Michael J Janicki

US Patent:

6755954, Jun 29, 2004

Filed:

Apr 4, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/116077

Inventors:

Steven T. Mayer - Lake Oswego OR
Timothy Patrick Cleary - Portland OR
Michael John Janicki - West Linn OR
Edmund B. Minshall - Sherwood OR
Thomas A. Ponnuswamy - Tulatin OR

Assignee:

Novellus Systems, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

C25D 500

US Classification:

205 96, 205123, 205125, 205157, 204224 R, 204DIG 7

Abstract:

An apparatus for electrochemical treatment of a substrate, in particular for electroplating an integrated circuit wafer. An apparatus preferably includes dynamically operable concentric anodes and dielectric shields in an electrochemical bath. Preferably, the bath height of an electrochemical bath, the substrate height, and the shape and positions of an insert shield and a diffuser shield are dynamically variable during electrochemical treatment operations. Step include varying anode current, bath height and substrate height, shield shape, and shield position.

US Patent:

8430391, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Oct 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/272996

Inventors:

Daniel Clark Park - West Linn OR, US
Timothy Carlysle Shaw - Sammamish WA, US
Michael John Janicki - West Linn OR, US

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation - Norwalk CT

International Classification:

B65H 3/44

US Classification:

271 912, 271 902, 271 903, 271126

Abstract:

In a tandem media supply, two vertical stacks of media sheets are stored. The first stack is positioned on a lift plate that rises as top sheets are removed from the stack of media. When the first stack is exhausted, the second stack is moved by an actuator towards a position where the lift plate was loaded with the first stack of media sheets. Movement of the second stack displaces a biased gate to decouple the lift plate from a drive member that elevated the lift plate. The lift plate drops under the effect of gravity to a position where the second stack of media sheets moves onto the lift plate. Once the second stack is on the lift plate, a biasing force returns the biased gate to a position that enables the drive member to elevate the lift plate.

US Patent:

20050178402, Aug 18, 2005

Filed:

Feb 12, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/778799

Inventors:

R. Stowell - Wilsonville OR, US
Tim Cleary - Portland OR, US
Michael Janicki - West Linn OR, US
Mark Dinneen - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

B08B003/02

US Classification:

134001300, 134025400, 134033000, 134148000, 134153000, 134902000, 134186000, 134183000

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus are provided for the cleaning and drying of a work piece. The apparatus comprises a carrier configured to carry a work piece that has a surface. The apparatus further comprises a press plate having a first surface and a second surface. During a cleaning process, the carrier, the press plate, or both, is configured to move relative to the other. The press plate is disposed a distance from the surface of the work piece such that, when a cleaning fluid is disposed between the work piece and the press plate, the surface tension of the cleaning fluid maintains a meniscus between the work piece and the press plate. A mega-sonic transducer is coupled to the second surface of the press plate.

US Patent:

55526063, Sep 3, 1996

Filed:

May 11, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/439134

Inventors:

Steven M. Jones - Pleasanton CA
Michael J. Janicki - San Jose CA
Thomas E. Lang - Fremont CA
John R. Liebig - San Jose CA
Xiaohan Wang - Alameda CA

Assignee:

ADAC Laboratories, Inc. - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

G01T 100

US Classification:

25036304

Abstract:

A variable filter arrangement wherein differently sized and shaped filters are automatically selected and installed from a collection of filters housed within a configuration for use with a radiation source. The line source is typically used for transmission scanning to collect attenuation correction factors. A line source is utilized in the preferred embodiment and a series of filters (e. g. , differently sized "bow-tie" filters) are rotatably attached to a central junction so that a particular filter can be rotated into an installed position. When installed, the filter acts to attenuate the radiation emitted from the line source to reduce radiation emitted on an otherwise unobstructed area of a scintillation detector. Differently sized filters are advantageously used to accommodate differently sized patents and also to accommodate different unobstructed parts of a detector for different angles of rotation during an ECT transmission scan. The system includes processing intelligence to automatically select the proper filter given body contour (e. g.

US Patent:

56299710, May 13, 1997

Filed:

May 11, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/439111

Inventors:

Steven M. Jones - Pleasanton CA
Michael J. Janicki - San Jose CA
Thomas F. Lang - Fremont CA
John R. Liebig - San Jose CA
Xiaohan Wang - Alameda CA

Assignee:

ADAC Laboratories - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

G21K 510

US Classification:

378145

Abstract:

A scan speed procedure and method wherein a minimum radiation exposure period is determined on an object by object basis for a transmission study. Two transmission scans are performed including a prescan followed by a second transmission scan phase. The first transmission prescan is performed using a radiation source over the object. This prescan is of a rapid and predetermined duration (Tp). A resultant count density associated with the object is then generated and examined. The portion having the smallest count density (Cm) is determined and a value (Co) representing the minimum required number of counts for transmission study is given. From the above, a transmission period (Ts) is determined by the system and the second transmission scan phase is performed for the duration Ts using a multi-pass scan phase. The computed duration Ts represents the minimum exposure duration required to collect transmission data to ensure that the count density distribution associated with the object will contain at least Cm count density over each portion of the object.

US Patent:

55980031, Jan 28, 1997

Filed:

May 11, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/438834

Inventors:

Steven M. Jones - Pleasanton CA
Michael J. Janicki - San Jose CA
Thomas F. Lang - Fremont CA
J. Keenan Brown - San Jose CA
John R. Liebig - San Jose CA
Xiaohan Wang - Alameda CA

Assignee:

ADAC Laboratories - Milpitas CA

International Classification:

G01T 1161

US Classification:

25036304

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for collecting transmission information utilizing a large field of view of a detector and for collecting emission data using a small field of view window of the same detector. The system employs the large field of view of a scintillation detector in order to collect transmission data for the entire body being scanned. Such a technique improves the quantitative capability of emission data by acquiring non-truncated attenuation factors. The emission data of a small field of view window is collected so that high resolution image pixels are used for processing the emission data (e. g. , of a particular body organ). Since a large field of view is used for collecting the transmission data, the imaging pixels for transmission data are of lower resolution than the emission data. The emission data can be collected using a roving zoom technique during an ECT scan. A computation adjusts the transmission data to account for the known location of the emission zoom window on the crystal and for the different pixel sizes between the full field of view transmission scan of the body and the smaller roving electronic field of view emission scan of the body organ.

US Patent:

20230088715, Mar 23, 2023

Filed:

Nov 29, 2022

Appl. No.:

18/071192

Inventors:

- Fremont CA, US
Richard M. Blank - San Jose CA, US
Curtis W. Bailey - West Linn OR, US
Michael J. Janicki - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

C23C 16/458
C23C 16/455

Abstract:

A pedestal assembly including a pedestal for supporting a substrate. A central shaft positions the pedestal at a height during operation. A ring is placed along a periphery of the pedestal. A ring adjuster subassembly includes an adjuster flange disposed around a middle section of the central shaft. The subassembly includes a sleeve connected to the adjuster flange and extending from the adjuster flange to an adjuster plate disposed under the pedestal. The subassembly includes ring adjuster pins connected to the adjuster plate and extending vertically from the adjuster plate. Each of the ring adjuster pins being positioned on the adjuster plate at locations adjacent to and outside of a pedestal diameter. The ring adjuster pins contacting an edge undersurface of the ring. The adjuster flange coupled to at least three adjuster actuators for defining an elevation and tilt of the ring relative to a top surface of the pedestal.

US Patent:

20200173018, Jun 4, 2020

Filed:

Nov 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/205028

Inventors:

- Fremont CA, US
Richard M. Blank - San Jose CA, US
Curtis W. Bailey - West Linn OR, US
Michael J. Janicki - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

C23C 16/458
C23C 16/455

Abstract:

A pedestal assembly including a pedestal for supporting a substrate. A central shaft positions the pedestal at a height during operation. A ring is placed along a periphery of the pedestal. A ring adjuster subassembly includes an adjuster flange disposed around a middle section of the central shaft. The subassembly includes a sleeve connected to the adjuster flange and extending from the adjuster flange to an adjuster plate disposed under the pedestal. The subassembly includes ring adjuster pins connected to the adjuster plate and extending vertically from the adjuster plate. Each of the ring adjuster pins being positioned on the adjuster plate at locations adjacent to and outside of a pedestal diameter. The ring adjuster pins contacting an edge undersurface of the ring. The adjuster flange coupled to at least three adjuster actuators for defining an elevation and tilt of the ring relative to a top surface of the pedestal.