Crucible Or Evaporator Structure Patents (Class 118/726)
  • Patent number: 11649186
    Abstract: Vaporizers and systems for vaporizing liquid precursor for forming glass optical fiber preforms are provided. The vaporizer includes an expansion chamber at least partially enclosed by a side wall, the expansion chamber comprising an upper end and a lower end with the side wall disposed between the upper end and the lower end. The vaporizer further includes a closed-loop liquid delivery conduit positioned in the expansion chamber proximate to the upper end of the expansion chamber, wherein the closed-loop liquid delivery conduit comprises a plurality of nozzles oriented to direct a spray of liquid precursor onto an inner surface of the side wall. Further, the vaporizer includes at least one supply conduit positioned proximate the upper end of the expansion chamber and coupled to the closed-loop liquid delivery conduit, and a vapor delivery outlet coupled to the expansion chamber and configured to direct vaporized liquid precursor from the expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Mitchell Carlton, Paul Andrew Chludzinski, Jonathan Robert Greveling, Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Robert Walter Nason, Abhijit Rao
  • Patent number: 11643749
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crucible and a SiC single crystal growth apparatus capable of improving the efficiency of using source materials. The crucible includes a lid and a container. The container includes a bottom facing the lid. The bottom includes a recess which is recessed towards the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Yohei Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11584990
    Abstract: Bottom-fed ampoules for a semiconductor manufacturing precursors and methods of use are described. The ampoules comprise an outer cylindrical wall and an inner cylindrical wall defining a flow channel in between and a bottom wall having a top surface with a plurality of concentric elongate walls, each wall comprising an opening offset from the opening in adjacent walls defining a gas exchange zone through which a carrier gas flows in contact with the precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: David Marquardt, Carl White, Mohith Verghese
  • Patent number: 11578406
    Abstract: Ampoules for a semiconductor manufacturing precursors and methods of use are described. The ampoules include a container with an inlet port and an outlet port. The ampoules comprise an inlet plenum located between the inlet port and the cavity and an outlet plenum located between the outlet port and the cavity. A flow path is defined by a plurality of tubular walls and an ingress openings of the ampoule, through which a carrier gas flows in contact with the precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl White, Mohith Verghese, David Marquardt, Jose Alexandro Romero
  • Patent number: 11555250
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a metal component including a raw surface that includes a metal base, a first native oxide disposed on the metal base, and hydrocarbons disposed on the metal base. The method further includes machining the raw surface of the metal component to remove the first native oxide and a first portion of the hydrocarbons from the metal base. The machining generates an as-machined surface of the metal component including the metal base without the first native oxide and without the first portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes performing a surface machining of the as-machined surface of the metal component to remove a second portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes surface treating the metal component to remove a third portion of the hydrocarbons. The method further includes performing a cleaning of the metal component and drying the metal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuanhong Guo, Sheng Michael Guo, Marek W Radko, Steven Victor Sansoni, Nagendra Madiwal, Matvey Farber, Pingping Gou, Song-Moon Suh, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Yuji Murayama, Anurag Bansal, Shaofeng Chen, Michael Kuchar
  • Patent number: 11535952
    Abstract: A wafer carrier includes a pocket sized and shaped to accommodate a wafer, the pocket having a base and a substantially circular perimeter, and a removable orientation marker, the removable orientation marker comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, the outer surface having an arcuate form sized and shaped to mate with the substantially circular perimeter of the pocket, and the inner surface comprising a flat face, wherein the removable orientation marker further comprises a notch at a first end of the flat face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Americas Corp.
    Inventors: Mihir Tungare, Peter Kim, Jianwei Wan, Chankyung Choi
  • Patent number: 11492701
    Abstract: Herein disclosed are systems and methods related to semiconductor processing device including a manifold including a bore configured to deliver a gas to a reaction chamber, the manifold including a first block mounted to a second block, the first and second mounted blocks cooperating to at least partially define the bore. A supply channel provides fluid communication between a gas source and the bore, and the supply channel is disposed at least partially in the second block. A metallic seal is disposed about the bore at an interface between the first and second block. Advantageously, the metallic seal improves sealing between the interface between the first block and the second block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dinkar Nandwana, Jereld Lee Winkler, Eric James Shero, Todd Robert Dunn, Carl Louis White
  • Patent number: 11492695
    Abstract: A Method for continuously depositing, on a running substrate, coatings formed from at least one metal inside a vacuum deposition facility including a vacuum chamber; a substrate coated with at least one metal on both sides of the substrate having an average thickness, wherein the coating is deposited homogenously such that the maximum thickness of the coating can exceed the average thickness of 15% maximum. A vacuum deposition facility also is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ArcelorMittal
    Inventors: Eric Silberberg, Sergio Pace, Remy Bonnemann
  • Patent number: 11482418
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method capable of achieving uniform trimming throughout an entire surface of a substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a gas channel including a center gas inlet and an additional gas inlet spaced apart from the center gas inlet, and a shower plate including a plurality of holes connected to the center gas inlet and the additional gas inlet, wherein a gas flow channel is formed having a clearance defined by a lower surface of the gas channel and an upper surface of the shower plate, the lower surface and the upper surface being substantially parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Akinori Nakano, Toshihisa Nozawa, Ryu Nakano
  • Patent number: 11473187
    Abstract: A vaporizer body (1) having a vaporizing surface (3) for vaporizing metal in a PVD-metallization installation, wherein the vaporizing surface (3) comprises a plurality of recesses (5, 5?, 5?), with an opening of the respective recess having an area/perimeter-ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL SINTEC KERAMIK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Hans Nürnberger, Rudolf Karl Grau, Hubert Josef Schweiger
  • Patent number: 11441220
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus may include a chamber, a crucible in the chamber, a cover part covering the crucible, and 2n nozzles (where ‘n’ is a positive integer number) protruding from the cover part and arranged in a first direction. Among the 2n nozzles, a distance between a n-th nozzle and a (n+1)-th nozzle may be greater than a distance between a (2n?1)-th nozzle and a 2n-th nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kookchol Park, Suhyun Oh, Sokwon Noh
  • Patent number: 11414754
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes: a stage on which a workpiece on which a film is to be formed is placed; a gas supply part provided so as to face the stage, including a heater provided to be controlled to a predetermined temperature, and configured to supply a carrier gas; and a vaporization part provided between the stage and the gas supply part, and configured to be heated by heat generated from the gas supply part to vaporize a film-formation material supplied in a liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hachishiro Iizuka
  • Patent number: 11393970
    Abstract: A superconductor tape and method for manufacturing, measuring, monitoring, and controlling same are disclosed. Embodiments are directed to a superconductor tape which includes a superconductor film overlying a buffer layer which overlies a substrate. In one embodiment, the superconductor film is defined as having a c-axis lattice constant higher than 11.74 Angstroms. In another embodiment, the superconductor film comprises BaMO3, where M=Zr, Sn, Ta, Nb, Hf, or Ce, and which has a (101) peak of BaMO3 elongated along an axis that is between 60° to 90° from an axis of the (001) peaks of the superconductor film. These and other embodiments achieve well-aligned nanocolumnar defects and thus a high lift factor, which can result in superior critical current performance of the tape in, for example, high magnetic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Goran Majkic, Venkat Selvamanickam
  • Patent number: 11326249
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
  • Patent number: 11268187
    Abstract: Disclosed are a porous aluminum macroscopic body, a fabrication system, and a method therefor, where the porous aluminum macroscopic body is a three-dimensional full-through-hole structure formed by connecting hollow aluminum wires, and the wall thickness of the hollow aluminum wires is 7-100 micrometers. The fabrication system comprises a magnetron sputtering subsystem, a high-temperature aluminum vapor subsystem, a low-temperature aluminum deposition subsystem, an aluminum vapor recovery subsystem, and a porous polymer film conveying subsystem. A preparation method therefor comprises first utilizing a magnetron sputtering method to rapidly sputter on a porous polymer film to form an aluminum layer that has a thickness of 1-500 nm, and then continuing to deposit the aluminum layer to a thickness of 7-100 micrometers while decomposing the polymer film in-situ so as to obtain the porous aluminum macroscopic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: JIANGSU ZHONGTIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., ZHONGTIAN SUPERCAPACITOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Wei-Zhong Qian, Ji-Ping Xue, Zhou-Fei Yang, Wei-Ren You, Ying Jin, Sun-Wang Gu
  • Patent number: 11242595
    Abstract: A method of forming metal nanostructures is a low temperature closed space vacuum deposition method. The method includes disposing a source material in an enclosed space at low evaporation temperatures to controllably form nanostructures of different dimensionalities on a substrate. The nanostructures have dimensionalities determined by a chosen evaporation temperature. An apparatus is also provided for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nagih Mohammed Shaalan, Faheem Ahmed, Osama Sabera, Dalia Hamad, Abdullah Aljaafari, Adil Alshoaibi
  • Patent number: 11225719
    Abstract: In a concentration controller that intermittently leads out material gas from a vaporization tank, in order to control the flow rates of carrier and diluent gases so that the concentration of the material gas can be suppressed from overshooting immediately after the start of material gas supply period, the concentration controller is adapted to include: a concentration calculation part that calculates the concentration of the material gas on the basis of an output signal from a concentration monitor; and a set flow rate calculation part that, on the basis of actual concentration calculated by the concentration calculation part, an actual flow rate outputted from a flow rate control device or the set flow rate of the flow rate control device, and a preset target concentration, calculates the initial set flow rate of the flow rate control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11223054
    Abstract: A thermal insulation device includes a first plate, a second plate formed to nest adjacent the first plate with a gap between the first and second plates, a porous material disposed in the gap between the plates, a sealing layer disposed between the first and second plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient, and a vapor generating material disposed in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Eickhoff, Jeffrey Michael Klein
  • Patent number: 11193205
    Abstract: A source material container includes a housing, a tray assembly and a plurality of cylindrical members. The housing provides a carrier gas introduction port and an opening through which a gas containing source material vapor is outputted. The tray assembly trays stacked in the housing. The cylindrical members are arranged in a radial direction between the tray assembly and the housing. The outermost cylindrical member provides a slit and each of the other cylindrical members than the outermost cylindrical member provides a plurality of slits. From the introduction port to the gap between the tray assembly and the innermost cylindrical member, the flow path of the carrier gas is branched in a stepwise manner in the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuichi Furuya, Hiroyuki Mori, Einosuke Tsuda, Eiichi Komori, Tomohisa Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11180844
    Abstract: Making alkali metal vapor cells includes: providing a preform wafer that includes cell cavities in a cavity layer; providing a sealing wafer having a cover layer and transmission apertures; disposing a deposition assembly on the sealing wafer; disposing an alkali metal precursor in the deposition assembly; disposing the sealing wafer on the preform wafer; aligning the transmission apertures with the cell cavities; subjecting the alkali metal precursor to a reaction stimulus; producing alkali metal vapor in the deposition assembly; communicating the alkali metal vapor to the cell cavities; receiving, in the cell cavities, the alkali metal vapor from the transmission apertures; producing an alkali metal condensate in the cell cavity; moving the sealing wafer such that the cover layer encapsulates the alkali metal condensate in the cell cavities; and bonding the sealing wafer to the preform wafer to make individually sealed alkali metal vapor cells in the preform wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventor: John Kitching
  • Patent number: 11121322
    Abstract: Systems and arrangements of OVJP deposition devices are provided, in which one or more organic material crucibles are directly attached to an injection block and a print head without the need for external delivery components such as feedtubes. Each crucible may be hermetically sealed until it is attached to the injection block, allowing for a single device to provide for storage, transport, and deposition of the organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew King, William E. Quinn, Gregory McGraw, Siddharth Harikrishna Mohan, Elliot H. Hartford, Benjamin Swedlove, Gregg Kottas, Tomasz Trojacki, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11104993
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a configurable vaporizer or ampoule assembly that uses a configurable vessel body, assembled from one or more support tray modules with their own individual heating assemblies or heater members, bounded by a base member and a lid member to form the whole ampoule. This eliminates the need for the prior art ampoule body that normally holds the support trays and was used to heat each of the support trays from the exterior surface using heating jackets or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Jordan Hodges, Jacob Thomas
  • Patent number: 11092429
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a film thickness test apparatus and method, and a vapor deposition device. The film thickness test apparatus is arranged for one process cavity, and the film thickness test apparatus comprises: a test assembly; a transport assembly configured to, when moving towards the process cavity, drive the test assembly into the process cavity so that the test assembly is vapor deposited in the process cavity to form a test film, and, when moving away from the process cavity, drive the test assembly out of the process cavity; and a drive assembly configured to drive the transport assembly to move along a direction towards/away from the process cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chihwei Su
  • Patent number: 11087966
    Abstract: A mass spectrum resolution device for measuring laser ablation ion species with improved time of flight mass spectrometry includes a vacuum system unit, a plasma production unit, and a particle restraint selection and separation unit, wherein the particle restraint selection and separation unit comprises a particle limit selector and a plurality of ion pulse accelerated electrode plates; the particle limit selector comprises a restrainer lifting block, a restrainer and a restrainer selection baffle; a through hole is formed in the restrainer lifting block; a plurality of circular holes with different apertures are formed in the restrainer selection baffle, and the restrainer and the restrainer selection baffle are arranged in the restrainer lifting block and can move; and the ion pulse accelerated electrode plates are arranged in the advance direction of particles and are axially parallel to the restrainer lifting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Hongbin Ding, Yuanjie Hao, Ding Wu, Chunlei Feng, Cong Li, Ran Hai
  • Patent number: 11027053
    Abstract: A method for pairing a dialysis machine with peripheral devices is disclosed. An example method includes receiving, in an intermediate data transfer unit, data related to a patient from at least one of a weight sensor, a blood pressure sensor, or a remote exchange device. The method also includes causing the intermediate data transfer unit to detect a connection of a memory device to a port of the intermediate data transfer unit, and causing the intermediate data transfer unit to store the data to the memory device so that the memory device can be transported to a dialysis machine for transfer of the data from the memory device to the dialysis machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare SA
    Inventors: Alex Anping Yu, Robert W. Childers, Peter A. Hopping
  • Patent number: 10907245
    Abstract: A linear evaporation source and a deposition apparatus having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the linear evaporation source includes i) a crucible being open on one side thereof and configured to store a deposition material and ii) a plurality of partitions dividing an internal space of the crucible, wherein each of the partitions has at least one opening in a lower portion thereof. The source further includes i) a nozzle section located on the open side of the crucible and comprising a plurality of nozzles, ii) a heater configured to heat the crucible and iii) a housing configured to accommodate the crucible, the nozzle section, and the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Gyu Seo, Sang-Jin Han, Cheol-Lae Roh, Jae-Hong Ahn
  • Patent number: 10870915
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus configured to perform a deposition process on a substrate, the deposition apparatus including a chamber having an exhaust opening in a surface, a deposition source in the chamber configured to eject one or more deposition materials toward the substrate, a cooling plate corresponding to an inner surface of the chamber, at which the exhaust opening is formed, a refrigerator contacting the cooling plate, and a pump coupled to the exhaust opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Ho Kim, Myung-Soo Huh, Jeong-Ho Yi, Cheol-Rae Jo, Hyun-Woo Joo, Yong-Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 10836535
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the presented technology include the application of a low emissivity coating, such as a vacuum chemical vapor deposited aluminum coating, to: a) a paper substrate; b) a recyclable polymer substrate; c) a biodegradable polymer substrate; d) any biodegradable substrate; e) a polymer substrate; that is then laminated to a container, such as a disposable paper coffee or tea cup. In some embodiments, the low emissivity coated laminate may be applied to the container materials prior to the materials being formed, or they may be laminated after the disposable container has been formed. The final form is a container, such as a disposable paper coffee or tea cup that has a low emissivity coating applied to all surfaces facing away from the containers contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Aaron Watts
  • Patent number: 10829851
    Abstract: A box coating apparatus for vacuum coating of substrates comprises a vacuum chamber which contains an evaporation source for evaporating coating material and a substrate holder disposed vis-à-vis to the evaporation source so that coating material evaporated by the evaporation source can impinge on substrates held by the substrate holder. An electric heating device is centrally arranged in the vacuum chamber, which is constructed to heat up the vacuum chamber during vacuum check and cleaning routines. So as to be removable from the vacuum chamber prior to the deposition processes, the heating device is provided with a stand having a plurality of leg portions mounted to a base plate, which are sized and constructed at the base plate so that the heating device can be placed over and above the evaporation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Satisloh AG
    Inventors: Franco Moreni, Antonio Corea, Tiziano Deodato, Giuseppe Di Paola
  • Patent number: 10663228
    Abstract: A thermal evaporation sources are described. These thermal evaporation sources include a crucible configured to contain a volume of evaporant and a vapor space above the evaporant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: JLN SOLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Robert W. Birkmire, Gregory M. Hanket
  • Patent number: 10644238
    Abstract: The embodiment provides a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor element showing high conversion efficiency and having a perovskite structure. The embodiment is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor element comprising an active layer having a perovskite structure. Said active layer is produced by the steps of: forming a coating film by directly or indirectly coating a first or second electrode with a coating solution containing a precursor compound for the perovskite structure and an organic solvent capable of dissolving said precursor compound; and then starting to blow a gas onto said coating film before formation reaction of the perovskite structure is completed in said coating film. Another embodiment is an apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor element according to the above method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Gotanda, Shigehiko Mori, Akihiro Matsui, Haruhi Oooka
  • Patent number: 10612142
    Abstract: A film formation apparatus for forming a thin film having high gas barrier performance, such as a DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) film, a SiOx film, a SiOC film, a SiOCN film, a SiNx film, and an AlOx film, on an inner surface and/or an outer surface of a container such as a PET bottle. The film formation apparatus has: a vacuum chamber for forming, in a vacuum state, a film on a surface of a container using a heat generating element; a vacuum evacuation device for vacuumizing the vacuum chamber; and a relative shifting device for relatively shifting the container and the heat generating element in the vacuum chamber after the vacuumization of the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: KIRIN BEER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ooshima, Keiichi Fujimoto, Hiroyasu Tabuchi, Masaki Nakaya
  • Patent number: 10597775
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus comprises a film forming vessel comprising a first mold and a second mold that is arranged to be opposed to the first mold. The first mold is configured to include a first recessed portion and a first planar portion arranged around the first recessed portion and an exhaust port in a bottom portion of the first recessed portion. The film forming apparatus also comprises a seal member placed between the first planar portion of the first mold and the second mold. The seal member is configured to keep inside of the film forming vessel airtight; and an exhaust device connected with the exhaust port. The work is placed away from the first planar portion such that a film formation target part of the work faces an internal space of the first recessed portion when the film forming vessel is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazutaka Iizuka
  • Patent number: 10593967
    Abstract: A thermal insulation device includes a first plate, a second plate formed to nest adjacent the first plate with a gap between the first and second plates, a porous material disposed in the gap between the plates, a sealing layer disposed between the first and second plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient, and a vapor generating material disposed in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Eickhoff, Jeffrey Michael Klein
  • Patent number: 10547003
    Abstract: A deposition apparatus includes a chamber, a first stage and a second stage for supporting substrates within the chamber, an evaporating source assembly moving a first stage area corresponding to the first stage and a second stage area corresponding to the second stage, and including a plurality of nozzles through which a source material is spurted, and a photographing assembly which is disposed between the first stage and the second stage and photographs the plurality of nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Wan Park, Ju Eel Mun, Seung Ki Kang, In Hyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10539320
    Abstract: A system and method for generating combustion aerosols from liquid fuel. The system includes a furnace with an inner heating tube having a heating tape wrapped thereabout. Further, the system includes a fuel line extending through an inlet end of the heating tube and into the heating tube, and a means for dripping the liquid fuel onto a plurality of different locations on an inner surface of the heating tube. The system further includes a power supply to power the heating tape to heat the inner heating tube to a temperature which can ignite the liquid fuel dripped onto the inner surface of the inner heating tube whereby there is an immediate combustion to form combustion products. Finally, the system includes an air line connected to the heating tube for directing compressed air through the inner heating tube to mix with the combustion products and transport the formed combustion aerosols out of an outlet end of the inner heating tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Jerold R. Bottiger, Jana S. Kesavan, Deborah R. Schepers
  • Patent number: 10541386
    Abstract: The invention provides an evaporation deposition equipment and method, applicable to vapor-depositing an organic light-emitting layer on an array substrate with a formed anode layer, the evaporation deposition equipment comprising: a first platform, disposed with an electrode plate; a second platform, disposed above the first platform, for carrying the array substrate; a vaporizing unit, disposed at the electrode plate, for generating charged vapor-depositing material particles and spraying the charged vapor-depositing material particles towards the array substrate; a mask carrier, for fixing a mask with opening pattern between the array substrate and the vaporizing unit; an electric field forming unit, electrically connected to the array substrate and the electrode plate, for forming an electric field between the anode layer and the electrode plate, the electric field guiding the charged vapor-depositing material particles towards the array substrate to deposit to form an organic light-emitting layer corresp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guoxia Yi
  • Patent number: 10526697
    Abstract: A solid source material is described for forming a tungsten-containing film. The solid source material is tungsten hexacarbonyl, wherein content of molybdenum is less than 1000 ppm. Such solid source material may be formed by a process including provision of particulate tungsten hexacarbonyl raw material of particles of size less than 5 mm, wherein particles of size greater than 1.4 mm are less than 15% of the particles, and wherein content of molybdenum is less than 1000 ppm, and sintering the particulate tungsten hexacarbonyl raw material at temperature below 100° C. to produce the solid source material as a sintered solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Baum, Robert L. Wright, Jr., Scott L. Battle, John M. Cleary
  • Patent number: 10513771
    Abstract: A vaporizer body (1) having a vaporizing surface (3) for vaporizing metal in a PVD-metallization installation, wherein the vaporizing surface (3) comprises a plurality of recesses (5, 5?, 5?), with an opening of the respective recess having an area/perimeter-ratio of greater than or equal to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL SINTEC KERAMIK GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Nürnberger, Rudolf Grau, Hubert Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10501847
    Abstract: In a device and a method for generating vapor in a CVD or PVD device, particles are vaporized by bringing the particles into contact with a first heat transfer surface of a vaporization device. The vapor generated by vaporizing the particles is transported by a carrier gas out of the vaporization device and into a single or multistage modulation device. In a vapor transfer phase, second heat transfer surfaces of the modulation device are adjusted to a first modulation temperature, at which the vapor passes through the modulation device without condensing on the second heat transfer surfaces. At an intermission phase, the second heat transfer surfaces are adjusted to a second modulation temperature, at which at least some of the vapor condenses on the second heat transfer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: AIXTRON SE
    Inventors: Michael Long, Birgit Irmgard Beccard, Claudia Cremer, Karl-Heinz Trimborn, Andy Eichler, Andreas Poqué
  • Patent number: 10458017
    Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a spray nozzle, a first chamber, a first gas supply port, a second chamber, a through hole, and a mist outlet. A solution transformed into droplets that is to be sprayed from the spray nozzle is housed in the first chamber and transformed into a mist in the first chamber by gas injected from the first gas supply port. The solution in mist form moves from the first chamber through the through hole to the second chamber and is misted onto a substrate from the mist outlet of the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shirahata, Hiroyuki Orita, Takahiro Hiramatsu
  • Patent number: 10458014
    Abstract: In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIVA POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
  • Patent number: 10396120
    Abstract: A semiconductor epitaxial wafer production method that can increase the peak concentration of hydrogen in a surface portion of a semiconductor wafer after epitaxial layer formation is provided. A method of producing a semiconductor epitaxial wafer comprises: a first step of irradiating a surface of a semiconductor wafer with cluster ions containing hydrogen as a constituent element, to form a modifying layer formed from, as a solid solution, a constituent element of the cluster ions including hydrogen in a surface portion of the semiconductor wafer; a second step of, after the first step, irradiating the semiconductor wafer with electromagnetic waves of a frequency of 300 MHz or more and 3 THz or less, to heat the semiconductor wafer; and a third step of, after the second step, forming an epitaxial layer on the modifying layer of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Kadono, Kazunari Kurita
  • Patent number: 10385452
    Abstract: Systems, reagent support trays, particle suppression devices, and methods are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a vaporizer vessel having one or more interior walls enclosing an interior volume and a plurality of reagent support trays configured to be vertically stackable within the interior volume. Each of the plurality of reagent support trays is configured to be vertically stackable within the interior volume to form a stack of reagent support trays. One or more of the plurality of reagent support trays is configured to redirect a flow of a gas passing between adjacent reagent support trays in the stack of reagent support trays to cause the flow of gas to interact with the source reagent material in a particular reagent support tray before passing into a next of the plurality of reagent support trays in the stack of reagent support trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Bryan C. Hendrix, John N. Gregg, Scott L. Battle, Donn K. Naito, Kyle Bartosh, John M. Cleary, Sebum Cheon, Jordan Hodges
  • Patent number: 10376960
    Abstract: An additively manufactured alloy component has a first portion formed of the alloy and having a first grain size, and a second portion formed of the alloy and having a second grain size smaller than the first grain size. In an embodiment, the alloy component is an alloy turbine disk, the first portion is a rim region of the alloy turbine disk, and the second portion is a hub region of the alloy turbine disk. The first and second grain sizes may be achieved by controllably varying the laser power and/or scan speed during additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John A. Sharon, Daniel V. Viens, Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Gajawalli V. Srinivasan, Joseph J. Sangiovanni, Ranadip Acharya
  • Patent number: 10364488
    Abstract: A linear evaporation source and a deposition apparatus having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the linear evaporation source includes i) a crucible being open on one side thereof and configured to store a deposition material and ii) a plurality of partitions dividing an internal space of the crucible, wherein each of the partitions has at least one opening in a lower portion thereof. The source further includes i) a nozzle section located on the open side of the crucible and comprising a plurality of nozzles, ii) a heater configured to heat the crucible and iii) a housing configured to accommodate the crucible, the nozzle section, and the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Gyu Seo, Sang-Jin Han, Cheol-Lae Roh, Jae-Hong Ahn
  • Patent number: 10319950
    Abstract: An evaporation method and an evaporation device for an organic light-emitting diode substrate are proposed. The evaporation method includes: step 1, regulating a distance between a supporting module for supporting a substrate and a crucible platform of an evaporation device; step 2, adjusting a direction of opening of a crucible disposed on the crucible platform; and step 3, placing a substrate to be evaporated on the supporting module and volatizing an evaporation source in the crucible and attaching the volatized evaporation source onto a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Youyuan Kuang
  • Patent number: 10319602
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus which can more efficiently regenerate phosphoric acid which is able to be returned to etching treatment along with such etching treatment as much as possible without using a large facility, that is, a substrate treatment apparatus which treats a silicon substrate W on which a nitride film is formed by a liquid etchant which contains phosphoric acid, which comprises an etching treatment unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which gives a suitable quantity of liquid etchant to each substrate which is fed one at a time so as to etch the substrate and remove the nitride film, a phosphoric acid regenerating unit (the spin treatment unit 30) which mixes liquid etchant used for treatment of one substrate and a suitable quantity of liquid hydrofluoric acid for the amount of the used liquid etchant under a predetermined temperature environment to regenerate the phosphoric acid, and a phosphoric acid recovery unit (the pump 38, phosphoric acid recovery tank 50, and pump 52) which returns the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kobayashi, Koichi Hamada, Yoshiaki Kurokawa, Masaaki Furuya, Hideki Mori, Yasushi Watanabe, Yoshinori Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10282626
    Abstract: An identity recognition device and a method for manufacturing the same, and an identity recognition method are provided. The identity recognition device includes a display panel including a backlight source, a foot type and dermatoglyph recognition layer, located at a light-outputting side of the display panel and configured to detect a light-shielding condition of a light-outputting surface and acquire sole outline information and sole dermatoglyph information of a target user standing with bare foot, a pressure sensing detection layer, located at a non-light-outputting side of the display panel or between the display panel and the foot type and dermatoglyph recognition layer and configured to acquire sole pressure information of the target user, and an identity recognition module, configured to recognize an identity of the target user based on the sole outline information, the sole dermatoglyph information and the sole pressure information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Gao
  • Patent number: 10280502
    Abstract: A crucible structure including a crucible body and a crucible cover. The crucible body includes a crucible bottom wall and a crucible side wall. One end of the crucible side wall is connected to the crucible bottom wall, and the other end of the crucible side wall is provided with the crucible cover. An included angle between the crucible cover and an axial direction of the crucible is an acute angle. The crucible cover is provided with an opening structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dejiang Zhao, Hao Wang