Patents by Inventor Michele Forzan

Michele Forzan 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: 20220025519
    Abstract: The reactor (100) for deposition of layers of semiconductor material on substrates, comprises: a reaction chamber (110), a susceptor assembly (120) located inside the reaction chamber, and a heating system (130) adapted to heat the susceptor assembly by electromagnetic induction; the heating system (130) comprises a first (131) inductor and a second (132) inductor and a power supply (135) adapted to electrically feed the first and second inductors (131, 132) with alternating currents that are distinct and independent from one another; the reactor (100) further comprises a shielding assembly (140) adapted to limit electromagnetic coupling between the first and the second inductors (131, 132).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Michele Forzan, Danilo Crippa, Silvio Preti
  • Publication number: 20210189594
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a susceptor comprising a disc-shaped portion (21) and a cylindrical or conical portion (22); the disc-shaped portion (21) is used to (directly or indirectly) support one or more substrates to be subjected to epitaxial deposition inside a reaction chamber of an epitaxial deposition reactor; the cylindrical or conical portion (22) is used to contribute to the heating of the disc-shaped portion (21); thanks to the configuration of the susceptor, it is possible to heat the disc-shaped portion (21) to a very uniform temperature; in fact, for example, the heating of the susceptor can be obtained through a first inductor (4) adapted to directly heat the disc-shaped portion (21), in particular its outer annular zone, and a second inductor (5) adapted to directly heat the cylindrical or conical portion (22) and indirectly heat the disc-shaped portion (21), in particular its central zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Vincenzo Ogliari, Michele Forzan, Silvio Preti
  • Patent number: 10462855
    Abstract: A device for the induction heating of a billet of metal of high electrical conductivity has: a tubular body supporting a plurality of permanent magnets arranged inside the tubular body, angularly spaced apart from each other and arranged so as to be alternated with opposite polarities. The device also has a support for the billet that is arranged inside the tubular body and faces the magnets. The device also has a motor adapted to rotate the tubular body with respect to the billet in order to induce currents in the billet that circulate within the metal material, obtaining the heating of the billet by the Joule effect. An integral cooling system for the permanent magnets is provided, this being carried by the tubular body and suitable for feeding cooling air flows between adjacent permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: INOVA LAB S.R.L.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Marcello Zerbetto
  • Publication number: 20150083713
    Abstract: A device for the induction heating of a billet of metal of high electrical conductivity has: a tubular body supporting a plurality of permanent magnets arranged inside the tubular body, angularly spaced apart from each other and arranged so as to be alternated with opposite polarities. The device also has a support for the billet that is arranged inside the tubular body and faces the magnets, The device also has a motor adapted to rotate the tubular body with respect to the billet in order to induce currents in the billet that circulate within the metal material, obtaining the heating of the billet by the Joule effect. An integral cooling system for the permanent magnets is provided, this being carried by the tubular body and suitable for feeding cooling air flows between adjacent permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Marcello Zerbetto
  • Publication number: 20120304697
    Abstract: A device for obtaining multicrystalline silicon, including: at least one crucible made of quartz for the silicon, removably housed in a cup-shaped graphite container; a fluid-tight openable casing; a top induction coil, set facing, with interposition of a graphite plate, the crucible, a lateral induction coil, set around a side wall of the graphite container, and a bottom induction coil, set facing a bottom wall of the graphite container and vertically mobile for varying the distance from the bottom wall; and first means for a.c. electrical supply of the induction coils separately from one another, and second means for supply of a coolant within respective hollow turns of the induction coils; the bottom induction coil includes four spiral windings, arranged alongside one another; electrical switching means enable in use selective connection of the four windings to one another according to different configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SAET S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Dario Ciscato, Mariolino Cesano, Fabrizio Crivello, Roberto Bechini
  • Publication number: 20120297580
    Abstract: A device for obtaining multicrystalline silicon, including: at least one crucible, removably housed in a cup-shaped graphite container; a fluid-tight casing, including a fixed bottom half-shell and a vertically mobile top half-shell; a top induction coil, set facing, with interposition of a graphite plate, the crucible, a lateral induction coil and a bottom induction coil vertically mobile for varying the distance from the bottom wall; and means for a.c. electrical supply of the induction coils separately from one another; at least the lateral induction coil includes a plurality of plane turns set on top of one another, and means for selectively short-circuiting, supplying or not supplying the turns, all together or separately one or more at a time and for varying the frequency of supply thereof all together or separately one or more at a time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Dario Ciscato, Mariolino Cesano, Fabrizio Crivello, Paolo Bernabini
  • Patent number: 7838805
    Abstract: Preform heating device able to perform a precise and strongly localised heating of the preforms before the blow moulding phase of the plastic bottle or container production process. This device has an innovative construction configuration, thus allowing high efficiency thanks to the significant reduction in the energy required to reach the project temperatures in the heating element in a very rapid way. The inductor does not heat the preform directly, but takes to the temperature set, through the concentration of the magnetic flow, generated by the passage of current, a conductor material of a particular form that, by irradiation and convection, in turn heats the PET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: S.I.P.A. Societa Industrializzazione Progettazione E Automazione S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Armellin, Carlo Corocher, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Matteo Zoppas
  • Publication number: 20080217326
    Abstract: Preform heating device able to perform a precise and strongly localised heating of the preforms before the blow moulding phase of the plastic bottle or container production process. This device has an innovative construction configuration, thus allowing high efficiency thanks to the significant reduction in the energy required to reach the project temperatures in the heating element in a very rapid way. The inductor does not heat the preform directly, but takes to the temperature set, through the concentration of the magnetic flow, generated by the passage of current, a conductor material of a particular form that, by irradiation and convection, in turn heats the PET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Alberto Armellin, Carlo Corocher, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan, Matteo Zoppas