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Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Pingyan Lei, San Jose, CA (US);

Dien-Yeh Wu, San Jose, CA (US);

Jallepally Ravi, San Ramon, CA (US);

Takashi Kuratomi, San Jose, CA (US);

Xiaoxiong Yuan, San Jose, CA (US);

Manjunatha Koppa, Bengaluru, IN;

Vinod Konda Purathe, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/45565 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of showerheads are provided herein. In some embodiments, a showerhead for use in a process chamber includes a gas distribution plate having an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of channels extending through the gas distribution plate substantially perpendicular to the lower surface; a plurality of first gas delivery holes extending from the upper surface to the lower surface between adjacent channels of the plurality of channels to deliver a first process gas through the gas distribution plate; and a plurality of second gas delivery holes extending from the plurality of channels to the lower surface to deliver a second process gas therethrough without mixing with the first process gas.


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