Patents by Inventor Steven E. Babayan

Steven E. Babayan 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: 20180019104
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a substrate processing chamber component assembly with plasma resistant seal. In one embodiment, the semiconductor processing chamber component assembly includes a first semiconductor processing chamber component, a second semiconductor processing component, and a sealing member. The sealing member has a body formed substantially from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The sealing member provides a seal between the first and second semiconductor processing chamber components. The body includes a first surface, a second surface, a first sealing surface, and a second sealing surface. The first surface is configured for exposure to a plasma processing region. The second surface is opposite the first surface. The first sealing surface and the second sealing surface extend between the first surface and the second surface. The first sealing surface contacts the first semiconductor processing chamber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Vahid FIROUZDOR, Imad YOUSIF, Steven E. BABAYAN, Rajinder DHINDSA, Changhun LEE, Khoi DOAN, Anthony O'MALLEY
  • Publication number: 20170213758
    Abstract: Apparatuses including a height-adjustable edge ring, and methods for use thereof are described herein. In one example, a substrate support assembly includes a height-adjustable edge ring, and the substrate support assembly is located within a process chamber. The substrate support assembly includes an electrostatic chuck, an edge ring positioned on a portion of the electrostatic chuck, and one or more actuators to adjust the height of the edge ring via one or more push pins. The height-adjustable edge ring can be used to compensate for erosion of the edge ring over time. In addition, the height-adjustable edge ring can be removed from the process chamber via a slit valve opening without venting and opening the process chamber. The height-adjustable edge ring can be tilted by the one or more actuators in order to improve azimuthal uniformity at the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Michael R. RICE, Yogananda SARODE VISHWANATH, Sunil SRINIVASAN, Rajinder DHINDSA, Steven E. BABAYAN, Olivier LUERE, Denis M. KOOSAU, Imad YOUSIF
  • Publication number: 20160345384
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a method for processing a substrate on a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a substrate. The method includes processing a first substrate using a first temperature profile on the ESC having primary heaters and spatially tunable heaters. A deviation profile is determined from a result of processing the first substrate from a target result profile. The first temperature profile is adjusted to a second temperature profile on the ESC based on the deviation profile. Adjusting to the second temperature profile includes incrementing the power to one or more spatially tunable heaters in one or more discrete locations corresponding to the deviations profile. A second substrate is then processed on the ESC using the second temperature profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Chunlei Zhang, Philip Criminale, Steven E. Babayan, David Ullstrom
  • Publication number: 20160329231
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a heating assembly. The substrate support assembly comprises a body having a substrate support surface and a lower surface, one or more main resistive heaters disposed in the body, a plurality of spatially tunable heaters disposed in the body, and a spatially tunable heater controller coupled to the plurality of spatially tunable heaters, the spatially tunable heater controller configured to independently control an output one of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters relative to another of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Vijay D. PARKHE, Steven E. BABAYAN, Konstantin MAKHRATCHEV, Zhiqiang GUO, Phillip R. SOMMER, Dan A. MAROHL
  • Patent number: 9472435
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a heating assembly. The substrate support assembly comprises a body having a substrate support surface and a lower surface, one or more main resistive heaters disposed in the body, a plurality of spatially tunable heaters disposed in the body, and a spatially tunable heater controller coupled to the plurality of spatially tunable heaters, the spatially tunable heater controller configured to independently control an output one of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters relative to another of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Vijay D. Parkhe, Steven E. Babayan, Konstantin Makhratchev, Zhiqiang Guo, Phillip R. Sommer, Dan A. Marohl
  • Publication number: 20160027678
    Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a substrate support assembly which enables both lateral and azimuthal tuning of the heat transfer between an electrostatic chuck and a heating assembly. The substrate support assembly comprises a body having a substrate support surface and a lower surface, one or more main resistive heaters disposed in the body, a plurality of spatially tunable heaters disposed in the body, and a spatially tunable heater controller coupled to the plurality of spatially tunable heaters, the spatially tunable heater controller configured to independently control an output one of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters relative to another of the plurality of spatially tunable heaters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Vijay D. PARKHE, Steven E. BABAYAN, Konstantin MAKHRATCHEV, Zhiqiang GUO, Phillip R. SOMMER, Dan A. MAROHL
  • Patent number: 7329608
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in a plasma flow device or reactor having a housing that contains conductive electrodes with openings to allow gas to flow through or around them, where one or more of the electrodes are powered by an RF source and one or more are grounded, and a substrate or work piece is placed in the gas flow downstream of the electrodes, such that said substrate or work piece is substantially uniformly contacted across a large surface area with the reactive gases emanating therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Steven E. Babayan, Robert F. Hicks
  • Publication number: 20050093458
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in a plasma flow device or reactor having a housing that contains conductive electrodes with openings to allow gas to flow through or around them, where one or more of the electrodes are powered by an RF source and one or more are grounded, and a substrate or work piece is placed in the gas flow downstream of the electrodes, such that said substrate or work piece is substantially uniformly contacted across a large surface area with the reactive gases emanating therefrom The invention is also embodied in a plasma flow device or reactor having a housing that contains conductive electrodes with openings to allow gas to flow through or around them, where one or more of the electrodes are powered by an RF source and one or more are grounded, and one of the grounded electrodes contains a means of mixing in other chemical precursors to combine with the plasma stream, and a substrate or work piece placed in the gas flow downstream of the electrodes, such that said substrate or work piece is
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Steven E. Babayan, Robert Hicks
  • Publication number: 20020129902
    Abstract: The invention is embodied in a plasma flow device or reactor having a housing that contains conductive electrodes with openings to allow gas to flow through or around them, where one or more of the electrodes are powered by an RF source and one or more are grounded, and a substrate or work piece is placed in the gas flow downstream of the electrodes, such that said substrate or work piece is substantially uniformly contacted across a large surface area with the reactive gases emanating therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Steven E. Babayan, Robert F. Hicks