US Patent Issued to Applied Materials on Aug. 26 for "Ion extraction optics having novel blocker configuration" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,824, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Ion extraction optics having novel blocker configuration" was invented by Costel Biloiu (Rockport, Mass.), Adam Calkins (Newmarket, N.H.), Tyler Rockwell (Wakefield, Mass.), Kevin M. Daniels (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Christopher Campbell (Newburyport, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing system may include a plasma chamber and an extraction optics, disposed along a side of the plasma chamber. The extraction optics may include an extraction plate, having an outer side and an inner side, where the extraction plate defines at least one extra...