Patents by Inventor William Starks

William Starks 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: 6692575
    Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a device on a substrate with a process gas, such as with chemical vapor deposition. A reaction chamber and support chuck cooperate to form a low conductance configuration for axisymetric process gas flow over the substrate and to form a high conductance configuration for enhanced evacuation of residual process gas from the reaction chamber upon completion of the process. A dual conductance chuck has an indented region that aligns with the exhaust port of the reaction chamber to restrict process gas flow in the low conductance configuration, and that moves distal a showerhead and the exhaust port to provide reduced restriction of process gas flow for reaction chamber evacuation. The chuck includes thermal control for enhancing film deposition on the substrate and for reducing residual film deposition on the chuck. An evacuation opening in the housing provides independent evacuation of residual gas from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: CVC Products Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Omstead, Panya Wongsenakhum, William J. Messner, Edward J. Nagy, William Starks, Mehrdad M. Moslehi
  • Patent number: 6643945
    Abstract: A universal anchor bolt template including a plate member having a square configuration. The plate member has planar upper and lower surfaces. The plate member has a plurality of apertures therethrough arranged in at least one group of four radial aperture lines. The apertures are spaced along each of the aperture lines in the group at corresponding distances, such that the use of corresponding apertures allows the anchoring bolts to be positioned in a square configuration with a selected center-to-center distance. Each of the apertures is surrounded by at least one concentric knock-out for allowing the apertures to be enlarged for the use of larger anchoring bolts than could be accommodated by the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: William Starks
  • Patent number: 6508197
    Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a device on a substrate with a process gas, such as with chemical vapor deposition. A reaction chamber and support chuck cooperate to form a low conductance configuration for axisymetric process gas flow over the substrate and to form a high conductance configuration for enhanced evacuation of residual process gas from the reaction chamber upon completion of the process. A dual conductance chuck has an indented region that aligns with the exhaust port of the reaction chamber to restrict process gas flow in the low conductance configuration, and that moves distal a showerhead and the exhaust port to provide reduced restriction of process gas flow for reaction chamber evacuation. The chuck includes thermal control for enhancing film deposition on the substrate and for reducing residual film deposition on the chuck. An evacuation opening in the housing provides independent evacuation of residual gas from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: CVC Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Omstead, Panya Wongsenakhum, William J. Messner, Edward J. Nagy, William Starks, Mehrdad M. Moslehi
  • Patent number: 6274495
    Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a device on a substrate with a process gas, such as with chemical vapor deposition. A reaction chamber and support chuck cooperate to form a low conductance configuration for axisymetric process gas flow over the substrate and to form a high conductance configuration for enhanced evacuation of residual process gas from the reaction chamber upon completion of the process. A dual conductance chuck has an indented region that aligns with the exhaust port of the reaction chamber to restrict process gas flow in the low conductance configuration, and that moves distal a showerhead and the exhaust port to provide reduced restriction of process gas flow for reaction chamber evacuation. The chuck includes thermal control for enhancing film deposition on the substrate and for reducing residual film deposition on the chuck. An evacuation opening in the housing provides independent evacuation of residual gas from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: CVC Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Omstead, Panya Wongsenakhum, William J. Messner, Edward J. Nagy, William Starks, Mehrdad M. Moslehi
  • Patent number: 6190732
    Abstract: A method and system for fabricating a device on a substrate with a process gas, such as with chemical vapor deposition. A reaction chamber and support chuck cooperate to form a low conductance configuration for axisymetric process gas flow over the substrate and to form a high conductance configuration for enhanced evacuation of residual process gas from the reaction chamber upon completion of the process. A dual conductance chuck has an indented region that aligns with the exhaust port of the reaction chamber to restrict process gas flow in the low conductance configuration, and that moves distal a showerhead and the exhaust port to provide reduced restriction of process gas flow for reaction chamber evacuation. The chuck includes thermal control for enhancing film deposition on the substrate and for reducing residual film deposition on the chuck. An evacuation opening in the housing provides independent evacuation of residual gas from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: CVC Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Omstead, Panya Wongsenakhum, William J. Messner, Edward J. Nagy, William Starks, Mehrdad M. Moslehi