectric materials, cobalt-containing materials and other metals on the microelectronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Emanuel I. Cooper, Makonnen Payne, WonLae Kim, Eric Hong, Sheng-Hung Tu, Chieh Ju Wang, Chia-Jung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10577567
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that aids in the removal of post-etch residues in the production of semiconductors. There is provided a stock composition comprising: a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide base or a quaternary trialkylalkanolamine base; a corrosion inhibitor; and a combination of at least two or more polyprotic acids or salts thereof, wherein at least one said polyprotic acid or salt thereof contains phosphorous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Makonnen Payne, Emanuel I. Cooper, WonLae Kim, Eric Hong, Sean Kim
  • Publication number: 20180204764
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that aids in the removal of post-etch residues and aluminum-containing material, e.g., aluminum oxide, in the production of semiconductors that utilize an aluminum-containing etch stop layer. The compositions have a high selectivity for post-etch residue and aluminum-containing materials relative to low-k dielectric materials, cobalt-containing materials and other metals on the microelectronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Emanuel I. Cooper, Makonnen Payne, WonLae Kim, Eric Hong, Sheng-Hung Tu, Chieh Ju Wang, Chia-Jung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180148669
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that aids in the removal of post-etch residues in the production of semiconductors. There is provided a stock composition comprising: a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide base or a quaternary trialkylalkanolamine base; a corrosion inhibitor; and a combination of at least two or more polyprotic acids or salts thereof, wherein at least one said polyprotic acid or salt thereof contains phosphorous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Makonnen Payne, Emmanuel I. Cooper, WonLae Kim, Eric Hong, Sean Kim
  • Patent number: 9416338
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions and processes for cleaning residue from a microelectronic device having said residue thereon. The composition comprises at least one amine, at least one oxidizing agent, water, and at least one borate species and achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the residue material, including post-ash residue, post-etch residue, post-CMP residue, particles, organic contaminants, metal ion contaminants, and combinations thereof from the microelectronic device while simultaneously not damaging the titanium nitride layers and low-k dielectric materials also present on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignees: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC., INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Emanuel I. Cooper, George Gabriel Totir, Makonnen Payne
  • Patent number: 9031700
    Abstract: A high productivity combinatorial system can be configured with sensors to automatically sense an identification tag of an installed reactor assembly, which comprises corresponding sensing elements. Configuration and usage data of the install reactor assembly can be retrieved from the identification tag, allowing the combinatorial system to properly access the reactor regions in the reactor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Intermolecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Makonnen Payne, Rekha Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20140273497
    Abstract: Embodiments provided herein describe systems and methods for processing substrates. A substrate having a plurality of site-isolated regions defined thereon is provided. A plurality of wet processes is simultaneously performed. Each of the plurality of wet processes is performed on one of the plurality of site-isolated regions defined on the substrate. The simultaneously performing includes exposing each of the plurality of site-isolated regions to one of a plurality of wet processing formulations. Each of the plurality of wet processing formulations includes a component. The respective component is added to at least some of the plurality of wet processing formulations during the exposing. A processing condition is varied between at least two of the plurality of wet processes in a combinatorial manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Intermolecular Inc.
    Inventors: Makonnen Payne, Kim Van Berkel
  • Publication number: 20130303420
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions and processes for cleaning residue from a microelectronic device having said residue thereon. The composition comprises at least one amine, at least one oxidizing agent, water, and at least one borate species and achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the residue material, including post-ash residue, post-etch residue, post-CMP residue, particles, organic contaminants, metal ion contaminants, and combinations thereof from the microelectronic device while simultaneously not damaging the titanium nitride layers and low-k dielectric materials also present on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Emanuel I. Cooper, George Gabriel Totir, Makonnen Payne
  • Publication number: 20130280123
    Abstract: Methods of reducing the capillary forces experienced by fragile high aspect ratio structures during drying to substantially prevent damage to said high aspect ratio structures during drying. They include modifying the surface of the high aspect ratio structures such that the forces are sufficiently minimized and as such less than 10% of the high aspect ratio features will have bent or collapsed during drying of the structure having said features thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Tianniu Chen, Steven Bilodeau, Chimin Sheu, Mutsumi Nakanishi, Masahiro Matsuoka, Fumio Nakayama, Peng Zhang, Michael B. Korzenski, Emanuel I. Cooper, Kate Veccharelli, Makonnen Payne
  • Publication number: 20130090765
    Abstract: A high productivity combinatorial system can be configured with sensors to automatically sense an identification tag of an installed reactor assembly, which comprises corresponding sensing elements. Configuration and usage data of the install reactor assembly can be retrieved from the identification tag, allowing the combinatorial system to properly access the reactor regions in the reactor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERMOLECULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Makonnen Payne, Rekha Rajaram
  • Publication number: 20030143263
    Abstract: A disposable, single use dry cleansing cloth or wipe is provided. The cleansing cloth has a water insoluble substrate and a deposited cleansing composition having a lathering surfactant. The cleansing composition is deposited in an amount such that the cleansing composition rinses out after several re-wettings of said cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: PLAYTEX PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Catherine Durden, Makonnen Payne
  • Publication number: 20030140439
    Abstract: A disposable, single use dry cleansing cloth or wipe is provided. The cleansing cloth has a water insoluble substrate and a deposited cleansing solution having a lathering surfactant. The cleansing solution is deposited in an amount such that the cleansing solution rinses out after several re-wettings of said cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Playtex Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Durden, Makonnen Payne