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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. 04, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Soo Young Choi, Fremont, CA (US);

John M. White, Hayward, CA (US);

Robert I. Greene, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); B05B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/45559 (2013.01); B05B 1/005 (2013.01); C23C 16/4405 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a gas distribution plate for distributing gas in a processing chamber are provided. In one embodiment, a gas distribution plate includes a diffuser plate having an upstream side and a downstream side, and a plurality of gas passages passing between the upstream and downstream sides of the diffuser plate. At least one of the gas passages has a cylindrical shape for a portion of its length extending from the upstream side and a coaxial conical shape for the remainder length of the diffuser plate, the upstream end of the conical portion having substantially the same diameter as the cylindrical portion and the downstream end of the conical portion having a larger diameter.


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