Applied Materials, Inc.

Yen Kun Wang

Won B Bang

Yeh-Jen Kao

Robert B Majewski

Yeh Jen Kao

Apparatus and method for delivering processing gas are provided. The apparatus for delivering processing gas from a vaporizer to a processing system comprises: a valve connected between the vaporizer and the processing system, the valve having a valve input connected to a vaporizer output and a first valve output connected to a processing system input and a second valve output connected to a bypass line; and a controller for switching the valve between the first valve output and the second valve output. The apparatus may further comprise: a second valve connected between a carrier gas source, a divert gas source and the vaporizer, the second valve having a first valve input connected to the carrier gas source, a second valve input connected to the divert gas source, and a valve output connected to a vaporizer input.

Concentration profile on demand gas delivery system (individual divert delivery system)

A multi-channel faceplate 200, that in some embodiments is monolithic, is provided as a portion of a gas delivery system to a process chamber 100. At least two sets of gas pathways are disposed through a faceplate and allow for independent delivery of separate gases into a process chamber 100. In one embodiment, a first gas pathway, which includes a first set of vertical channels 226, is formed through the faceplate 200. A second gas pathway includes a second set of vertical channels 228, which is formed through a portion of the faceplate and connected to a set of interconnecting horizontal channels 222 in the faceplate 200, where the second gas pathway maintains fluidic separation from the first gas pathway, prior to the gases entering the process chamber 100.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Yen Kun Wang