Patents by Inventor Mingwei Zhu

Mingwei Zhu 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: 20220302339
    Abstract: Exemplary processing methods of forming an LED structure on a backplane may include coupling a first transfer substrate with an LED source substrate. The LED source substrate may include a plurality of fabricated LEDs. The coupling of the first transfer substrate may be produced with a first coupling material extending between the first transfer substrate and each LED of the plurality of fabricated LEDs. The methods may include separating the LED source substrate from the LEDs. The methods may include coupling a second transfer substrate with the first transfer substrate. The coupling of the first transfer substrate may be produced with a second coupling material extending between the second transfer substrate and each LED of the plurality of fabricated LEDs. The methods may include separating the first transfer substrate from the second transfer substrate. The methods may include bonding the plurality of fabricated LEDs with a display backplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hou T. Ng, Nag Patibandla, Uma Sridhar, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Mingwei Zhu
  • Patent number: 11437559
    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition system includes a chamber, three target supports to targets, a movable shield positioned having an opening therethrough, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece in the chamber, a gas supply to deliver nitrogen gas and an inert gas to the chamber, a power source, and a controller. The controller is configured to move the shield to position the opening adjacent each target in turn, and at each target cause the power source to apply power sufficient to ignite a plasma in the chamber to cause deposition of a buffer layer, a device layer of a first material that is a metal nitride suitable for use as a superconductor at temperatures above 8° K on the buffer layer, and a capping layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingwei Zhu, Zihao Yang, Nag B. Patibandla, Ludovic Godet, Yong Cao, Daniel Lee Diehl, Zhebo Chen
  • Publication number: 20220259412
    Abstract: Highly transparent (up to 92% light transmittance) wood composites have been developed. The process of fabricating the transparent wood composites includes lignin removal followed by index-matching polymer infiltration resulted in fabrication of the transparent wood composites with preserved naturally aligned nanoscale fibers. The thickness of the transparent wood composite can be tailored by controlling the thickness of the initial wood substrate. The optical transmittance can be tailored by selecting infiltrating polymers with different refractive indices. The transparent wood composites have a range of applications in biodegradable electronics, optoelectronics, as well as structural and energy efficient building materials. By coating the transparent wood composite layer on the surface of GaAs thin film solar cell, an 18% enhancement in the overall energy conversion efficiency has been attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Liangbing HU, Mingwei ZHU, Tian LI, Amy S. GONG, Jianwei SONG
  • Publication number: 20220254953
    Abstract: Method for cleaning and encapsulating microLED features are disclosed. Some embodiments provide for a wet clean process and a dry clean process to remove contaminants from the microLED feature. Some embodiments provide for the encapsulation of a clean microLED feature. Some embodiments provide improved crystallinity of the microLED feature and the capping layer. Some embodiments provide improved EQE of microLED devices formed from the disclosed microLED features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Mingwei Zhu
  • Patent number: 11404612
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a first cured composition over a first subset of the light-emitting diodes, and a second cured composition over a second subset of light-emitting diodes. The first cured composition includes a first photopolymer and a blue photoluminescent material that is an organic, organometallic, or polymeric material, embedded in the first photopolymer. The second cured composition includes a second photopolymer and a nanomaterial embedded in the second photopolymer. The nanomaterial is selected to emit red or green light in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingdong Luo, Lisong Xu, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Hou T. Ng, Byung Sung Kwak, Mingwei Zhu, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220189933
    Abstract: A multi-color display includes a backplane having backplane circuitry, an array of micro-LEDs electrically integrated with backplane circuitry of the backplane, a cover layer spanning the LEDs and having a plurality of recesses, and first and second color conversion layers. Each recess of the plurality of recesses positioned over a corresponding micro-LED from the plurality of micro-LEDs, the first color conversion layer is in each recess over a first plurality of LEDs to convert the illumination from the first plurality of LEDs to light of a first color, and the second color conversion layer is in each recess over a second plurality of LEDs to convert the illumination from the second plurality of LEDs to light of a different second color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Daihua Zhang, Yingdong Luo, Mingwei Zhu, Hou T. Ng, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220165789
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning micro-devices on a substrate includes one or more supports to hold a donor substrate and a destination substrate, an adhesive dispenser to deliver adhesive on micro-devices on the donor substrate, a transfer device including a transfer surface to transfer the micro-devices from the donor substrate to the destination substrate, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the adhesive dispenser to selectively dispense the adhesive onto selected micro-devices on the donor substrate based on a desired spacing of the selected micro-devices on the destination substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Mingwei Zhu, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Hou T. Ng, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Patent number: 11342481
    Abstract: Method for cleaning and encapsulating microLED features are disclosed. Some embodiments provide for a wet clean process and a dry clean process to remove contaminants from the microLED feature. Some embodiments provide for the encapsulation of a clean microLED feature. Some embodiments provide improved crystallinity of the microLED feature and the capping layer. Some embodiments provide improved EQE of microLED devices formed from the disclosed microLED features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Mingwei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220149250
    Abstract: Exemplary pixel structures may include a pixel structure of a display device panel stack. The structures may include a first panel. The first panel may include a plurality of ultraviolet light sources disposed on a backplane. The structures may also include a second panel. The second panel may be coupled with the first panel. The second panel may have an inner surface facing the ultraviolet light sources. The second panel may include a transparent substrate and a down-conversion layer. The down-conversion layer may be disposed overlying the transparent substrate. The down-conversion layer may be configured to down-convert ultraviolet light into visible light. The plurality of ultraviolet light sources and the inner surface of the second panel may be separated by a distance of at least 2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Nordsell, Mingwei Zhu, Nag Patibandla, John D. Busch, Moon Young Shin, Asha Parekh, Hou T. Ng
  • Publication number: 20220069174
    Abstract: A photocurable composition includes a blue photoluminescent material, one or more monomers, and a photoinitiator that initiates polymerization of the one or more monomers in response to absorption of the ultraviolet light. The blue photoluminescent material is selected to absorb ultraviolet light with a maximum wavelength in a range of about 300 nm to about 430 nm and to emit blue light. The blue photoluminescent material also has an emission peak in a range of about 420 nm to about 480 nm. The full width at half maximum of the emission peak is less than 100 nm, and the photoluminescence quantum yield is in a range of 5% to 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yingdong Luo, Lisong Xu, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Hou T. Ng, Byung Sung Kwak, Mingwei Zhu, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220069175
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a first cured composition over a first subset of the light-emitting diodes, and a second cured composition over a second subset of light-emitting diodes. The first cured composition includes a first photopolymer and a blue photoluminescent material that is an organic, organometallic, or polymeric material, embedded in the first photopolymer. The second cured composition includes a second photopolymer and a nanomaterial embedded in the second photopolymer. The nanomaterial is selected to emit red or green light in response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yingdong Luo, Lisong Xu, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Hou T. Ng, Byung Sung Kwak, Mingwei Zhu, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220052248
    Abstract: A superconducting device includes a substrate, a metal oxide or metal oxynitride seed layer on the substrate, and a metal nitride superconductive layer disposed directly on the seed layer. The seed layer is an oxide or oxynitride of a first metal, and the superconductive layer is a nitride of a different second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zihao Yang, Mingwei Zhu, Shriram Mangipudi, Mohammad Kamruzzaman Chowdhury, Shane Lavan, Zhebo Chen, Yong Cao, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Patent number: 11251226
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning micro-devices on a substrate includes one or more supports to hold a donor substrate and a destination substrate, an adhesive dispenser to deliver adhesive on micro-devices on the donor substrate, a transfer device including a transfer surface to transfer the micro-devices from the donor substrate to the destination substrate, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate the adhesive dispenser to selectively dispense the adhesive onto selected micro-devices on the donor substrate based on a desired spacing of the selected micro-devices on the destination substrate. The controller is configured to operate the transfer device such that the transfer surface engages the adhesive on the donor substrate to cause the selected micro-devices to adhere to the transfer surface and the transfer surface then transfers the selected micro-devices from the donor substrate to the destination substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingwei Zhu, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Hou T. Ng, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220040881
    Abstract: A super strong and tough densified wood structure is formed by subjecting a cellulose-based natural wood material to a chemical treatment that partially removes lignin therefrom. The treated wood retains lumina of the natural wood, with cellulose nanofibers of cell walls being aligned. The treated wood is then pressed in a direction crossing the direction in which the lumina extend, such that the lumina collapse and any residual fluid within the wood is removed. As a result, the cell walls become entangled and hydrogen bonds are formed between adjacent cellulose nanofibers, thereby improving the strength and toughness of the wood among other mechanical properties. By further modifying, manipulating, or machining the densified wood, it can be adapted to various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Liangbing HU, Mingwei ZHU, Jianwei SONG
  • Patent number: 11239213
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multi-color display includes dispensing a photo-curable fluid over a display having an array of LEDs disposed below a cover layer. The cover has an outer surface with a plurality of recesses, and the photo-curable fluid fills the recesses. The photo-curable fluid includes a color conversion agent. A plurality of LEDs in the array are activated to illuminate and cure the photo-curable fluid to form a color conversion layer in the recesses over the activated LEDs. This layer will convert light from these LEDs to light of a first color. An uncured remainder of the photo-curable fluid is removed. Then the process is repeated with a different photo-curable fluid having a different color conversion agent and a different plurality of LEDs. This forms a second color conversion layer in different plurality of recesses to convert light from these LEDs to light of a second color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Daihua Zhang, Yingdong Luo, Mingwei Zhu, Hou T. Ng, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220013707
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a device including a superconductive layer includes depositing a seed layer on a substrate, exposing the seed layer to an oxygen-containing gas or plasma to form a modified seed layer, and after exposing the seed layer to the oxygen-containing gas or plasma depositing a metal nitride superconductive layer directly on the modified seed layer. The seed layer is a nitride of a first metal, and the superconductive layer is a nitride of a different second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zihao Yang, Mingwei Zhu, Shriram Mangipudi, Mohammad Kamruzzaman Chowdhury, Shane Lavan, Zhebo Chen, Yong Cao, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20220013708
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a device including a superconductive layer includes depositing a seed layer on a substrate at a first temperature, the seed layer being a nitride of a first metal, reducing the temperature of the substrate to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature, increasing the temperature of the substrate to a third temperature that is higher than the first temperature to form a modified seed layer, and depositing a metal nitride superconductive layer directly on the modified seed layer at the third temperature, the superconductive layer being a nitride of a different second metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Zihao Yang, Mingwei Zhu, Shriram Mangipudi, Mohammad Kamruzzaman Chowdhury, Shane Lavan, Zhebo Chen, Yong Cao, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20210376187
    Abstract: Method for cleaning and encapsulating microLED features are disclosed. Some embodiments provide for a wet clean process and a dry clean process to remove contaminants from the microLED feature. Some embodiments provide for the encapsulation of a clean microLED feature. Some embodiments provide improved crystallinity of the microLED feature and the capping layer. Some embodiments provide improved EQE of microLED devices formed from the disclosed microLED features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Knisley, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Mark Saly, Mingwei Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210358742
    Abstract: A multi-color display includes a backplane having backplane circuitry, an array of micro-LEDs electrically integrated with backplane circuitry of the backplane, a first color conversion layer over each of a first plurality of light emitting diodes, a second color conversion layer over each of a second plurality of light emitting diodes, and a plurality of isolation walls separating adjacent micro-LEDs of the array. The micro-LEDs of the array are configured to generate illumination of the same wavelength range, the first color conversion layer converts the illumination to light of a first color, and the second color conversion layer converts the illumination to light of a different second color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daihua Zhang, Yingdong Luo, Mingwei Zhu, Hou T. Ng, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Nag B. Patibandla
  • Publication number: 20210328104
    Abstract: Oxygen controlled PVD AlN buffers for GaN-based optoelectronic and electronic devices is described. Methods of forming a PVD AlN buffer for GaN-based optoelectronic and electronic devices in an oxygen controlled manner are also described. In an example, a method of forming an aluminum nitride (AlN) buffer layer for GaN-based optoelectronic or electronic devices involves reactive sputtering an AlN layer above a substrate, the reactive sputtering involving reacting an aluminum-containing target housed in a physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber with a nitrogen-containing gas or a plasma based on a nitrogen-containing gas. The method further involves incorporating oxygen into the AlN layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Mingwei Zhu, Nag B. Patibandla, Rongjun Wang, Daniel Lee Diehl, Vivek Agrawal, Anantha Subramani