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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:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Vincent Kirchhoff, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Faruk Gungor, San Jose, CA (US);

Felix Rabinovich, Cupertino, CA (US);

Gary Keppers, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/48 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 23/367 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/4871 (2013.01); C23C 16/45561 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32522 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 23/367 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of an apparatus for gas delivery in a semiconductor processing system use a gas distribution plate that has a plurality of gas passageways where the passageways have surfaces with an average roughness of less than or equal to approximately 10 Ra. In some embodiments, the gas distribution plate has one or more internal fluid passageways that are capable of being fluidly coupled to one or more fluid sources to provide temperature control of the gas distribution plate. In some embodiments, the gas distribution plate has at least one internal cavity with at least one heatsink that may surround at least one of the plurality of gas passageways to provide, at least partial, temperature control of the gas distribution plate.


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