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Blonigan
Wendell T. Blonigan, Union City, CA US
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| 20100107672 | DUAL SUBSTRATE LOADLOCK PROCESS EQUIPMENT - One embodiment relates to a loadlock having a first support structure therein to support one unprocessed substrate and a second support structure therein to support one processed substrate. The first support structure is located above the second support structure. The loadlock includes an elevator to control the vertical position of the support structures. The loadlock also includes a first aperture to permit insertion of an unprocessed substrate into the loadlock and removal of a processed substrate from the loadlock, as well as a second aperture to permit removal of an unprocessed substrate from the loadlock and insertion of a processed substrate into the loadlock. A cooling plate is also located in the loadlock. The cooling plate includes a surface adapted to support a processed substrate thereon. A heating device may be located in the loadlock above the first support structure. | 05-06-2010 |
Wendell T. Blonigan, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20090178617 | RF GROUNDING OF CATHODE IN PROCESS CHAMBER - An apparatus for providing a short return current path for RF current between a process chamber wall and a substrate support is provided. The RF grounding apparatus, which is RF grounded and is place above the substrate transfer port, establishes electrical contact with the substrate support only during substrate processing, such as deposition, to provide return current path for the RF current. One embodiment of the RF grounding apparatus comprises one or more low impedance flexible curtains, which are electrically connected to the grounded chamber wall, and to one or more low impedance blocks, which make contacts with the substrate support during substrate processing. Another embodiment of the RF grounding apparatus comprises a plurality of low impedance flexible straps, which are electrically connected to the grounded chamber wall, and to one or more low impedance blocks, which make contacts with the substrate support during substrate processing. Yet another embodiment of the RF grounding apparatus comprises a plurality of probes, which either are electrically connected to the grounded chamber wall or are grounded by other means, and actuators accompanying the probes. The actuators move the probes to make electrical contact with the substrate support during substrate processing. | 07-16-2009 |
Wendell Thomas Blonigan, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20110088847 | SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY FOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A showerhead for a plasma process apparatus for processing substrates, comprising a showerhead body comprising a top plate and a bottom plate defining a cavity in between; a gas inlet formed in the top plate; a perforated plate positioned between the top plate and the bottom plate and dissecting the cavity into an upper gas compartment and a lower gas compartment; and, wherein the bottom plate comprises a plurality of elongated diffusion slots on its lower surface and a plurality of diffusion holes on its upper surface, each of the diffusion holes making fluid connection from the lower gas compartment to more than one of the diffusion slots. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110139372 | SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY FOR VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Vacuum processing chambers having provisions for thermal expansion and contraction. Specific embodiments provide a plasma processing chamber having a showerhead that enables thermal expansion and contraction without imparting structural stress on the chamber body and without breaking any vacuum seal. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142572 | AUTO-SEQUENCING INLINE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for concurrent processing of several substrates. The system employs a novel architecture which, while being linear, may autonomously sequence processing and move substrates in different directions as necessary. The system moves several substrates concurrently; however, unlike the prior art it does not utilize trays. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142573 | AUTO-SEQUENCING MULTI-DIRECTIONAL INLINE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for concurrent processing of several substrates. The system employs a novel architecture which, while being linear, may autonomously sequence processing and move substrates in different directions as necessary. The system moves several substrates concurrently; however, unlike the prior art it does not utilize trays. | 06-16-2011 |