Patents by Inventor Zaoyuan Ge

Zaoyuan Ge 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: 20250259829
    Abstract: A component, system, and method for improved foreline cleaning of semiconductor chambers and components are disclosed herein. In one example, a processing chamber component includes a foreline constructed from stainless steel having a circular cross sectional shape and an inner surface. The foreline further includes a first end configured to couple to a processing chamber, a second end configured to couple to a valve, and a coating disposed within the inner surface of the foreline, the coating having a thickness between about 150 nanometers and about 525 nanometer. Further, the first end includes a first flange, the second end comprises a second flange, wherein the first end and the second end are coupled by a bend. Further, the coating has properties configured to reduce depositions within the foreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Daemian Raj Benjamin RAJ, Nuo WANG, Zaoyuan GE, Sungwon HA, Bharati NEELAMRAJU, Prashant Kumar KULSHRESHTHA, Jennifer Y. SUN, Prasath POOMANI, Prakash HUDEDA
  • Publication number: 20250140537
    Abstract: Semiconductor processing chambers and systems, as well as methods of cleaning such chambers and systems are provided. Processing chambers and systems include a chamber body that defines a processing region, a liner positioned within the chamber body that defines a liner volume, a faceplate positioned atop the liner, a substrate support disposed within the chamber body, and a cleaning gas source coupled with the liner volume through a cleaning gas plenum and one or more inlet apertures. Systems and chambers include where at least one of the one or more inlet apertures is disposed in the processing region between the faceplate and a bottom wall of the chamber body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaoyuan Ge, Manjunath Veerappa Chobari Patil, Pavan Kumar S M, Dinesh Babu, Nuo Wang, Kaili Yu, Xinyi Zhong, Bharati Neelamraju, Liangfa Hu, Neela Ayalasomayajula, Sungwon Ha, Prashant Kumar Kulshreshtha, Amit Bansal, Daemian Raj Benjamin Raj, Badri N. Ramamurthi, Travis Mazzy, Mohammed Salman Mohiuddin, Karthik Suresh Menon, Lihua Wu, Prasath Poomani
  • Publication number: 20240352580
    Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing chambers may include a chamber body having sidewalls and a base. The chambers may include a pumping liner seated atop the chamber body. The pumping liner may at least partially define an annular pumping plenum and at least one exhaust aperture that fluidly couples the pumping plenum with an interior of the chamber body. The chambers may include a purge ring seated below the pumping liner. The purge ring may define an annular channel that extends about a body of the purge ring. The purge ring may define a gas inlet that is fluidly coupled with the annular channel. The purge ring may define purge ports that are disposed at different radial positions about the purge ring, each of the purge ports being aligned and in fluid communication with the pumping plenum. The chambers may include a purge gas source coupled with the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaoyuan Ge, Prasath Poomani, Yin Xiong, Ajit Laxman Kulkarni, Sungwon Ha, Amit Bansal, Abdul Aziz Khaja, Sarah Michelle Bobek, Badri N. Ramamurthi
  • Publication number: 20230120710
    Abstract: Exemplary processing chambers may include a body having sidewalls and a bottom plate. The bottom plate may define an exhaust opening and a gas inlet. The chambers may include a faceplate seated atop the body. The chambers may include a purge ring seated atop the bottom plate. The purge ring may include a ring body having an outer edge and an inner edge defining an open interior. The ring body may have a surface disposed against the bottom plate. The ring body may define an opening aligned with the exhaust opening. The surface may define a fluid port aligned and coupled with the gas inlet. The surface may define arcuate grooves extending into the fluid port. The arcuate grooves may be parallel with the inner and outer edges. The surface may define radial grooves extending from the open interior to an arcuate groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaoyuan Ge, Yin Xiong, Sungwon Ha, Abdul Aziz Khaja, Amit Bansal, Prasath Poomani, Ajit Laxman Kulkarni, Sarah Michelle Bobek, Badri N. Ramamurthi