Michael J Richter

US Patent:

6435868, Aug 20, 2002

Filed:

Dec 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/732159

Inventors:

John M. White - Hayward CA
Wendell T. Blonigan - Union City CA
Michael W. Richter - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc. - Tokyo

International Classification:

F27D 306

US Classification:

432247, 432 4, 432 5, 118724, 118725

Abstract:

A load lock chamber includes a chamber body having an aperture to allow a substrate to be transferred into or out of the chamber. The load lock chamber is configurable in several configurations, including a base configuration for providing a transition between two different pressures, a heating configuration for heating the substrate and providing a transition between two different pressures, and a cooling configuration for cooling the substrate and providing a transition between two different pressures. Various features of the chamber configurations help increase the throughput of the system by enabling rapid heating and cooling of substrates and simultaneous evacuation and venting of the chamber, and help compensate for thermal losses near the substrate edges, thereby providing a more uniform temperature across the substrate.

US Patent:

6561381, May 13, 2003

Filed:

Nov 20, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/717720

Inventors:

Thomas H. Osterheld - Mountain View CA
Benjamin A. Bonner - San Mateo CA
Michael W. Richter - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

B67B 700

US Classification:

222 1, 222 58, 222 61, 222335, 222399

Abstract:

Liquid material is precisely dispensed to a semiconductor processing tool utilizing closed loop control. In one embodiment, CMP slurry material of known density is supplied from a reservoir/mixing vessel to a dispense module. The dispense module also receives a flow of an inert gas through a gas supply valve. Positive pressure arising within the dispense module due to the inert gas flow causes an outflow of slurry from the dispense module to the CMP platen. The rate of flow of the slurry to the CMP platen over time is determined by monitoring the change (decline) in weight of the filled dispense module. In a similar manner, variation in the rate of flow of slurry over time may be detected by monitoring variation in changes in weight of the filled dispense module over time. A regulator structure in electronic communication with the dispense module and with the gas supply valve receives first signals at different time points indicating the weight change of the dispense module. In response, the regulator structure communicates a second signal to the gas supply valve, reflecting an appropriate change in the rate of flow of CMP slurry material to the platen.

US Patent:

6834777, Dec 28, 2004

Filed:

Apr 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/409368

Inventors:

Thomas H. Osterheld - Mountain View CA
Benjamin A. Bonner - San Mateo CA
Michael W. Richter - Sunnyvale CA

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

B67D 5008

US Classification:

222 58, 222335, 222399

Abstract:

Liquid material is precisely dispensed to a semiconductor processing tool utilizing closed loop control. In one embodiment, CMP slurry material of known density is supplied from a reservoir/mixing vessel to a dispense module. The dispense module also receives a flow of an inert gas through a gas supply valve. Positive pressure arising within the dispense module due to the inert gas flow causes an outflow of slurry from the dispense module to the CMP platen. The rate of flow of the slurry to the CMP platen over time is determined by monitoring the change (decline) in weight of the filled dispense module. In a similar manner, variation in the rate of flow of slurry over time may be detected by monitoring variation in changes in weight of the filled dispense module over time. A regulator structure in electronic communication with the dispense module and with the gas supply valve receives first signals at different time points indicating the weight change of the dispense module. In response, the regulator structure communicates a second signal to the gas supply valve, reflecting an appropriate change in the rate of flow of CMP slurry material to the platen.

US Patent:

20120303702, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116909

Inventors:

Michael Judd Richter - Atherton CA, US
Matthew William Kelly - Palo Alto CA, US
Austin Haugen - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, analyzing one or more elements of a displayed structured document to identify one or more objects from a plurality of objects within the displayed structured document, responsive to detected user interaction by a user with a first object of the one or more identified objects, generating data indicating an edge relationship from the first object and the user, and transmitting the data indicating the edge relationship to a social networking system.

US Patent:

20120303703, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116923

Inventors:

Michael Judd Richter - Atherton CA, US
Matthew William Kelly - Palo Alto CA, US
Austin Haugen - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

In particular embodiments, a method comprising, by one or more computing devices, identifying, at a client device, one or more objects or references to the one or more objects embedded in a structured document displayed to a first user, accessing a social graph to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the one or more identified objects, and modifying, for at least one of the one or more identified objects, the structured document displayed to the first user to indicate that the at least one or more identified objects has been accessed by one or more second users.

US Patent:

20120303722, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116945

Inventors:

Michael Judd Richter - Atherton CA, US
Matthew William Kelly - Palo Alto CA, US
Austin Haugen - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

In particular embodiments, a method comprising accessing, at a client device, an object model representation of a structured document displayed in a browser client of a user to identify one or more elements of the structured document, and modifying, at the client device, the object model representation of the structured document to add one or more first controls proximal to respective ones of the one or more identified elements, wherein the one or more added first controls are operative, when executed, to transmit a message including an identifier of the respective element and an identifier associated with the user to a social networking system.

US Patent:

20120304265, Nov 29, 2012

Filed:

May 26, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/116862

Inventors:

Michael Judd Richter - Atherton CA, US
Matthew William Kelly - Palo Alto CA, US
Austin Haugen - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 21/00
H04L 9/32

US Classification:

726 7, 715234

Abstract:

Particular embodiments comprise a method, by one or more computer systems, for accessing a structured document from an external website, wherein the structured document includes markup language containing instructions identifying social network data elements of a social networking system, processing the markup language in the structured document to locate the social network data elements, rendering the structured document based on the markup language, wherein the displayable web page includes one or more of the located social network data elements of the social networking system, and displaying one or more of the located social network data elements of the social networking system proximal to the rendered web page on a display.

US Patent:

20120317109, Dec 13, 2012

Filed:

Jun 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/159247

Inventors:

Michael Judd Richter - Atherton CA, US
Matthew William Kelly - Palo Alto CA, US
Austin Haugen - San Francisco CA, US
E. Nair Flores - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707734, 707722, 707E17082

Abstract:

In particular embodiments, a method comprising, accessing, at a client device, a set of search results in a structured document loaded into a client application, wherein the search results correspond to a search query of a first user, accessing a data store of social graph information to determine if one or more second users having an association with the first user have accessed any of the search results, and visually distinguishing, at the client device, in a user interface of the client application each of the one or more search results that have been accessed by one or more second users.