Patents by Inventor Yijun Xiong
Yijun Xiong 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: 11967498Abstract: Exemplary methods of forming a silicon-and-carbon-containing material may include flowing a silicon-oxygen-and-carbon-containing precursor into a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A substrate may be housed within the processing region of the semiconductor processing chamber. The methods may include forming a plasma within the processing region of the silicon-and-carbon-containing precursor. The plasma may be formed at a frequency less than 15 MHz (e.g., 13.56 MHz). The methods may include depositing a silicon-and-carbon-containing material on the substrate. The silicon-and-carbon-containing material as-deposited may be characterized by a dielectric constant below or about 3.5 and a hardness greater than about 3 Gpa.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Bo Xie, Kang S. Yim, Yijun Liu, Li-Qun Xia, Ruitong Xiong
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Publication number: 20240087880Abstract: Embodiments include semiconductor processing methods to form low-? films on semiconductor substrates are described. The processing methods may include flowing one or more deposition precursors to a semiconductor processing system. The one or more deposition precursors may include a silicon-containing precursor that may be a cyclic compound. The methods may include generating a deposition plasma from the one or more deposition precursors. The methods may include depositing a silicon-and-carbon-containing material on the substrate from plasma effluents of the deposition plasma. The silicon-and-carbon-containing material as-deposited may be characterized by a dielectric constant less than or about 3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Shruba Gangopadhyay, Bhaskar Jyoti Bhuyan, Michael Haverty, Bo Xie, Li-Qun Xia, Rui Lu, Yijun Liu, Ruitong Xiong, Xiaobo Li, Lakmal C. Kalutarage, Lauren Bagby
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Publication number: 20240087881Abstract: Embodiments include semiconductor processing methods to form low-K films on semiconductor substrates are described. The processing methods may include flowing one or more deposition precursors to a semiconductor processing system, wherein the one or more deposition precursors include a silicon-containing precursor. The silicon-containing precursor may include a carbon chain. The methods may include generating a deposition plasma from the one or more deposition precursors. The methods may include depositing a silicon-and-carbon-containing material on the substrate from plasma effluents of the deposition plasma. The silicon-and-carbon-containing material as-deposited may be characterized by a dielectric constant less than or about 3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Michael Haverty, Shruba Gangopadhyay, Bo Xie, Yijun Liu, Ruitong Xiong, Rui Lu, Xiaobo Li, Li-Qun Xia, Lakmal C. Kalutarage, Lauren Bagby
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Publication number: 20240071817Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing methods may include providing one or more deposition precursors to a processing region of a semiconductor processing chamber. A semiconductor substrate may be positioned within the processing region. The methods may include forming a layer of low dielectric constant material on the semiconductor substrate. The methods may include purging the processing region of the one or more deposition precursors. A plasma power may be maintained at less than or about 750 W while purging the processing region. The methods may include forming an interface layer on the layer of low dielectric constant material. The methods may include forming a cap layer on the interface layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Ruitong Xiong, Rui Lu, Xiaobo Li, Bo Xie, Yijun Liu, Li-Qun Xia
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Patent number: 10389629Abstract: A network component comprising a receiver configured to receive an outgoing frame from a local host, a logic circuit configured to map a destination address (DA) for a target host in the outgoing frame to a DA for a target location of the target host and encapsulate the outgoing frame using the DA for the target location, and a transmitter configured to receive a pre-encapsulated outgoing frame from a local switch, and send the pre-encapsulated outgoing frame to a gateway at a target location, wherein the transmitter does not encapsulate frames received from local switches and decapsulates an incoming frame from a remote gateway destined towards local hosts.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Linda Dunbar, Yijun Xiong, Guoli Yin
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Patent number: 9413694Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing a packet. Processing the packet comprises receiving the packet; translating the packet from a first protocol-specific format to a canonical packet format; translating the packet from the canonical packet format to a second protocol-specific format; and forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Brixham Solutions Ltd.Inventors: Fong Liaw, Jan Medved, Abbas Morshed, Yijun Xiong, John Z. Yu
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Patent number: 9276878Abstract: A method implemented in an FCoE controller and manager (FCM) coupled to a first fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data forwarder (FDF), the method comprising sending to the first FDF a first Controlling FDF Information (CFI) request that requests the name of the first FDF, receiving from the first FDF a first CFI acceptance comprising the name of the first FDF, receiving from the first the second CFI acceptance associated with a second FDF, wherein the first CFI acceptance and the second CFI acceptance allow the FCM to develop topology information for a FCoE network comprising the FCM, the first FDF, and the second FDF, creating a first base forwarding table for the first FDF, and creating a second base forwarding table for the second FDF, wherein the second base forwarding table is different than the first base forwarding table.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yijun Xiong, Haotao Pan, Yue Chang
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Publication number: 20150365356Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing a packet. Processing the packet comprises receiving the packet; translating the packet from a first protocol-specific format to a canonical packet format; translating the packet from the canonical packet format to a second protocol-specific format; and forwarding the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Fong Liaw, Jan Medved, Abbas Morshed, Yijun Xiong, John Z. Yu
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Patent number: 9143463Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing a packet. Processing the packet comprises receiving the packet; translating the packet from a first protocol-specific format to a canonical packet format; translating the packet from the canonical packet format to a second protocol-specific format; and forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: BRIXHAM SOLUTIONS LTD.Inventors: Fong Liaw, Jan Medved, Abbas Morshed, Yijun Xiong, John Z. Yu
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Patent number: 8989009Abstract: An apparatus comprising an aggregation/core switch configure to couple to an edge switch and receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of the edge switch, wherein the information about the end system facing ports is used to associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues at the aggregation/core switch. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of an edge switch, a processor configured to establish and associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues, and a transmitter configured to return information about the associated end system facing ports.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yijun Xiong
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Patent number: 8976794Abstract: An apparatus for forwarding an Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data frame into an Ethernet network comprising a processor configured to receive a data frame on a input port, obtain a first destination address and a virtual local area network identifier (VID), determine whether the first destination address and the VID matches an entry within a forwarding table, construct a key when the first destination address and VID matches the entry and the data frame is a FCoE frame, and forward the data frame as an outgoing data frame via an output port when the key matches a rule that permits forwarding the data frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yijun Xiong
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Patent number: 8937950Abstract: A network component comprising a receiver configured to receive an outgoing frame from a local host, a logic circuit configured to map a destination address (DA) for a target host in the outgoing frame to a DA for a target location of the target host and encapsulate the outgoing frame using the DA for the target location, and a transmitter configured to receive a pre-encapsulated outgoing frame from a local switch, and send the pre-encapsulated outgoing frame to a gateway at a target location, wherein the transmitter does not encapsulate frames received from local switches and decapsulates an incoming frame from a remote gateway destined towards local hosts.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Linda Dunbar, Yijun Xiong, Guoli Yin
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Patent number: 8897303Abstract: An apparatus comprising a plurality of district boundary bridges (DBBs) in a plurality of second network districts configured to couple to a plurality of core bridges in a core network district and to a plurality of end-stations in the second network districts via a plurality of intermediate switches in the second network districts; wherein the core bridges and the DBBs are aware of a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of the DBBs but are not aware of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and MAC addresses of the end-stations, and wherein the IP addresses of the end-stations are mapped in a directory service (DS) in the core network district to the MAC addresses of the corresponding DBBs in the corresponding second network districts of the end-stations.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: YiJun Xiong, Linda Dunbar
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Patent number: 8861545Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing a packet. Processing the packet comprises receiving the packet; translating the packet from a first protocol-specific format to a canonical packet format; translating the packet from the canonical packet format to a second protocol-specific format; and forwarding the packet.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Brixham Solutions Ltd.Inventors: Fong Liaw, Jan Medved, Abbas Morshed, Yijun Xiong, John Z. Yu
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Publication number: 20140301407Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for processing a packet. Processing the packet comprises receiving the packet; translating the packet from a first protocol-specific format to a canonical packet format; translating the packet from the canonical packet format to a second protocol-specific format; and forwarding the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Inventors: Fong Liaw, Jan Medved, Abbas Morshed, Yijun Xiong, John Z. Yu
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Patent number: 8687623Abstract: A first fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data forwarder (FDF), comprising a memory coupled to a processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that cause the processor to receive a base forwarding table from an FCoE controller and manager (FCM), wherein the FDF comprise a plurality of ports, and wherein the first FDF uses the base forwarding table to determine which of the ports to send a first FCoE data frame comprising fiber channel (FC) data, receive a second FCoE data frame comprising a media access control (MAC) address, a port identifier, and FC data, and update the base forwarding table using the MAC address and the port identifier.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yijun Xiong, Haotao Pan, Yue Chang
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Patent number: 8369347Abstract: An apparatus comprising a Converged Port Controller (CPC) comprising a plurality of first ports and a plurality of second ports, and an Ethernet Switch Fabric (ESF) coupled to the second ports, wherein the CPC is configured to receive a plurality of Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames on the first ports, modify at least some of the FCoE frames, thereby producing modified FCoE frames, and transmit the FCoE frames on the second ports. An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a plurality of FCoE frames, a plurality of Fiber Channel (FC) frames, and a plurality of Ethernet frames, modifying the FCoE frames, thereby producing modified FCoE frames, encapsulating the FC frames in an Ethernet format, thereby producing a plurality of second FCoE frames, and switching the modified FCoE frames, the second FCoE frames, and the Ethernet frames using an Ethernet switch fabric.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yijun Xiong, Jinshui Liu, Cheng Gang, Laijun Zhong
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Patent number: 8358662Abstract: An apparatus comprising a node configured to communicate with a path computation element (PCE) and a neighbor node, wherein the node is configured to send a local traffic engineering (TE) information directly to the PCE without sending the local TE information to the neighbor node. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a PCE protocol (PCEP) session with a PCE, and sending a TE information directly to the PCE without flooding the TE information. Also disclosed is a method comprising receiving a TE information, updating a first TE database (TED) using the TE information, and synchronizing the first TED with a second TED.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Greg M. Bernstein, Young Lee, Yijun Xiong
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Publication number: 20120275301Abstract: An apparatus comprising an aggregation/core switch configure to couple to an edge switch and receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of the edge switch, wherein the information about the end system facing ports is used to associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues at the aggregation/core switch. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive information about a plurality of end system facing ports of an edge switch, a processor configured to establish and associate the end system facing ports with a plurality of corresponding queues, and a transmitter configured to return information about the associated end system facing ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Yijun Xiong
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Publication number: 20120275467Abstract: A first fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) data forwarder (FDF), comprising a memory coupled to a processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that cause the processor to receive a base forwarding table from an FCoE controller and manager (FCM), wherein the FDF comprise a plurality of ports, and wherein the first FDF uses the base forwarding table to determine which of the ports to send a first FCoE data frame comprising fiber channel (FC) data, receive a second FCoE data frame comprising a media access control (MAC) address, a port identifier, and FC data, and update the base forwarding table using the MAC address and the port identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Yijun Xiong, Haotao Pan, Yue Chang