Abstract:
A CVD or PVD coating device comprises a housing and a gas inlet organ secured to the housing via a retaining device, the gas inlet organ having a gas outlet surface with gas outlet openings. The retaining device is only secured at its horizontal edge to the housing so as to stabilize the retaining device with respect to deformations and temperature. The gas inlet organ is secured, at a plurality of suspension points, to the retaining device by means of a plurality of hanging elements distributed over the entire horizontal surface of the retaining device. The retaining device has mechanical stabilization elements formed by a retaining frame having vertical walls that are interconnected at vertical connection lines. An actively cooled heat shield is situated between the retaining device and the gas inlet organ.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a transport module (2) for purposes of loading and unloading a process module (1) of a semiconductor production device, with a housing (3), which has a chamber (4) that can be evacuated, which has an opening (6) that can be closed in a gas-tight manner by a closure device (5), which opens out into a coupling duct (7) associated with the transport module (2), which coupling duct is connected with a flange plate (9) using an elastic intermediate element (8), wherein the flange plate (9) can be seated in a plane parallel, sealing manner on a flange plate (11) of a coupling duct (10) associated with the process module (1), such that after opening the closure device (5) an evacuated loading and unloading duct to the process module (1) is created, wherein a mounting section of the intermediate element (8) is connected with the wall (12, 12′) of the coupling duct (7). Provision is made for the mounting sections to be spaced apart from one another in the radial direction, with respect to the axis of the coupling duct (7), by a deformation zone.