Patents by Inventor Rajiv Krishan Agarwal

Rajiv Krishan Agarwal 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: 10711227
    Abstract: Composition, method and system for PVD TiN hard mask removal from 28/20 nm pattern wafers have been disclosed. The composition uses peroxide as oxidizing agent for PVD TiN hard mask removal under slightly basic conditions. The composition comprises bulky or long chain organic amines or polyalkylamine to improve removal/etching selectivity of PVD TiN vs CVD TiN. The composition further comprises long chain organic acids or amines to maintain Co compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Wen Dar Liu, Yi-Chia Lee, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Tianniu Chen, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao
  • Patent number: 10073351
    Abstract: A photoresist or semiconductor manufacturing residue stripping and cleaning composition comprising water, one or more alkaline compounds, one or more corrosion inhibitors, and one or more oxidized products of one or more antioxidants, the method of making the composition and the method of using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Mark Richard Brown, Aiping Wu, David Barry Rennie, Yi-Chia Lee, Gene Everad Parris
  • Publication number: 20180251711
    Abstract: Composition, method and system for PVD TiN hard mask removal from 28/20 nm pattern wafers have been disclosed. The composition uses peroxide as oxidizing agent for PVD TiN hard mask removal under slightly basic conditions. The composition comprises bulky or long chain organic amines or polyalkylamine to improve removal/etching selectivity of PVD TiN vs CVD TiN. The composition further comprises long chain organic acids or amines to maintain Co compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Wen Dar Liu, Yi-Chia Lee, William Jack Casteel, JR., Tianniu Chen, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao
  • Patent number: 9976111
    Abstract: Composition, method and system for PVD TiN hard mask removal from 28/20 nm pattern wafers have been disclosed. The composition uses peroxide as oxidizing agent for PVD TiN hard mask removal under slightly basic conditions. The composition comprises bulky or long chain organic amines or polyalkylamine to improve removal/etching selectivity of PVD TiN vs CVD TiN. The composition further comprises long chain organic acids or amines to maintain Co compatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Wen Dar Liu, Yi-Chia Lee, William Jack Casteel, Jr., Tianniu Chen, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao
  • Publication number: 20170107460
    Abstract: Composition, method and system for PVD TiN hard mask removal from 28/20 nm pattern wafers have been disclosed. The composition uses peroxide as oxidizing agent for PVD TiN hard mask removal under slightly basic conditions. The composition comprises bulky or long chain organic amines or polyalkylamine to improve removal/etching selectivity of PVD TiN vs CVD TiN. The composition further comprises long chain organic acids or amines to maintain Co compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen Dar Liu, Yi-Chia Lee, William Jack Casteel, JR., Tianniu Chen, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao
  • Patent number: 9463978
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing trisilylamine. In one aspect, the method comprises: providing a reaction mixture of trisilylamine and monochlorosilane into a reactor wherein the reaction mixture is at a temperature and pressure sufficient to provide trisilylamine in a liquid phase wherein the reaction mixture is substantially free of an added solvent; contacting the reaction mixture with ammonia to provide a crude mixture comprising trisilylamine and an ammonium chloride solid wherein monochlorosilane is in stoichiometric excess in relation to ammonia; purifiying the crude mixture to provide trisilylamine wherein the trisilyamine is produced at purity level of 90% or greater; and optionally removing the ammonium chloride solid from the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Sai-Hong Andrew Lo, Howard Paul Withers, Jr., Joseph T. Sluzevich, James Joseph Hart
  • Publication number: 20160179011
    Abstract: A photoresist or semiconductor manufacturing residue stripping and cleaning composition comprising water, one or more alkaline compounds, one or more corrosion inhibitors, and one or more oxidized products of one or more antioxidants, the method of making the composition and the method of using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Mark Richard Brown, Aiping Wu, David Barry Rennie, Yi-Chia Lee, Gene Everad Parris
  • Publication number: 20160145102
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing trisilylamine. In one aspect, the method comprises: providing a reaction mixture of trisilylamine and monochlorosilane into a reactor wherein the reaction mixture is at a temperature and pressure sufficient to provide trisilylamine in a liquid phase wherein the reaction mixture is substantially free of an added solvent; contacting the reaction mixture with ammonia to provide a crude mixture comprising trisilylamine and an ammonium chloride solid wherein monochlorosilane is in stoichiometric excess in relation to ammonia; purifiying the crude mixture to provide trisilylamine wherein the trisilyamine is produced at purity level of 90% or greater; and optionally removing the ammonium chloride solid from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Sai-Hong Andrew Lo, Howard Paul Withers, JR., Joseph T. Sluzevich, James Joseph Hart
  • Patent number: 9284198
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing trisilylamine. In one aspect, the method comprises: providing a reaction mixture of trisilylamine and monochlorosilane into a reactor wherein the reaction mixture is at a temperature and pressure sufficient to provide trisilylamine in a liquid phase wherein the reaction mixture is substantially free of an added solvent; contacting the reaction mixture with ammonia to provide a crude mixture comprising trisilylamine and an ammonium chloride solid wherein monochlorosilane is in stoichiometric excess in relation to ammonia; purifiying the crude mixture to provide trisilylamine wherein the trisilyamine is produced at purity level of 90% or greater; and optionally removing the ammonium chloride solid from the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Sai-Hong Andrew Lo, Howard Paul Withers, Jr., Joseph T. Sluzevich, James Joseph Hart
  • Publication number: 20150004089
    Abstract: The method described herein provides a method for preparing trisilylamine. In one aspect, the method comprises: providing a reaction mixture of trisilylamine and monochlorosilane into a reactor wherein the reaction mixture is at a temperature and pressure sufficient to provide trisilylamine in a liquid phase wherein the reaction mixture is substantially free of an added solvent; contacting the reaction mixture with ammonia to provide a crude mixture comprising trisilylamine and an ammonium chloride solid wherein monochlorosilane is in stoichiometric excess in relation to ammonia; purifiying the crude mixture to provide trisilylamine wherein the trisilyamine is produced at purity level of 90% or greater; and optionally removing the ammonium chloride solid from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Sai-Hong Andrew Lo, Howard Paul Withers, JR., Joseph T. Sluzevich, James Joseph Hart
  • Publication number: 20140196664
    Abstract: Condensable materials, such as but not limited to tungsten fluoride (WF6), can be used deposit films in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. Described herein are methods to collect and reuse the condensable materials that are unreacted in the production process rather than treat these materials as waste. In one embodiment, when a condensable material, such as gaseous WF6, is not supplied to the CVD reactor, it is redirected to a recovery cabinet for capture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew David Johnson, Rajiv Krishan Agarwal, Heui-Bok Ahn, William Jack Casteel, JR., Eugene Joseph Karwacki, JR., John Francis Lehmann, David Charles Winchester