Patents by Inventor Yusheng Zhou

Yusheng Zhou 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: 12087555
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyanjit Ghosh, Shailendra Srivastava, Tejas Ulavi, Yusheng Zhou, Amit Kumar Bansal, Sanjeev Baluja
  • Publication number: 20230128297
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kalyanjit GHOSH, Shailendra SRIVASTAVA, Tejas ULAVI, Yusheng ZHOU, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Sanjeev BALUJA
  • Patent number: 11532462
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kalyanjit Ghosh, Shailendra Srivastava, Tejas Ulavi, Yusheng Zhou, Amit Kumar Bansal, Sanjeev Baluja
  • Patent number: 11276569
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to manufacturing layer stacks of oxide/nitride (ON) layers with minimized in-plane distortion (IPD) and lithographic overlay errors. A method of forming a layer stack ON layers includes flowing a first silicon-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and a first dilution gas. A RF power is symmetrically applied to form a first material layer of SiO2. A second silicon-containing gas, a nitrogen-containing gas, and a second dilution gas are flowed. A second RF power is symmetrically applied to form a second material layer of Si3N4. The flowing the first silicon-containing gas, the oxygen-containing gas, and the first dilution gas, the symmetrically applying the first RF power, the flowing the second silicon-containing gas, the nitrogen-containing gas, and the second dilution gas, and the symmetrically applying the second RF power is repeated until a desired number of first material layers and second material layers make up a layer stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjing Lin, Tza-Jing Gung, Masaki Ogata, Yusheng Zhou, Xinhai Han, Deenesh Padhi, Juan Carlos Rocha, Amit Kumar Bansal, Mukund Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20200251311
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Kalyanjit GHOSH, Shailendra SRIVASTAVA, Tejas ULAVI, Yusheng ZHOU, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Sanjeev BALUJA
  • Patent number: 10636628
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kalyanjit Ghosh, Shailendra Srivastava, Tejas Ulavi, Yusheng Zhou, Amit Kumar Bansal, Sanjeev Baluja
  • Publication number: 20200043723
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to manufacturing layer stacks of oxide/nitride (ON) layers with minimized in-plane distortion (IPD) and lithographic overlay errors. A method of forming a layer stack ON layers includes flowing a first silicon-containing gas, an oxygen-containing gas, and a first dilution gas. A RF power is symmetrically applied to form a first material layer of SiO2. A second silicon-containing gas, a nitrogen-containing gas, and a second dilution gas are flowed. A second RF power is symmetrically applied to form a second material layer of Si3N4. The flowing the first silicon-containing gas, the oxygen-containing gas, and the first dilution gas, the symmetrically applying the first RF power, the flowing the second silicon-containing gas, the nitrogen-containing gas, and the second dilution gas, and the symmetrically applying the second RF power is repeated until a desired number of first material layers and second material layers make up a layer stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yongjing LIN, Tza-Jing GUNG, Masaki OGATA, Yusheng ZHOU, Xinhai HAN, Deenesh PADHI, Juan Carlos ROCHA, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Mukund SRINIVASAN
  • Publication number: 20190080889
    Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein generally relate to systems and methods of protecting a substrate support in a process chamber from cleaning fluid during a cleaning process. The method of cleaning the process chamber includes positioning in the process chamber a cover substrate above a substrate support and a process kit that separates a purge volume from a process volume. The method of cleaning includes flowing a purge gas in the purge volume to protect the substrate support and flowing a cleaning fluid to a process volume above the cover substrate, flowing the cleaning fluid in the process volume to an outer flow path, and to an exhaust outlet in the chamber body. The purge volume is maintained at a positive pressure with respect to the process volume to block the cleaning fluid from the purge volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Kalyanjit GHOSH, Shailendra SRIVASTAVA, Tejas ULAVI, Yusheng ZHOU, Amit Kumar BANSAL, Sanjeev BALUJA
  • Patent number: 9790928
    Abstract: A triboelectric power system includes a triboelectric generator, a rechargeable energy storage unit and a power management circuit. The rechargeable energy storage unit is associated to the triboelectric generator. The power management circuit is configured to receive an input current from the triboelectric generator and to deliver an output current corresponding to the input current to the rechargeable battery so that the output current has a current direction and a voltage that will recharge the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong Lin Wang, Sihong Wang, Guang Zhu, Yusheng Zhou, Jun Chen, Peng Bai
  • Patent number: 9178446
    Abstract: A generator includes a thin first contact charging layer and a thin second contact charging layer. The thin first contact charging layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer includes a second material that has a second rating on a triboelectric series that is more negative than the first rating. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer is disposed adjacent to the first contact charging layer so that the second side of the second contact charging layer is in contact with the second side of the first contact charging layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong L. Wang, Fengru Fan, Long Lin, Guang Zhu, Caofeng Pan, Yusheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140338458
    Abstract: A triboelectric power system includes a triboelectric generator, a rechargeable energy storage unit and a power management circuit. The rechargeable energy storage unit is associated to the triboelectric generator. The power management circuit is configured to receive an input current from the triboelectric generator and to deliver an output current corresponding to the input current to the rechargeable battery so that the output current has a current direction and a voltage that will recharge the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhong Lin Wang, Sihong Wang, Guang Zhu, Yusheng Zhou, Jun Chen, Peng Bai
  • Publication number: 20130049531
    Abstract: A generator includes a thin first contact charging layer and a thin second contact charging layer. The thin first contact charging layer includes a first material that has a first rating on a triboelectric series. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer includes a second material that has a second rating on a triboelectric series that is more negative than the first rating. The thin first contact charging layer has a first side with a first conductive electrode applied thereto and an opposite second side. The thin second contact charging layer is disposed adjacent to the first contact charging layer so that the second side of the second contact charging layer is in contact with the second side of the first contact charging layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhong L. Wang, Fengru Fan, Long Lin, Guang Zhu, Caofeng Pan, Yusheng Zhou