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公开(公告)号:US10964584B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-30
申请号:US16417369
申请日:2019-05-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Leon Volfovski , Andreas Schmid , Denis Martin Koosau , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Steven Babayan , Douglas R. McAllister , Helder Lee , Jeffrey Hudgens , Damon K. Cox
IPC: H01L21/68 , H01L21/687 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/677
Abstract: A process kit ring adaptor includes a rigid carrier. The rigid carrier includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface includes a first distal portion and a second distal portion to support a process kit ring. The lower surface includes a first region to interface with an end effector configured to support wafers and a solid planar central region to interface with a vacuum chuck.
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公开(公告)号:US11626305B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US16452091
申请日:2019-06-25
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas Michael Kopec , Damon K. Cox , Leon Volfovski
IPC: B25J9/16 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/677 , G06T1/00
Abstract: A robotic object handling system comprises a robot arm, a non-contact sensor, a first station, and a computing device. The computing device is to cause the robot arm to pick up an object on an end effector, cause the robot arm to position the object within a detection area of the non-contact sensor, cause the non-contact sensor to generate sensor data of the object, determine at least one of a rotational error of the object relative to a target orientation or a positional error of the object relative to a target position based on the sensor data, cause an adjustment to the robot arm to approximately remove at least one of the rotational error or the positional error from the object, and cause the robot arm to place the object at the first station, wherein the placed object lacks at least one of the rotational error or the positional error.
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公开(公告)号:US20220324100A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-13
申请号:US17850296
申请日:2022-06-27
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas Michael Kopec , Lyle Kosinski , Matvey Farber , Jeffrey Hudgens
IPC: B25J9/16 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/00 , H01L21/673 , B25J21/00
Abstract: An autoteach system includes an autoteach pin that is a scannable feature having a fixed position within the autoteach system. The autoteach pin enables an autoteach operation of a robot arm of the wafer processing system. The autoteach operation is an operation to automatically teach the fixed position within the autoteach system to the robot arm of the wafer processing system. The autoteach pin includes a first portion including a cylindrical sidewall. The robot arm is to use the first portion to locate the fixed position within the autoteach system. The autoteach portion further includes a second portion including planar sidewalls that are configured to enable calibration of robot arm error.
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公开(公告)号:US20250087524A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18958317
申请日:2024-11-25
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Helder Lee , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Leon Volfovski , Douglas R. McAllister , Andreas Schmid , Jeffrey Hudgens , Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath , Steven Babayan
IPC: H01L21/687 , H01L21/673 , H01L21/677 , H01L21/68
Abstract: A process kit enclosure system includes walls and a retention device structure. The retention device structure includes a retention device post and a retention device fin. The retention device fin in a first position is disposed above and secures a process kit ring supported in the interior volume of the process kit enclosure system. The retention device fin is rotated from the first position to be in a second position to be outside a boundary of the process kit ring. The retention device post is aligned with and inserts into a recess formed by a top cover of the process kit enclosure system responsive to the retention device post being in the first position. The retention device post is misaligned with and blocked from inserting into the recess formed by the top cover responsive to the retention device post of the retention device structure being in the second position.
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公开(公告)号:US12165905B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-10
申请号:US16417348
申请日:2019-05-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Helder Lee , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Leon Volfovski , Douglas R. McAllister , Andreas Schmid , Jeffrey Hudgens , Yogananda Sarode Vishwanath , Steven Babayan
IPC: H01L21/687 , H01L21/673 , H01L21/677 , H01L21/68
Abstract: A process kit enclosure system includes surfaces to enclose an interior volume, a first support structure including first fins, a second support structure including second fins, and a front interface to interface the process kit enclosure system with a load port of a wafer processing system. The first and second fins are sized and spaced to hold process kit ring carriers and process kit rings in the interior volume. Each of the process kit rings is secured to one of the process kit ring carriers. The process kit enclosure system enables first automated transfer of a first process kit ring carrier securing a first process kit ring from the process kit enclosure system into the wafer processing system and second automated transfer of a second process kit ring carrier securing a second process kit ring from the wafer processing system into the process kit enclosure system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200373194A1
公开(公告)日:2020-11-26
申请号:US16417369
申请日:2019-05-20
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Leon Volfovski , Andreas Schmid , Denis Martin Koosau , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Steven Babayan , Douglas R. McAllister , Helder Lee , Jeffrey Hudgens , Damon K. Cox
IPC: H01L21/687 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/68
Abstract: A process kit ring adaptor includes a rigid carrier. The rigid carrier includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface includes a first distal portion and a second distal portion to support a process kit ring. The lower surface includes a first region to interface with an end effector configured to support wafers and a solid planar central region to interface with a vacuum chuck.
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公开(公告)号:US20240416514A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-19
申请号:US18819400
申请日:2024-08-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas Michael Kopec , Lyle Kosinski , Matvey Farber , Jeffrey Hudgens
IPC: B25J9/16 , B25J21/00 , H01L21/00 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/673
Abstract: A calibration system is of a wafer processing system. The calibration system includes a calibration substrate configured to be disposed on a plurality of support structures of the wafer processing system. The calibration substrate includes a calibration pin. The calibration substrate enables a calibration operation of a robot arm of the wafer processing system to automatically determine robot arm error of the robot arm.
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公开(公告)号:US11842917B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17216439
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Leon Volfovski , Andreas Schmid , Denis Martin Koosau , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Steven Babayan , Douglas R. McAllister , Helder Lee , Jeffrey Hudgens , Damon K. Cox
IPC: H01L21/68 , H01L21/687 , H01L21/683 , H01L21/677
CPC classification number: H01L21/68735 , H01L21/68 , H01L21/6838 , H01L21/68707 , H01L21/68721 , H01L21/68742 , H01L21/677
Abstract: A process kit ring adaptor includes one or more upper surfaces and one or more lower surfaces. The one or more upper surfaces are configured to support a process kit ring. The one or more lower surfaces are configured to interface with an end effector. The process kit ring adaptor supporting the process kit ring is configured to be transported on the end effector within a processing system.
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公开(公告)号:US20230307273A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18127278
申请日:2023-03-28
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas Michael Kopec , Damon K. Cox , Leon Volfovski
IPC: H01L21/67 , H01L21/677 , B25J9/16 , G06T1/00
CPC classification number: H01L21/67265 , H01L21/67742 , H01L21/67201 , H01L21/67196 , B25J9/1679 , G06T1/0014
Abstract: A robotic object handling system comprises a robot arm, an image sensor, a first station, and a computing device. The computing device is to cause the robot arm to pick up an object on an end effector, cause the image sensor to generate sensor data of the object, determine at least one of (i) a rotational error of the object or (ii) a positional error of the object based on the sensor data, cause an adjustment to the robot arm to approximately remove at least one of the rotational error or the positional error, and cause the robot arm to place the object at the first station without at least one of the rotational error or the positional error.
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公开(公告)号:US20210217650A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-15
申请号:US17216439
申请日:2021-03-29
Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
Inventor: Leon Volfovski , Andreas Schmid , Denis Martin Koosau , Nicholas Michael Kopec , Steven Babayan , Douglas R. McAllister , Helder Lee , Jeffrey Hudgens , Damon K. Cox
IPC: H01L21/687 , H01L21/68 , H01L21/683
Abstract: A process kit ring adaptor includes one or more upper surfaces and one or more lower surfaces. The one or more upper surfaces are configured to support a process kit ring. The one or more lower surfaces are configured to interface with an end effector. The process kit ring adaptor supporting the process kit ring is configured to be transported on the end effector within a processing system.
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