Applied Materials, Inc.

Hari Venkatesh Rajendran

Michael Robert Rice

Hanish Kumar Panavalappil Kumarankutty

Gayatri Natu

Mahesh Arcot

Senthil Kumar Nattamai Subramanian

Christopher L Beaudry

Steven D Marcus

Kirubanandan Naina Shanmugam

Nikshep M Patil

Yogesh Tomar

Kirubanandan Shanmugam Naina

Embodiments of an apparatus for coating a plurality of gas lines are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for coating a plurality of gas lines via an ALD process includes: an oven having an enclosure that defines an interior volume configured to house the plurality of gas lines, the enclosure having a door configured for transferring the plurality of gas lines into and out of the interior volume; a plurality of inlet ports disposed through a first wall of the enclosure; a plurality of exhaust ports disposed through a second wall of the enclosure; a fluid panel disposed outside of the oven and coupled to the plurality of inlet ports via corresponding ones of a plurality of fluid distribution assemblies; and a foreline disposed outside of the oven and coupled to the plurality of exhaust ports.

Atomic layer deposition coating system for inner walls of gas lines

A method includes performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process with respect to a plurality of target elements to coat interiors of the plurality of target elements with a protective coating. Performing the ALD process includes alternating delivery of a first precursor inside the plurality of target elements for a first duration to form an adsorption layer on the interiors of the plurality of target elements, alternating purging of the first precursor from the plurality of target elements for a second duration, and alternating delivery of a second precursor inside the plurality of target elements for a third duration to cause the second precursor to react with the adsorption layer and form a target layer on the interiors of the plurality of target elements.

Parallel atomic layer deposition of target element interiors

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Tamil Nadu, India

Hari Venkatesh Rajendran