Patents by Inventor Zhiyou Du
Zhiyou Du 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: 10240231Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber, a reaction area in the upper portion of the reaction chamber, an exhaust area in the bottom portion of the reaction chamber and a pumping apparatus connected to the outside of the reaction chamber. The exhaust area includes an isolating device dividing the exhaust area into an exhaust chamber and a storage chamber. The isolating device has a sidewall with gas openings connecting the exhaust chamber and the storage chamber. The exhaust area further includes a scraping component that can move up and down between the upper end and the lower end of the gas openings.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC, SHANGHAIInventors: Zhiyou Du, Peijin Xing, Wenyuan Fan, Yinxin Jiang
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Patent number: 9945031Abstract: A gas shower device, a device and a method for chemical vapor deposition. A gas shower device has a showerhead. The showerhead includes a center region and a periphery region surrounding the center region; the center region and periphery region of the showerhead have a plurality of second gas-outlets which are arranged in parallel; the second gas-outlets are used to output the second gas; a first gas-outlet arranged between two adjacent second gas-outlets, includes the first sub-gas-outlet located in the center region and the second sub-gas-outlet located in the periphery region; the first sub-gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet are mutually isolated, the first sub-gas-outlet is used to output the first gas and the second sub-gas-outlet is used to output the second gas; a first gas channel is connected to the first sub-gas-outlet; a second gas channel is connected to the second gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC, CHINAInventors: Yong Jiang, Zhiyou Du
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Publication number: 20170130331Abstract: A method for MOCVD gas showerhead pretreatment, which includes: providing a reaction chamber, an evacuating system located at bottom of reaction chamber and a gas showerhead fixed on top of reaction chamber. The gas showerhead includes the cooling plate at the bottom and gas supplying system on the top; the processing steps include filling high-pressure pretreatment gas into reaction chamber-exhausting pretreatment gas-filling air-exhausting air and many other procedures; circulating above procedures until accomplishment of pretreatment on gas showerhead in the reaction chamber and other exposed components.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Yingbin LIU, Zhiyou DU
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Patent number: 9534724Abstract: The present application provides a gas showerhead including a gas distribution and diffusion plate and a water cooling plate, the gas distribution and diffusion plate includes several columns of first gas diffusion passages connecting to a first reactant gas source and several columns of second gas diffusion passages connecting to a second reactant gas source; the water cooling plate having cooling liquid passages is arranged below the gas distribution and diffusion plate, and the water cooling plate is provided with first gas outlet passages provided for the reactant gas in the first gas diffusion passages to flow out and second gas outlet passages provided for the reactant gas in the second gas diffusion passages to flow out, so as to isolatedly feed at least two reactant gases into a reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT INC, SHANGHAIInventors: Yong Jiang, Ning Zhou, Henry Ho, Zhiyou Du
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Publication number: 20160319425Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes: a reaction chamber, a reaction area in the upper portion of the reaction chamber, an exhaust area in the bottom portion of the reaction chamber and a pumping apparatus connected to the outside of the reaction chamber. The exhaust area includes an isolating device dividing the exhaust area into an exhaust chamber and a storage chamber. The isolating device has a sidewall with gas openings connecting the exhaust chamber and the storage chamber. The exhaust area further includes a scraping component that can move up and down between the upper end and the lower end of the gas openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Zhiyou DU, Peijin XING, Wenyuan FAN, Yinxin JIANG
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Patent number: 9382619Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cleaning an inner surface of a film growth reaction chamber, including a supporting unit, a cleaning unit, an electric motor and a power supply apparatus. The cleaning unit includes a surface facing the inner surface of the reaction chamber, and the surface is provided with a plurality of scraping structures. The electric motor is provided on the supporting unit and includes a driving shaft. One end of the driving shaft is connected to the cleaning unit so as to drive the cleaning unit to move. The power supply apparatus is connected to the electric motor. The cleaning apparatus of the present application provides a method for cleaning the inner surface of the reaction chamber, which is highly automatic, effective and timesaving, and may ensure the quality and consistency of cleaning process.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Yinxin Jiang, Yijun Sun, Zhiyou Du
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Publication number: 20150368799Abstract: A gas shower device, a device and a method for chemical vapor deposition. A gas shower device has a showerhead. The showerhead includes a center region and a periphery region surrounding the center region; the center region and periphery region of the showerhead have a plurality of second gas-outlets which are arranged in parallel; the second gas-outlets are used to output the second gas; a first gas-outlet arranged between two adjacent second gas-outlets, includes the first sub-gas-outlet located in the center region and the second sub-gas-outlet located in the periphery region; the first sub-gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet are mutually isolated, the first sub-gas-outlet is used to output the first gas and the second sub-gas-outlet is used to output the second gas; a first gas channel is connected to the first sub-gas-outlet; a second gas channel is connected to the second gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Yong JIANG, Zhiyou DU
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Publication number: 20140083453Abstract: A method for in situ cleaning of a Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition reaction chamber is provided in embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: introducing a first cleaning gas into the reaction chamber, converting the first cleaning gas into first plasma inside the reaction chamber to completely remove a carbonaceous organic substance inside the reaction chamber, wherein the first cleaning gas includes a first oxygen-containing gas; and introducing a second cleaning gas into the reaction chamber, and converting the second cleaning gas into second plasma inside the reaction chamber to completely remove a metallic oxide inside the reaction chamber, wherein the second cleaning gas includes a first halogen-containing gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc, ShanghaiInventors: Gerald Zheyao Yin, Zhiyou Du, Shuang Meng, Yang Wang, Ying Zhang, Songlin Xu, Ban Zhu, Haruhisa Takiguchi
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Publication number: 20140083451Abstract: The present invention provides a method for in situ cleaning of an MOCVD reaction chamber. The method includes: introducing a first cleaning gas into the reaction chamber, and converting the first cleaning gas into a first plasma inside the reaction chamber, and maintaining the pressure inside the reaction chamber in a first predetermined pressure range for a first time period, to remove a carbonaceous organic substance inside the reaction chamber; introducing a second cleaning gas into the reaction chamber, and converting the second cleaning gas into second plasma inside the reaction chamber, and maintaining the pressure inside the reaction chamber in a second predetermined pressure range for a second time period, to remove metal and its compound inside the reaction chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc, ShanghaiInventors: Gerald Zheyao Yin, Zhiyou Du, Shuang Meng, Yang Wang, Ying Zhang
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Publication number: 20140083452Abstract: The present invention provides a method for in situ cleaning of an MOCVD reaction chamber. The method includes: maintaining the internal pressure of the MOCVD reaction chamber in a predetermined pressure range, and keeping a plasma inside the MOCVD reaction chamber for a predetermined time period to completely remove deposits inside the MOCVD reaction chamber. The method for in situ cleaning of an MOCVD reaction chamber according to the embodiments of the present invention may remove relatively stable organic ligands or related polymers, resulting in a good cleaning effect for the removal of the deposits on the surfaces with a relatively low temperature inside the MOCVD reaction chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc, ShanghaiInventors: Gerald Zheyao Yin, Zhiyou Du, Shuang Meng, Yang Wang, Ying Zhang
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Publication number: 20130344244Abstract: A method for cleaning a gas conveying device in a film growth reaction chamber is provided. The gas conveying device comprises a gas conveying surface for releasing reaction gas to the film growth reaction chamber. The film growth reaction chamber comprises a support device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc.,ShanghaiInventors: Zhiyou Du, Junichi Arami, Yijun Sun
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Publication number: 20130299009Abstract: The present application provides a gas showerhead including a gas distribution and diffusion plate and a water cooling plate, the gas distribution and diffusion plate includes several columns of first gas diffusion passages connecting to a first reactant gas source and several columns of second gas diffusion passages connecting to a second reactant gas source; the water cooling plate having cooling liquid passages is arranged below the gas distribution and diffusion plate, and the water cooling plate is provided with first gas outlet passages provided for the reactant gas in the first gas diffusion passages to flow out and second gas outlet passages provided for the reactant gas in the second gas diffusion passages to flow out, so as to isolatedly feed at least two reactant gases into a reaction chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Yong Jiang, Ning Zhou, Henry Ho, Zhiyou Du
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Publication number: 20120255486Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cleaning an inner surface of a film growth reaction chamber, including a supporting unit, a cleaning unit, an electric motor and a power supply apparatus. The cleaning unit includes a surface facing the inner surface of the reaction chamber, and the surface is provided with a plurality of scraping structures. The electric motor is provided on the supporting unit and includes a driving shaft. One end of the driving shaft is connected to the cleaning unit so as to drive the cleaning unit to move. The power supply apparatus is connected to the electric motor. The cleaning apparatus of the present application provides a method for cleaning the inner surface of the reaction chamber, which is highly automatic, effective and timesaving, and may ensure the quality and consistency of cleaning process.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., ShanghaiInventors: Yinxin Jiang, Yijun Sun, Zhiyou Du
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Publication number: 20100271745Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device in which the electrostatic chuck and support are made from high resistivity, high thermal conductivity and low RF energy loss dielectric materials is described. An advantage of this electrostatic chuck device is that the wafer surface electromagnetic field distribution is more uniform than conventional electrostatic chuck devices. As a result, the wafer etch rate, especially the wafer edge etch rate non-uniformity, is significantly improved compared with conventional electrostatic chuck devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: ADVANCED MICRO-FABRICATION EQUIPMENT, INC. ASIAInventors: Jinyuan CHEN, Liang Ouyang, Junichi Arami, Xueyu Qian, Zhiyou Du, Gerald Yin
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Patent number: 5885325Abstract: A two stage reaction for the production of steel from iron carbide is carried out in two separate but interrelated reactors. In the first reactor, iron, carbide, with slag formers, is fed into a feed end and the reaction is well-mixed by the vessel geometry, the stirring action below-surface injection of oxygen and iron carbide feed, and the evolution of gases from the liquid metal bath. The product, containing about 0.5-2% carbon, is fed into the second reactor where it is refined with subsurface-injected oxygen. The second reaction is autogenous, and the evolved carbon monoxide is fed to the first reactor where it is burned with oxygen in a foamy slag, which, with post-combustion burning in the slag of CO evolved in the first reactor, and with iron carbide preheating with the sensible heat of the off-gas from the first reaction, makes that reaction also essentially autogenous.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: USX CorporationInventors: Gordon H. Geiger, Asish K. Sinha, Achilles Vassilicos, Zhiyou Du
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Patent number: 5733358Abstract: A two stage reaction for the production of steel from iron carbide is carried out in two separate but interrelated reactors. In the first reactor, iron carbide, with slag formers, is fed into a feed end and the reaction is well-mixed by the vessel geometry, the stirring action below-surface injection of oxygen and iron carbide feed, and the evolution of gases from the liquid metal bath. The product, containing about 0.5-2% carbon, is fed into the second reactor where it is refined with subsurface-injected oxygen. The second reaction is autogenous, and the evolved carbon monoxide is fed to the first reactor where it is burned with oxygen in a foamy slag, which, with post-combustion burning in the slag of CO evolved in the first reactor, and with iron carbide preheating with the sensible heat of the off-gas from the first reaction, makes that reaction also essentially autogenous.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1995Date of Patent: March 31, 1998Assignee: USX Corporation and Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Gordon H. Geiger, Asish K. Sinha, Achilles Vassilicos, Zhiyou Du
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Patent number: 5575636Abstract: A nozzle and gas injection method using the nozzle wherein the nozzle comprises a section of porous material. Gas passes through one or more passageways running the length of the porous material section and also diffuses through the porous material section exiting across the nozzle face. This gas passing through the face serves to keep deleterious material, such as zone vapors, from contacting and fouling the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1994Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hisashi Kobayashi, Steve L. Slader, Zhiyou Du, William J. Snyder
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Patent number: 5572544Abstract: A method for carrying out post combustion in an electric arc furnace comprising forming a preferential gas stream within the electric arc furnace, concentrating carbon monoxide within the gas stream, and providing post combustion oxygen into the gas stream where the carbon monoxide is concentrated.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1994Date of Patent: November 5, 1996Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.Inventors: Pravin C. Mathur, Zhiyou Du, Ronald J. Selines