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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Deepak Doddabelavangala Srikantaiah, Fremont, CA (US);
Sheshraj L. Tulshibagwale, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Saravjeet Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Tam, Union City, CA (US);
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a multi-plate faceplate having a first plate and a second plate. The first plate has a plurality of first plate openings. The second plate has a first surface, an opposed second surface and a plurality of second plate openings extending therethrough. The first surface is mechanically coupled to the first plate. A second plate opening has a conical portion configured to be fluidly coupled to a first plate opening and decreasing in cross-section in the depth direction thereof from the second surface. A surface of the conical portion is coated with a protective coating adjacent to the first and second surfaces. In another embodiment, the first plate has a protrusion extending therefrom into a recess formed inwardly of the first surface. The protrusion has a passage extending therethrough fluidly connected to the recess, which is fluidly connected to the second plate opening.