Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Manifold valve for multiple precursors
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Application No.: US16966831Application Date: 2019-01-30
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Publication No.: US11427908B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: Damodar Rajaram Shanbhag , Nagraj Shankar
- Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/015799 WO 20190130
- International Announcement: WO2019/152486 WO 20190808
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; C23C16/455 ; C23C16/52 ; F16K27/00

Abstract:
Various embodiments include an apparatus to supply precursor gases to a processing tool. In various examples, the apparatus includes a point-of-use (POU) valve manifold that includes a manifold body to couple to a processing chamber of the processing tool. The manifold body has a multiple precursor-gas outlet ports surrounded by an annulus. A purge-gas outlet port of the manifold body is directed substantially toward interior walls of the annulus. For each of multiple precursor gases, the POU-valve manifold further includes: a first valve coupled to the manifold body and a divert valve coupled to the first valve. The first valve can be coupled to a precursor-gas supply and has a separate precursor-gas flow path internal to the manifold body. The divert valve diverts the precursor gas during a period when the precursor gas is not to be directed into the processing chamber by the first valve. Other examples are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210040611A1 MANIFOLD VALVE FOR MULTIPLE PRECURSORS Public/Granted day:2021-02-11
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