Patents by Inventor Rajeev Bajaj
Rajeev Bajaj 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).
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Patent number: 11965103Abstract: A formulation, system, and method for additive manufacturing of a polishing pad. The formulation includes monomer, dispersant, and nanoparticles. A method of preparing the formulation includes adding a dispersant that is a polyester derivative to monomer, adding metal-oxide nanoparticles to the monomer, and subjecting the monomer having the nanoparticles and dispersant to sonication to disperse the nanoparticles in the monomer.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Yingdong Luo, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Ashwin Murugappan Chockalingam, Daihua Zhang, Uma Sridhar, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Nag B. Patibandla, Hou T. Ng, Sudhakar Madhusoodhanan
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Patent number: 11964359Abstract: Implementations described herein generally relate to polishing articles and methods of manufacturing polishing articles used in polishing processes and cleaning processes. More particularly, implementations disclosed herein relate to composite polishing articles having graded properties. In one implementation, a polishing article is provided. The polishing article comprises one or more exposed first regions formed from a first material and having a first zeta potential and one or more second exposed regions formed from a second material and having a second zeta potential, wherein the first zeta potential is different from the second zeta potential.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Ashwin Chockalingham, Mahendra C. Orilall, Mayu Yamamura, Boyi Fu, Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Redfield
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Publication number: 20240123568Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments, a method for forming or otherwise preparing a polishing article by sequentially forming a plurality of polymer layers is provided and includes: (a) dispensing a plurality of droplets of a polymer precursor composition onto a surface of a previously formed at least partially cured polymer layer, where the polymer precursor composition contains a first precursor component containing an epoxide group and a photoinitiator component which generates a photoacid when exposed to UV light, (b) at least partially curing the plurality of droplets to form an at least partially cured polymer layer, and (c) repeating (a) and (b).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Sivapackia GANAPATHIAPPAN, Boyi FU, Ashwin CHOCKALINGAM, Daniel REDFIELD, Rajeev BAJAJ, Mahendra C. ORILALL, Hou T. NG, Jason G. FUNG, Mayu YAMAMURA
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Patent number: 11958162Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide polishing pads having a composite pad body and methods for forming the polishing pads. In one embodiment, the composite pad body includes one or more first features formed from a first material or a first composition of materials, and one or more second features formed from a second material or a second composition of materials, wherein the one or more first features and the one or more second features are formed by depositing a plurality of layers comprising the first material or first composition of materials and second material or second composition of materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Rajeev Bajaj, Kasiraman Krishnan, Mahendra C. Orilall, Daniel Redfield, Fred C. Redeker, Nag B. Patibandla, Gregory E. Menk, Jason G. Fung, Russell Edward Perry, Robert E. Davenport
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Patent number: 11951590Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and methods of forming polishing pads. A polishing pad includes a plurality of polishing elements and a plurality of grooves disposed between the polishing elements. Each polishing element includes a plurality of individual posts. Each post includes an individual surface that forms a portion of a polishing surface of the polishing pad and one or more sidewalls extending downwardly from the individual surface. The sidewalls of the plurality of individual posts define a plurality of pores disposed between the posts.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Shiyan Akalanka Jayanath Wewala Gonnagahadeniyage, Ashwin Chockalingam, Jason Garcheung Fung, Veera Raghava Reddy Kakireddy, Nandan Baradanahalli Kenchappa, Puneet Narendra Jawali, Rajeev Bajaj
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Publication number: 20240066660Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a source of coolant, a dispenser having one or more apertures suspended over the platen to direct coolant from the source of coolant onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad; and a controller coupled to the source of coolant and configured to cause the source of coolant to deliver the coolant through the nozzles onto the polishing surface during a selected step of a polishing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Haosheng Wu, Hari Soundararajan, Jianshe Tang, Shou-Sung Chang, Brian J. Brown, Yen-Chu Yang, You Wang, Rajeev Bajaj
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Patent number: 11911870Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and methods of forming polishing pads. A polishing pad includes a plurality of polishing elements. Each polishing element comprises an individual surface that forms a portion of a polishing surface of the polishing pad and one or more sidewalls extending downwardly from the individual surface to define a plurality of channels disposed between the polishing elements. Each of the polishing elements has a plurality of pore-features formed therein. Each of the polishing elements is formed of a pre-polymer composition and a sacrificial material composition. In some cases, a sample of the cured pre-polymer composition has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 80° C. or greater. A storage modulus (E?) of the cured pre-polymer composition at a temperature of 80° C. (E?80) can be about 200 MPa or greater.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Rajeev Bajaj, Yingdong Luo, Aniruddh Jagdish Khanna, You Wang, Daniel Redfield
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Patent number: 11897079Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing system includes a platen to support a polishing pad having a polishing surface, a source of coolant, a dispenser having one or more apertures suspended over the platen to direct coolant from the source of coolant onto the polishing surface of the polishing pad; and a controller coupled to the source of coolant and configured to cause the source of coolant to deliver the coolant through the nozzles onto the polishing surface during a selected step of a polishing operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Haosheng Wu, Hari Soundararajan, Jianshe Tang, Shou-Sung Chang, Brian J. Brown, Yen-Chu Yang, You Wang, Rajeev Bajaj
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Publication number: 20240025009Abstract: Polishing pads having discrete and selectively arranged regions of varying porosity within a continuous phase of polymer material are provided herein. In one embodiment a polishing pad features a plurality of polishing elements each comprising a polishing surface and sidewalls extending downwardly from the polishing surface to define a plurality of channels disposed between the polishing elements, wherein one or more of the polishing elements is formed of a continuous phase of polymer material having one or more first regions comprising a first porosity and a second region comprising a second porosity, wherein the second porosity is less than the first porosity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Aniruddh Jagdish KHANNA, Jason G. FUNG, Puneet Narendra JAWALI, Rajeev BAJAJ, Adam Wade MANZONIE, Nandan BARADANAHALLI KENCHAPPA, Veera Raghava Reddy KAKIREDDY, Joonho AN, Jaeseok KIM, Mayu YAMAMURA
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Publication number: 20240025010Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and method of forming polishing pads. In one embodiment, a polishing pad having a polishing surface that is configured to polish a surface of a substrate is provided. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer. At least a portion of the polishing layer comprises a continuous phase of polishing material featuring a plurality of first regions having a first pore-feature density and a plurality of second regions having a second pore-feature density that is different from the first pore-feature density. The plurality of first regions are distributed in a pattern in an X-Y plane of the polishing pad in a side-by-side arrangement with the plurality of second regions and individual portions or ones of the plurality of first regions are interposed between individual portions or ones of the plurality of second regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Puneet Narendra JAWALI, Nandan BARADANAHALLI KENCHAPPA, Jason G. FUNG, Shiyan Akalanka Jayanath WEWALA GONNAGAHADENIYAGE, Rajeev BAJAJ, Adam Wade MANZONIE, Andrew Scott LAWING
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Patent number: 11878389Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to structures formed using an additive manufacturing process, and more particularly, to polishing pads, and methods for manufacturing polishing pads, which may be used in a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process. The structures described herein are formed from a plurality of printed layers. The structure comprises a first material domain having a first material composition and a plurality of second material domains having a second material composition different from the first material composition. The first material domain is configured to have a first rate of removal and the plurality of second material domains are configured to have a different second rate of removal when an equivalent force is applied to a top surface of the first material domain and the plurality of second material domains.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Puneet Narendra Jawali, Veera Raghava Reddy Kakireddy, Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Redfield
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Patent number: 11851570Abstract: Polishing articles and methods of manufacturing polishing articles used in polishing processes and cleaning processes are provided. More particularly, implementations disclosed herein relate to composite polishing articles having tunable properties such as hydrophilicity and zeta potential. 3D printed chemical-mechanical planarization (CMP) pads composed of UV curable acrylic chemistry are generally hydrophobic in nature. Such hydrophobic behavior affects the wetting properties with abrasive-based polishing slurries such as ceria-base slurries. However, in order to increase the planarization and removal rate while decreasing defects, hydrophilic pads are preferred. In addition, it is desirable that the zeta potential (Zp) of the pads be tunable over a wide range of conditions at different pH values. Implementations of the present disclosure include methods for increasing the hydrophilicity and tuning the Zp of the pads with anionic additives and pads produced using these methods.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Uma Sridhar, Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Ashwin Chockalingam, Yingdong Luo, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Nag B. Patibandla, Hou T. Ng, Sudhakar Madhusoodhanan
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Patent number: 11826876Abstract: In one implementation, a method of forming a porous polishing pad is provided. The method comprises depositing a plurality of composite layers with a 3D printer to reach a target thickness. Depositing the plurality of composite layers comprises dispensing one or more droplets of a curable resin precursor composition onto a support. Depositing the plurality of composite layers further comprises dispensing one or more droplets of a porosity-forming composition onto the support, wherein at least one component of the porosity-forming composition is removable to form the pores in the porous polishing pad.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam, Ankit Vora, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Nag B. Patibandla, Hou T. Ng, Sudhakar Madhusoodhanan
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Patent number: 11813712Abstract: Polishing pads having discrete and selectively arranged regions of varying porosity within a continuous phase of polymer material are provided herein. In one embodiment a polishing pad features a plurality of polishing elements each comprising a polishing surface and sidewalls extending downwardly from the polishing surface to define a plurality of channels disposed between the polishing elements, wherein one or more of the polishing elements is formed of a continuous phase of polymer material having one or more first regions comprising a first porosity and a second region comprising a second porosity, wherein the second porosity is less than the first porosity.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Aniruddh Jagdish Khanna, Jason G. Fung, Puneet Narendra Jawali, Rajeev Bajaj, Adam Wade Manzonie, Nandan Baradanahalli Kenchappa, Veera Raghava Reddy Kakireddy, Joonho An, Jaeseok Kim, Mayu Yamamura
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Patent number: 11806829Abstract: Embodiments herein generally relate to polishing pads and method of forming polishing pads. In one embodiment, a polishing pad having a polishing surface that is configured to polish a surface of a substrate is provided. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer. At least a portion of the polishing layer comprises a continuous phase of polishing material featuring a plurality of first regions having a first pore-feature density and a plurality of second regions having a second pore-feature density that is different from the first pore-feature density. The plurality of first regions are distributed in a pattern in an X-Y plane of the polishing pad in a side-by-side arrangement with the plurality of second regions and individual portions or ones of the plurality of first regions are interposed between individual portions or ones of the plurality of second regions.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Puneet Narendra Jawali, Nandan Baradanahalli Kenchappa, Jason G. Fung, Shiyan Akalanka Jayanath Wewala Gonnagahadeniyage, Rajeev Bajaj, Adam Wade Manzonie, Andrew Scott Lawing
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Publication number: 20230330805Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to polishing articles and methods for manufacturing polishing articles used in polishing processes. More specifically, implementations disclosed herein relate to porous polishing pads produced by processes that yield improved polishing pad properties and performance, including tunable performance. Additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing processes provides the ability to make porous polishing pads with unique properties and attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sivapackia GANAPATHIAPPAN, Nag B. PATIBANDLA, Rajeev BAJAJ, Daniel REDFIELD, Fred C. REDEKER, Mahendra C. ORILALL, Boyi FU, Mayu YAMAMURA, Ashwin CHOCKALINGAM
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Patent number: 11772229Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Mahendra C. Orilall, Hou T. Ng, Jason G. Fung, Mayu Yamamura
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Publication number: 20230294239Abstract: Methods and formulations for manufacturing polishing articles used in polishing processes are provided. In one implementation, a UV curable resin precursor composition is provided. The UV curable resin precursor comprises a precursor formulation. The precursor formulation comprises a first resin precursor component that comprises a semi-crystalline radiation curable oligomeric material, wherein the semi-crystalline radiation curable oligomeric material is selected from a semi-crystalline aliphatic polyester urethane acrylate, a semi-crystalline aliphatic polycarbonate urethane acrylate, a semi-crystalline aliphatic polyether urethane acrylate, or combinations thereof. The precursor formulation further comprises a second resin precursor component that comprises a monofunctional or multifunctional acrylate monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Sivapackia GANAPATHIAPPAN, Ankit VORA, Boyi FU, Venkat HARIHARAN, Mayu YAMAMURA, Mario CORNEJO, Igor ABRAMSON, Mo YANG, Daniel REDFIELD, Rajeev BAJAJ, Nag B. PATIBANDLA
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Publication number: 20230278159Abstract: A method of fabricating a polishing layer of a polishing pad includes successively depositing a plurality of layers with a 3D printer, each layer of the plurality of polishing layers deposited by ejecting a pad material precursor from a nozzle and solidifying the pad material precursor to form a solidified pad material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Rajeev Bajaj, Barry Lee Chin, Terrance Y. Lee
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Patent number: 11745302Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Mahendra C. Orilall, Hou T. Ng, Jason G. Fung, Mayu Yamamura