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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Charles T. Carlson, Austin, TX (US);
Tammy Jo Pride, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Benjamin B. Riordon, Newburyport, MA (US);
Aaron Webb, Austin, TX (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a flapper valve. The flapper valve may be used with processing chambers, such as semiconductor substrate processing chambers. In one embodiment, a flapper valve includes a housing having a first opening at a first end thereof and a second opening at a second end thereof, a first flapper pivotably disposed in the housing, and a second flapper pivotably disposed in the housing. The first and second flappers are movable to selectively open and close at least one of the first opening and the second opening.