Patents by Inventor Vishwas Kumar Pandey
Vishwas Kumar Pandey 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: 12183559Abstract: An adapter for a deposition chamber includes an adapter body extending longitudinally about a central axis between an upper side and lower side opposite the upper side. The adapter body has a central opening about the central axis. The adapter body has a radially outer portion having a connection surface on the lower side and a radially inner portion having a coolant channel and a stepped surface on the lower side. At least a portion of the coolant channel is spaced radially inwardly from a radially inner end of the connection surface. At least the portion of the coolant channel is disposed longitudinally below the connection surface between the connection surface and the stepped surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Colin John Dickinson, Dinkesh Huderi Somanna, Ala Moradian, Kartik Bhupendra Shah
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Patent number: 12139790Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally relate to a processing system and a method of delivering a reactant gas. The processing system includes a substrate support system, an injection cone, and an intake. The injection cone includes a linear rudder. The linear rudder is disposed such that the flow of reactant gas through the injection cone results in film growth on a specific portion of a substrate. The method includes flowing the gas through the injection cone and delivering the gas onto the substrate below. The localization of the reactant gas, allows for film growth on a specific portion of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher Olsen, Rene George, Eric Shono, Lara Hawrylchak, Erika Hansen, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Hansel Lo, Kartik Shah
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Patent number: 11959169Abstract: A gas injector for processing a substrate includes a body having an inlet connectable to a gas source that is configured to provide a gas flow in a first direction into the inlet when processing a substrate on a substrate support disposed within a processing volume of a processing chamber, and an a gas injection channel formed in the body. The gas injection channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and configured to deliver the gas flow to an inlet of the processing chamber. The gas injection channel has a first interior surface and a second interior surface that are parallel to a second direction and a third direction. The second and third directions are misaligned with a center of the substrate, and are at an angle to the first direction towards a first edge of the substrate support.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Eric Kihara Shono, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher S. Olsen, Kartik Shah, Hansel Lo, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Rene George, Lara Hawrylchak, Erika Hansen
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Patent number: 11885021Abstract: A gas supply member includes a first side opposite a second side and an inner surface defining a first opening extending between the first and second sides. The gas supply member includes a third side orthogonal to the first side, the third side includes a first extension that has a face partially defining the second side, and the first extension includes a first plurality of holes extending through the first extension to the face. The gas supply member includes a fourth side opposite the third side, the fourth side includes a protrusion that has a face partially defining the second side. The gas supply member also includes a baffle disposed adjacent to the inner surface, the baffle includes a first portion extending from the inner surface and a second portion attached to the first portion, and the second portion orthogonal to the first portion and parallel to the third side.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kartik Shah, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Kailash Pradhan, Sairaju Tallavarjula, Rene George, Eric Kihara Shono, Philip A. Bottini, Roger Curtis
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Patent number: 11732355Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides methods of providing at least metastable radical molecular species and/or radical atomic species to a processing volume of a process chamber during an electronic device fabrication process, and apparatus related thereto. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a gas injection assembly disposed between a remote plasma source and a process chamber. The gas injection assembly includes a body, a dielectric liner disposed in the body that defines a gas mixing volume, a first flange to couple the gas injection assembly to a process chamber, and a second flange to couple the gas injection assembly to the remote plasma source. The gas injection assembly further includes one or more gas injection ports formed through the body and the liner.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Eric Kihara Shono, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Taewan Kim, Hansel Lo
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Patent number: 11697875Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides methods of providing at least metastable radical molecular species and/or radical atomic species to a processing volume of a process chamber during an electronic device fabrication process, and apparatus related thereto. In one embodiment, the apparatus is a gas injection assembly disposed between a remote plasma source and a process chamber. The gas injection assembly includes a body, a dielectric liner disposed in the body that defines a gas mixing volume, a first flange to couple the gas injection assembly to a process chamber, and a second flange to couple the gas injection assembly to the remote plasma source. The gas injection assembly further includes one or more gas injection ports formed through the body and the liner.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Eric Kihara Shono, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Taewan Kim, Hansel Lo
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Patent number: 11529592Abstract: Gas injectors for providing uniform flow of fluid are provided herein. The gas injector includes a plenum body. The plenum body includes a recess, a protrusion adjacent to the recess and extending laterally away from the plenum body, and a plurality of nozzles extending laterally from an exterior surface of the plenum body. The plenum body has a plurality of holes in an exterior wall of the plenum body. Each nozzle is in fluid communication with an interior volume of the plenum body. By directing the flow of fluid, the gas injector provides for a uniform deposition.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Lara Hawrylchak, Eric Kihara Shono, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Sairaju Tallavarjula, Kailash Pradhan, Rene George, Johanes F. Swenberg, Stephen Moffatt
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Patent number: 11532463Abstract: A processing chamber may include a gas distribution member, a metal ring member below the gas distribution member, and an isolating assembly coupled with the metal ring member and isolating the metal ring member from the gas distribution member. The isolating assembly may include an outer isolating member coupled with the metal ring member. The outer isolating member may at least in part define a chamber wall. The isolating assembly may further include an inner isolating member coupled with the outer isolating member. The inner isolating member may be disposed radially inward from the metal ring member about an central axis of the processing chamber. The inner isolating member may define a plurality of openings configured to provide fluid access into a radial gap between the metal ring member and the inner isolating member.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Vinay K. Prabhakar, Bushra Afzal, Badri N. Ramamurthi, Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez
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Patent number: 11515132Abstract: Physical vapor deposition target assemblies and methods of manufacturing such target assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary target assembly comprises a flow pattern including a plurality of arcs and bends fluidly connected to an inlet end and an outlet end.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Bhat, Vibhu Jindal, Vishwas Kumar Pandey
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Patent number: 11501945Abstract: In one example, a chamber inlet assembly includes a chamber inlet, an outer coupling for a delivery line, and an inner coupling for a processing region of a processing chamber. The inner coupling and the outer coupling are on inner and outer ends, respectively, of the chamber inlet, wherein a cross-sectional area of the inner coupling is larger than a cross-sectional area of the outer coupling. The chamber inlet assembly also includes a longitudinal profile including the inner and outer ends and a first side and a second side, the first and second sides being on opposite sides of the chamber inlet, wherein a shape of the longitudinal profile comprises at least one of triangular, modified triangular, trapezoidal, modified trapezoidal, rectangular, modified rectangular, rhomboidal, and modified rhomboidal. The chamber inlet assembly also includes cassette including the chamber inlet and configured to set into a side wall of the processing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Eric Kihara Shono, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher S. Olsen, Hansel Lo, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Taewan Kim, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn
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Patent number: 11501954Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a processing chamber for conformal oxidation of high aspect ratio structures. The processing chamber includes a chamber body with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a flow assembly disposed in the first side. The flow assembly includes a flow divider to direct fluid flow away from a center of a substrate disposed in a processing region of the processing chamber. The flow divider includes a crescent shaped first side, a top, and a bottom. The processing chamber also includes a distributed pumping structure located adjacent to the second side. The flow assembly is designed to reduce flow constriction of the radicals, leading to increased radical concentration and flux.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Hansel Lo, Eric Kihara Shono, Hemantha Raju
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Patent number: 11486038Abstract: A gas injector for processing a substrate includes a body having an inlet connectable to a gas source that is configured to provide a gas flow in a first direction into the inlet when processing a substrate on a substrate support disposed within a processing volume of a processing chamber, and an a gas injection channel formed in the body. The gas injection channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and configured to deliver the gas flow to an inlet of the processing chamber. The gas injection channel has a first interior surface and a second interior surface that are parallel to a second direction and a third direction. The second and third directions do not intersect a center of the substrate, and are at an angle to the first direction towards a first edge of the substrate support.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Eric Kihara Shono, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher S. Olsen, Kartik Shah, Hansel Lo, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn, Rene George, Lara Hawrylchak, Erika Hansen
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Patent number: 11124878Abstract: A gas supply member includes a first side opposite a second side and an inner surface defining a first opening extending between the first and second sides. The gas supply member includes a third side orthogonal to the first side, the third side includes a first extension that has a face partially defining the second side, and the first extension includes a first plurality of holes extending through the first extension to the face. The gas supply member includes a fourth side opposite the third side, the fourth side includes a protrusion that has a face partially defining the second side. The gas supply member also includes a baffle disposed adjacent to the inner surface, the baffle includes a first portion extending from the inner surface and a second portion attached to the first portion, and the second portion orthogonal to the first portion and parallel to the third side.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Kartik Shah, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Kailash Pradhan, Sairaju Tallavarjula, Rene George, Eric Kihara Shono, Philip A. Bottini, Roger Curtis
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Publication number: 20210272785Abstract: Physical vapor deposition target assemblies and methods of manufacturing such target assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary target assembly comprises a flow pattern including a plurality of arcs and bends fluidly connected to an inlet end and an outlet end.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Sanjay Bhat, Vibhu Jindal, Vishwas Kumar Pandey
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Patent number: 11077410Abstract: Gas injectors for providing uniform flow of fluid are provided herein. The gas injector includes a plenum body. The plenum body includes a recess, a protrusion adjacent to the recess and extending laterally away from the plenum body, and a plurality of nozzles extending laterally from an exterior surface of the plenum body. The plenum body has a plurality of holes in an exterior wall of the plenum body. Each nozzle is in fluid communication with an interior volume of the plenum body. By directing the flow of fluid, the gas injector provides for a uniform deposition.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Lara Hawrylchak, Eric Kihara Shono, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Sairaju Tallavarjula, Kailash Pradhan, Rene George, Johanes F. Swenberg, Stephen Moffatt
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Patent number: 11049696Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a processing chamber for conformal oxidation of high aspect ratio structures. The processing chamber includes a chamber body with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a flow assembly disposed in the first side. The flow assembly includes a flow divider to direct fluid flow away from a center of a substrate disposed in a processing region of the processing chamber. The flow divider includes a crescent shaped first side, a top, and a bottom. The processing chamber also includes a distributed pumping structure located adjacent to the second side. The flow assembly is designed to reduce flow constriction of the radicals, leading to increased radical concentration and flux.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Kartik Shah, Christopher S. Olsen, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Hansel Lo, Eric Kihara Shono, Hemantha Raju
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Patent number: 11037769Abstract: Physical vapor deposition target assemblies and methods of manufacturing such target assemblies are disclosed. An exemplary target assembly comprises a flow pattern including a plurality of arcs and bends fluidly connected to an inlet end and an outlet end.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Sanjay Bhat, Vibhu Jindal, Vishwas Kumar Pandey
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Publication number: 20210035781Abstract: A processing chamber may include a gas distribution member, a metal ring member below the gas distribution member, and an isolating assembly coupled with the metal ring member and isolating the metal ring member from the gas distribution member. The isolating assembly may include an outer isolating member coupled with the metal ring member. The outer isolating member may at least in part define a chamber wall. The isolating assembly may further include an inner isolating member coupled with the outer isolating member. The inner isolating member may be disposed radially inward from the metal ring member about an central axis of the processing chamber. The inner isolating member may define a plurality of openings configured to provide fluid access into a radial gap between the metal ring member and the inner isolating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Vinay Prabhakar, Bushra Afzal, Badri Ramamurthi, Juan C. Rocha
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Patent number: D924825Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Eric Kihara Shono, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher S. Olsen, Hansel Lo, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Taewan Kim, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn
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Patent number: D1023987Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Eric Kihara Shono, Vishwas Kumar Pandey, Christopher S. Olsen, Hansel Lo, Agus Sofian Tjandra, Taewan Kim, Tobin Kaufman-Osborn