Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shadow frame support
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Application No.: US14037719Application Date: 2013-09-26
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Publication No.: US09708709B2Publication Date: 2017-07-18
- Inventor: Kengo Ohashi , Takao Hashimoto , Shinobu Abe
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patterson + Sheridan, LLP
- Main IPC: B08B7/04
- IPC: B08B7/04 ; B08B9/00 ; B08B3/00 ; C23C16/44 ; H01J37/32

Abstract:
The present invention generally provides a processing chamber having shadow frame supports that direct cleaning gas flow to the corners of the chamber. The shadow frame supports are disposed along part of the chamber walls, thus leaving the corners unoccupied. During cleaning, the shadow frame is disposed in a way that it rests on both the substrate support and the shadow frame supports. Therefore, the cleaning gas flowing along the chamber walls is blocked by the shadow frame supports and the cleaning gas is forced to the corners since the shadow frame supports do not extend to the corners.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140109940A1 SHADOW FRAME SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2014-04-24
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