Patents by Inventor Nathan LAVDOVSKY

Nathan LAVDOVSKY 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: 12198945
    Abstract: A vapor delivery head for wet treatment of a substrate includes a body including an upper surface, a lower surface, an upper plenum and a lower plenum. A first bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and fluidly connected to the upper plenum to supply heated fluid. A second bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and connected to the upper plenum to remove heated fluid. A third bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and connected to the lower plenum to receive a gas mixture. A plurality of through holes through the lower surface of the body are in fluid communication with the lower plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventors: Bhaskar Bandarapu, David Mui, Karl-Heinz Hohenwarter, Butch Berney, Nathan Lavdovsky, Christian Putzi, Hongbo Si, Robert Johnson, Michael Klemm, Bernhard Loidl
  • Publication number: 20240038526
    Abstract: A gas mixture for treating a substrate in a substrate processing system includes hydrogen fluoride gas, a vapor of an alcohol, an additive consisting of a base, and a carrier gas. The gas mixture can be used to treat high aspect ratio (HAR) structures arranged on a surface of a substrate. A surface of the substrate may be spin rinsed using a first rinsing liquid. The first rinsing liquid is spun off from the surface of the substrate. The gas mixture is directed onto the surface of the substrate after the first rinsing liquid is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Zhu, Gerome Michel Dominique Melaet, Nathan Lavdovsky, Rafal Dylewicz, David Mui
  • Patent number: 11823892
    Abstract: A gas mixture for treating a substrate in a substrate processing system includes hydrogen fluoride gas, a vapor of an alcohol, an additive consisting of a base, and a carrier gas. The gas mixture can be used to treat high aspect ratio (HAR) structures arranged on a surface of a substrate. A surface of the substrate may be spin rinsed using a first rinsing liquid. The first rinsing liquid is spun off from the surface of the substrate. The gas mixture is directed onto the surface of the substrate after the first rinsing liquid is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lam Research AG
    Inventors: Ji Zhu, Gerome Michel Dominique Melaet, Nathan Lavdovsky, Rafal Dylewicz, David Mui
  • Publication number: 20230131233
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described. An apparatus may include a processing chamber including chamber walls, a chamber heater configured to heat the walls, a pedestal positioned within the chamber and including a substrate heater having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light with wavelengths in the range of 400 nanometers (nm) and 800 nm, a window positioned above the heater and having a material transparent to light with wavelengths in the range of 400 nm and 800 nm, and three or more substrate supports, each having a substrate support surface vertically offset from the window and configured to support a substrate such that the window and the substrate are offset by a nonzero distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Nathan Lavdovsky, Butch Berney, Mark Naoshi Kawaguchi, Ji Zhu, Hongbo Si
  • Publication number: 20210391166
    Abstract: A gas mixture for treating a substrate in a substrate processing system includes hydrogen fluoride gas, a vapor of an alcohol, an additive consisting of a base, and a carrier gas. The gas mixture can be used to treat high aspect ratio (HAR) structures arranged on a surface of a substrate. A surface of the substrate may be spin rinsed using a first rinsing liquid. The first rinsing liquid is spun off from the surface of the substrate. The gas mixture is directed onto the surface of the substrate after the first rinsing liquid is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ji ZHU, Gerome Michel Dominique MELAET, Nathan LAVDOVSKY, Rafal DYLEWICZ, David MUI
  • Patent number: 11195730
    Abstract: A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber that provides a gas-tight enclosure. A rotary chuck is located within the closed process chamber. A heater is positioned relative to the chuck so as to heat a wafer shaped article held on the chuck from one side only and without contacting the wafer shaped article. The heater emits radiation having a maximum intensity in a wavelength range from 390 nm to 550 nm. At least one first liquid dispenser is positioned relative to the chuck so as to dispense a process liquid onto a side of a wafer shaped article that is opposite the side of the wafer-shaped article facing the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lam Research AG
    Inventors: Rainer Obweger, Andreas Gleissner, Thomas Wirnsberger, Franz Kumnig, Alessandro Baldaro, Christian Thomas Fischer, Mu Hung Chou, Rafal Ryszard Dylewicz, Nathan Lavdovsky, Ivan L. Berry, III
  • Publication number: 20210366738
    Abstract: A vapor delivery head for wet treatment of a substrate includes a body including an upper surface, a lower surface, an upper plenum and a lower plenum. A first bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and fluidly connected to the upper plenum to supply heated fluid. A second bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and connected to the upper plenum to remove heated fluid. A third bore is arranged on the upper surface of the body and connected to the lower plenum to receive a gas mixture. A plurality of through holes through the lower surface of the body are in fluid communication with the lower plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bhaskar BANDARAPU, David MUI, Karl-Heinz HOHENWARTER, Butch BERNEY, Nathan LAVDOVSKY, Christian PUTZI, Hongbo SI, Robert JOHNSON, Michael KLEMM, Bernhard LOIDL
  • Publication number: 20200090956
    Abstract: A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber that provides a gas-tight enclosure. A rotary chuck is located within the closed process chamber. A heater is positioned relative to the chuck so as to heat a wafer shaped article held on the chuck from one side only and without contacting the wafer shaped article. The heater emits radiation having a maximum intensity in a wavelength range from 390 nm to 550 nm. At least one first liquid dispenser is positioned relative to the chuck so as to dispense a process liquid onto a side of a wafer shaped article that is opposite the side of the wafer-shaped article facing the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Obweger, Andreas Gleissner, Thomas Wirnsberger, Franz Kumnig, Alessandro Baldaro, Christian Fischer, Mu Hung Chou, Rafal Ryszard Dylewicz, Nathan Lavdovsky, Ivan L. Berry
  • Patent number: 10490426
    Abstract: A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber that provides a gas-tight enclosure. A rotary chuck is located within the closed process chamber. A heater is positioned relative to the chuck so as to heat a wafer shaped article held on the chuck from one side only and without contacting the wafer shaped article. The heater emits radiation having a maximum intensity in a wavelength range from 390 nm to 550 nm. At least one first liquid dispenser is positioned relative to the chuck so as to dispense a process liquid onto a side of a wafer shaped article that is opposite the side of the wafer-shaped article facing the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH AG
    Inventors: Rainer Obweger, Andreas Gleissner, Thomas Wirnsberger, Franz Kumnig, Alessandro Baldaro, Christian Thomas Fischer, Mu Hung Chou, Rafal Ryszard Dylewicz, Nathan Lavdovsky, Ivan L. Berry, III
  • Publication number: 20160064242
    Abstract: A device for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a closed process chamber that provides a gas-tight enclosure. A rotary chuck is located within the closed process chamber. A heater is positioned relative to the chuck so as to heat a wafer shaped article held on the chuck from one side only and without contacting the wafer shaped article. The heater emits radiation having a maximum intensity in a wavelength range from 390 nm to 550 nm. At least one first liquid dispenser is positioned relative to the chuck so as to dispense a process liquid onto a side of a wafer shaped article that is opposite the side of the wafer-shaped article facing the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Rainer OBWEGER, Andreas GLEISSNER, Thomas WIRNSBERGER, Franz KUMNIG, Alessandro BALDARO, Christian Thomas FISCHER, Mu Hung CHOU, Rafal Ryszard DYLEWICZ, Nathan LAVDOVSKY, Ivan L. Berry, III