Patents by Inventor Richard Ho

Richard Ho 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: 20210407793
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: MARK LEONARD O'NEILL, MANCHAO XIAO, XINJIAN LEI, RICHARD HO, HARIPIN CHANDRA, MATTHEW R. MACDONALD, MEILIANG WANG
  • Publication number: 20210334445
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip placement. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip placement, comprising placing a respective macro node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the macro node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Anna Darling Goldie, Azalia Mirhoseini, Ebrahim Songhori, Wenjie Jiang, Shen Wang, Roger David Carpenter, Young-Joon Lee, Mustafa Nazim Yazgan, Chian-min Richard Ho, Quoc V. Le, James Laudon, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Kavya Srinivasa Setty, Omkar Pathak
  • Patent number: 11139162
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Patent number: 11100266
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip floorplan. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip floorplan, comprising placing a respective node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Chian-min Richard Ho, William Hang, Mustafa Nazim Yazgan, Anna Darling Goldie, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Azalia Mirhoseini, Emre Tuncer, Ya Wang, Anand Babu
  • Publication number: 20210140040
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the silicon-containing films are deposited using a compound having Formula I or II described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: JIANHENG LI, XINJIAN LEI, ROBERT G. RIDGEWAY, RAYMOND N. VRTIS, MANCHAO XIAO, RICHARD HO
  • Patent number: 10899500
    Abstract: Described herein is an FCVD process for depositing a silicon-containing film from at least one alkoxysilylamine precursor having the following Formulae A and B: wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C3 to C12 alkenyl group, a C3 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6 to C10 aryl group and wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C2 to C12 alkenyl group, a C2 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl, a C6 to C10 aryl group, and a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkoxy group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, Richard Ho, Daniel P. Spence, Xinjian Lei
  • Publication number: 20200364389
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip floorplan. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip floorplan, comprising placing a respective node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chian-min Richard Ho, William Hang, Mustafa Nazim Yazgan, Anna Darling Goldie, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Azalia Mirhoseini, Emre Tuncer, Ya Wang, Anand Babu
  • Publication number: 20200308416
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon oxide films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one silicon precursor compound, wherein the at least one silicon precursor compound is selected from the following Formulae A and B: as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Manchao Xiao, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman
  • Patent number: 10703915
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon oxide films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one silicon precursor compound, wherein the at least one silicon precursor compound is selected from the following Formulae A and B: as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Manchao Xiao, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman
  • Patent number: 10699043
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip floorplan. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip floorplan, comprising placing a respective node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Chian-min Richard Ho, William Hang, Mustafa Nazim Yazgan, Anna Darling Goldie, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Azalia Mirhoseini, Emre Tuncer, Ya Wang, Anand Babu
  • Publication number: 20200175216
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a computer chip floorplan. One of the methods includes obtaining netlist data for a computer chip; and generating a computer chip floorplan, comprising placing a respective node at each time step in a sequence comprising a plurality of time steps, the placing comprising, for each time step: generating an input representation for the time step; processing the input representation using a node placement neural network having a plurality of network parameters, wherein the node placement neural network is configured to process the input representation in accordance with current values of the network parameters to generate a score distribution over a plurality of positions on the surface of the computer chip; and assigning the node to be placed at the time step to a position from the plurality of positions using the score distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Chian-min Richard Ho, William Hang, Mustafa Nazim Yazgan, Anna Darling Goldie, Jeffrey Adgate Dean, Azalia Mirhoseini, Emre Tuncer, Ya Wang, Anand Babu
  • Publication number: 20200051811
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20200040192
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon oxide films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one silicon precursor compound, wherein the at least one silicon precursor compound is selected from the following Formulae A and B: as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Manchao Xiao, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman
  • Patent number: 10460929
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Patent number: 10453675
    Abstract: Described herein are precursors and methods for forming silicon-containing films. In one aspect, the precursor comprises a compound represented by one of following Formulae A through E below: In one particular embodiment, the organoaminosilane precursors are effective for a low temperature (e.g., 350° C. or less), atomic layer deposition (ALD) or plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) of a silicon-containing film. In addition, described herein is a composition comprising an organoaminosilane described herein wherein the organoaminosilane is substantially free of at least one selected from the amines, halides (e.g., Cl, F, I, Br), higher molecular weight species, and trace metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Leonard O'Neill, Manchao Xiao, Xinjian Lei, Richard Ho, Haripin Chandra, Matthew R. MacDonald, Meiliang Wang
  • Publication number: 20190292658
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods using same for forming a silicon-containing film such as without limitation a silicon oxide, silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, a carbon-doped silicon nitride, or a carbon-doped silicon oxide film on at least a surface of a substrate having a surface feature. In one aspect, the silicon-containing films are deposited using a compound having Formula I or II described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jianheng Li, Xinjian Lei, Robert Gordon Ridgeway, Raymond Nicholas Vrtis, Manchao Xiao, Richard Ho
  • Publication number: 20190225377
    Abstract: Described herein is an FCVD process for depositing a silicon-containing film from at least one alkoxysilylamine precursor having the following Formulae A and B: wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C3 to C12 alkenyl group, a C3 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6 to C10 aryl group and wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C2 to C12 alkenyl group, a C2 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl, a C6 to C10 aryl group, and a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, Richard Ho, Daniel P. Spence, Xinjian Lei
  • Patent number: 10294250
    Abstract: Organoaminosilanes, such as without limitation di-iso-propylaminosilane (DIPAS), are precursors for the deposition of silicon containing films such as silicon-oxide and silicon-nitride films. Described herein are methods to make organoaminosilane compounds, or other compounds such as organoaminodisilanes and organoaminocarbosilanes, via the catalytic hydrosilylation of an imine by a silicon source comprising a hydridosilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Xinjian Lei
  • Patent number: 10279959
    Abstract: Described herein are alkoxysilylamine precursors having the following Formulae A and B: wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C3 to C12 alkenyl group, a C3 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl group, and a C6 to C10 aryl group and wherein R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkyl group, a C2 to C12 alkenyl group, a C2 to C12 alkynyl group, a C4 to C10 cyclic alkyl, a C6 to C10 aryl group, and a linear or branched C1 to C10 alkoxy group. Also described herein are deposition processes using at least one precursor have Formulae A and/or B described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Manchao Xiao, Ronald Martin Pearlstein, Richard Ho, Daniel P. Spence, Xinjian Lei
  • Publication number: 20180127592
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods for forming silicon oxide films. In one aspect, the film is deposited from at least one silicon precursor compound, wherein the at least one silicon precursor compound is selected from the following Formulae A and B: as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Meiliang Wang, Matthew R. MacDonald, Richard Ho, Manchao Xiao, Suresh Kalpatu Rajaraman