Latest Patents

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Title Filing Date Publication Date Grant Date
Hydraulic feed system for an ion source 2023-1-30 2023-8-03
High incidence angle graphite for particle control with dedicated low sputter … 2022-12-20 2023-7-27
Shielded gas inlet for an ion source 2022-10-28 2023-5-04
Charge filter magnet with variable achromaticity 2022-10-27 2023-5-04
Method and apparatus for continuous chained energy ion implantation 2022-8-05 2023-2-09
Blended energy ion implantation 2022-8-05 2023-5-16
Extended lifetime dual indirectly-heated cathode ion source 2022-7-29 2023-4-16
Phosphine co-gas for carbon implantation 2022-7-06 2022-9-21
Ion source with multiple bias electrodes 2022-5-11 2023-3-01
Hybrid high-temperature electrostatic clamp for improved workpiece temperature … 2021-11-11 2022-6-01
Fluorine based molecular co-gas when running dimethylaluminum chloride as a … 2021-11-01 2022-8-01
Etching aluminum nitride or aluminum oxide to generate an aluminum ion beam 2021-9-10 2022-5-01
Active workpiece heating or cooling for an ion implantation system 2021-8-04 2021-11-25
Hydrogen co-generation using chloride ion source materials 2021-7-12 2023-3-14
Stepped indirectly heated cathode with improved shielding 2021-6-16 2021-12-23
Tuning apparatus for minimum divergence ion beam 2021-6-16 2022-1-01
Ion source repeller 2021-4-06 2022-10-06
Apparatus and method for controlling metal contamination of ion implantation … 2021-2-08 2022-10-12
Hydrogen generator for an ion implanter 2020-11-20 2022-3-15 2022-3-15
Method of enhancing the energy and beam current on rf based implanter 2020-8-18 2021-4-01
Toxic outgas control post process 2020-7-10 2021-5-16
System and method for extending a lifetime of an ion source for molecular … 2020-6-03 2021-4-01
Charge stripping for ion implantation systems 2020-5-29 2020-12-03
High power wafer cooling 2020-4-30 2021-2-16
Source with multiple arc chambers 2020-4-16 2021-11-23
Liquid metal ion source 2020-3-20 2021-3-01
Method of mixing upstream and downstream current measurements for inference of … 2020-2-17 2021-10-21
Scan and corrector magnet designs for high throughput scanned beam ion … 2019-12-19 2021-6-15 2021-6-15
Reduction of condensed gases on chamber walls via purge gas dilution and … 2019-12-10 2021-1-01
Reduction of condensed gases on chamber walls via heated chamber housing for … 2019-12-09 2020-12-16
Tetrode extraction apparatus for ion source 2019-12-04 2020-11-16
Wafer soak temperature readback and control via thermocouple embedded end … 2019-11-18 2020-10-16
Ion source with tailored extraction aperture 2019-11-12 2020-10-01
A system and method of arc detection using dynamic threshold 2019-11-11 2020-7-01
Voltage modulation of the extraction electrode assembly in an ion implantation … 2019-10-18 2021-9-08 2021-9-08
Substrate support having customizable and replaceable features for enhanced … 2019-8-23 2020-2-27
Systems and methods for aligning light-transmitting birefringence workpieces 2019-8-23 2021-12-16
Scanning magnet design with improved efficiency 2019-8-21 2021-3-26
Hydrogen bleed gas for an ion source housing 2019-5-13 2019-11-14
In-situ wafer temperature measurement and control 2019-4-01 2020-10-13
Outgassing impact on process chamber reduction via chamber pump and purge 2019-1-30 2019-10-16
Method for decreasing cool down time with heated system for semiconductor … 2018-12-21 2020-6-25
Method of providing consistent electrostatic clamping through real-time control … 2018-12-04 2020-7-29
Film stabilization through novel materials modification of beamline components 2018-11-16 2019-5-16
Shallow angle, multi-wavelength, multi-receiver, adjustable sensitivity aligner … 2018-10-25 2019-7-16
Systems and methods for in situ stabilization or removal of beamline film in … 2018-10-09 2020-12-17
Wafer temperature control with consideration to beam power input 2018-9-19 2020-4-01
Wafer temperature control with control over beam power input 2018-9-18 2020-11-26
Rf resonator for ion beam acceleration 2018-9-12 2019-3-21
Lanthanated tungsten ion source and beamline componets 2018-8-14 2018-12-13
Low conductance self-shielding insulator for ion implantation systems 2018-8-10 2018-12-06
Ion implantation system having beam angle control in drift and deceleration … 2018-6-15 2023-4-01 2023-4-01
An ion implantation system, a method for implanting aluminum ions into a … 2018-6-05 2022-12-01 2022-12-01
Wafer cooling method 2018-4-12 2018-8-16
Two-axis variable width mass resolving aperture with fast acting shutter motion 2018-3-01 2019-9-05
Radiant heating presoak 2018-1-18 2018-7-26
Phosphorous trifluoride co-gas for carbon implants 2017-11-21 2018-10-01
Adjustable circumference electrostatic clamp 2017-9-30 2021-7-11 2021-7-11
In-situ cleaning using hydrogen peroxide as co-gas to primary dopant or purge … 2017-9-29 2022-3-01 2022-3-01
An ion implantation system and a gripper mechanism for individually gripping a … 2017-9-21 2022-3-01 2022-3-01
Integrated emissivity sensor alignment characterization 2017-9-21 2021-8-11 2021-8-11
Ion implantation systems and methods for controlling ion beam uniformity 2017-9-07 2022-4-01 2022-4-01
System and method for heated ion implantation achieving high processing … 2017-7-03 2017-12-21
Implantation with solid aluminum iodide (ALI3) to generate aluminum atomic ions … 2017-6-21 2019-9-05
Improved ion source repeller shield 2017-4-05 2018-1-01
Multi-piece electrode aperture 2017-1-19 2018-9-17
Improved ion source cathode shield 2017-1-19 2020-12-16 2020-12-16
High throughput serial wafer handling end station 2016-12-27 2017-6-22
Low conductance self-shielding insulator for ion implantation systems 2016-12-07 2018-7-01
Ion source liner having a lip for ion implantation systems 2016-12-05 2022-6-11 2022-6-11
System for semiconductor wafer retention and sensing in a vacuum load lock 2016-11-28 2020-2-25 2020-2-25
Ion source liner having a lip for ion implantation systems 2016-11-04 2018-5-22 2018-5-22
Cam actuated filament clamp 2016-8-09 2017-6-16
High throughput cooled ion implantation system and method 2016-8-04 2017-7-16
Integrated extraction electrode manipulator for ion source 2016-3-24 2020-9-01 2020-9-01
Bipolar wafer charge monitor system and ion implantation system comprising same 2016-2-25 2019-12-11 2019-12-11
Determine that speed is lifted for scanning the beam profile of beam implanter 2015-12-28 2017-9-26
Combine multi-pole magnet and dipole scanning magnet 2015-12-28 2017-8-29
Combined electrostatic lens system for ion implantation 2015-12-28 2017-9-06
Wafer chucking detection based on vibration or acoustic characteristic analysis 2015-12-28 2020-10-30 2020-10-30
System and method for beam angle adjustment in an ion implanter with beam … 2015-12-28 2017-12-28
System and method to improve productivity of hybrid scan ion beam implanters 2015-12-28 2016-6-30
Method for measuring vertical beam profile in an ion implantation system with a … 2015-12-28 2018-3-01
System and method for electrostatic clamping of workpieces 2015-9-18 2019-4-01 2019-4-01