Patents by Inventor ZUOMING ZHU

ZUOMING ZHU 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: 20140319120
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to a lamphead assembly with an absorbing upper surface in a thermal processing chamber. In one embodiment, a processing chamber includes an upper structure, a lower structure, a base ring connecting the upper structure to the lower structure, a substrate support disposed between the upper structure and the lower structure, a lower structure disposed below the substrate support, a lamphead positioned proximate to the lower structure with one or more fixed lamphead positions formed therein, the lamphead comprising a first surface proximate the lower structure and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface comprises an absorptive coating and one or more lamp assemblies each comprising a radiation generating source and positioned in connection with the one or more fixed lamphead positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Paul BRILLHART, Joseph M. RANISH, Satheesh KUPPURAO, Balasubramanian RAMACHANDRAN, Zuoming ZHU
  • Publication number: 20140199056
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a dome assembly. The dome assembly includes an upper dome comprising a central window, and an upper peripheral flange engaging the central window at a circumference of the central window, wherein a tangent line on an inside surface of the central window that passes through an intersection of the central window and the upper peripheral flange is at an angle of about 8° to about 16° with respect to a planar upper surface of the peripheral flange, a lower dome comprising a lower peripheral flange and a bottom connecting the lower peripheral flange with a central opening, wherein a tangent line on an outside surface of the bottom that passes through an intersection of the bottom and the lower peripheral flange is at an angle of about 8° to about 16° with respect to a planar bottom surface of the lower peripheral flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Anzhong CHANG, Paul BRILLHART, Surajit KUMAR, Satheesh KUPPURAO, Mehmet Tugrul SAMIR, David K. CARLSON, Steve ABOAGYE, Anh N. NGUYEN, Kailash Kiran PATALAY, Joseph M. RANISH, Oleg SEREBRYANOV, Dongming IU, Shu-Kwan LAU, Zuoming ZHU, Herman DINIZ
  • Publication number: 20140175054
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a gas distribution assembly includes an injection block having at least one inlet to deliver a precursor gas to a plurality of plenums from at least two gas sources, a perforated plate bounding at least one side of each of the plurality of plenums, at least one radiant energy source positioned within each of the plurality of plenums to provide energy to the precursor gas from one or both of the at least two gas sources and flow an energized gas though openings in the perforated plate and into a chamber, and a variable power source coupled to each of the radiant energy sources positioned within each of the plurality of plenums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David Keith CARLSON, Satheesh KUPPURAO, Howard BECKFORD, Herman DINIZ, Kailash Kiran PATALAY, Brian Hayes BURROWS, Jeffery Ronald CAMPBELL, Zuoming ZHU, Xiaowei LI, Errol Antonio SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20130025538
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: RICHARD O. COLLINS, BALASUBRAMANIAN RAMACHANDRAN, ZUOMING ZHU
  • Publication number: 20110174212
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for processing a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing a substrate includes a process chamber having a substrate support disposed therein to support a processing surface of a substrate at a desired position within the process chamber; a first inlet port to provide a first process gas over the processing surface of the substrate in a first direction; a second inlet port to provide a second process gas over the processing surface of the substrate in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein an azimuthal angle measured between the first direction and the second direction with respect to a central axis of the substrate support is up to about 145 degrees; and an exhaust port disposed opposite the first inlet port to exhaust the first and second process gases from the process chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: BALASUBRAMANIAN RAMACHANDRAN, ERROL ANTONIO C. SANCHEZ, NYI O. MYO, KEVIN JOSEPH BAUTISTA, HARPREET SINGH JUNEJA, ZUOMING ZHU