Patents by Inventor Srinivasa RANGAPPA

Srinivasa RANGAPPA 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: 20230230859
    Abstract: A batch processing chamber and a process kit for use therein are provided. The process kit includes an outer liner having an upper outer liner and a lower outer liner, an inner liner, and a top plate and a bottom plate attached to an inner surface of the inner liner. The top plate and the bottom plate form an enclosure together with the inner liner, and a cassette is disposed within the enclosure. The cassette including shelves configured to retain a plurality of substrates thereon. The inner liner has inlet openings disposed on an injection side of the inner liner and configured to be in fluid communication with a gas injection assembly of a processing chamber, and outlet openings disposed on an exhaust side of the inner liner and configured to be in fluid communication with a gas exhaust assembly of the processing chamber. The inner surfaces of the enclosure comprise material configured to cause black-body radiation within the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Adel George TANNOUS, Schubert S. CHU, Shu-Kwan LAU, Kartik Bhupendra SHAH, Zuoming ZHU, Ala MORADIAN, Surajit KUMAR, Srinivasa RANGAPPA, Chia Cheng CHIN, Vishwas Kumar PANDEY
  • Publication number: 20230167581
    Abstract: A process kit for use in a processing chamber includes an outer liner, an inner liner configured to be in fluid communication with a gas injection assembly and a gas exhaust assembly of a processing chamber, a first ring reflector disposed between the outer liner and the inner liner, a top plate and a bottom plate attached to an inner surface of the inner liner, the top plate and the bottom plate forming an enclosure together with the inner liner, a cassette disposed within the enclosure, the cassette comprising a plurality of shelves configured to retain a plurality of substrates thereon, and an edge temperature correcting element disposed between the inner liner and the first ring reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Kartik Bhupendra SHAH, Schubert S. CHU, Adel George TANNOUS, Ala MORADIAN, Nyi Oo MYO, Surajit KUMAR, Zuoming ZHU, Brian Hayes BURROWS, Vishwas Kumar PANDEY, Shu-Kwan LAU, Srinivasa RANGAPPA
  • Publication number: 20230154766
    Abstract: Apparatus for processing a substrate are described herein. More specifically, embodiments described herein relate to separate pre-clean process modules and pre-clean control modules coupled to a cluster tool assembly. Each pre-clean process module and each pre-clean control module are connected by a cable conduit which is configured to have power and control cables passing therethrough between the pre-clean process module and the ore-clean control module. A maintenance passage is formed through the cluster tool assembly. Each of a purge gas source, a process gas source, a manometer, an isolation port, and a throttle valve are all accessible from one side of the pre-clean process module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Songjae LEE, Avinash SHERVEGAR, Srinivasa RANGAPPA, Sundarapandiyan SHANMUGAM, Ernesto J. ULLOA, Vinodh RAMACHANDRAN, Abraham PALATY, Jaidev RAJARAM