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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dmitry Lubomirsky, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vladimir Knyazik, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Hamid Noorbakhsh, Oakland, CA (US);

Jason Della Rosa, Campbell, CA (US);

Zheng John Ye, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jennifer Y. Sun, Fremont, CA (US);

Sumanth Banda, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/40 (2006.01); B05B 1/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); B05B 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 1/005 (2013.01); B05B 1/185 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); H01J 37/3211 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32146 (2013.01); H01J 37/32183 (2013.01); H01J 37/32467 (2013.01); H01J 37/32522 (2013.01); H01J 37/32623 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of showerheads having a detachable gas distribution plate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a showerhead for use in a substrate processing chamber includes a body having a first side and an opposing second side; a gas distribution plate disposed proximate the second side of the body; and a clamp disposed about a peripheral edge of the gas distribution plate to removably couple the gas distribution plate to the body, wherein the body is electrically coupled to the gas distribution plate through the clamp.


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