Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Low particle gas enclosure systems and methods
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Application No.: US14275637Application Date: 2014-05-12
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Publication No.: US09969193B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Justin Mauck , Alexander Sou-Kang Ko , Eliyahu Vronsky , Shandon Alderson , Alexey Stepanov
- Applicant: Kateeva, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Newark
- Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Newark
- Main IPC: B05C15/00
- IPC: B05C15/00 ; B41J29/02 ; H01L51/56 ; B41J29/13

Abstract:
The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that can have various components comprising a particle control system that can provide a low-particle zone proximal to a substrate. Various components of a particle control system can include a gas circulation and filtration system, a low-particle-generating motion system for moving a printhead assembly relative to a substrate, a service bundle housing exhaust system, and a printhead assembly exhaust system. In addition to maintaining substantially low levels for each species of various reactive species, including various reactive atmospheric gases, such as water vapor and oxygen, for various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that have a particle control system, an on-substrate particle specification can be readily met. Accordingly, processing of various substrates in an inert, low-particle gas environment according to systems and methods of the present teachings can have substantially lower manufacturing defects.
Public/Granted literature
- US10434804B2 Low particle gas enclosure systems and methods Public/Granted day:2019-10-08
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