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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
William T. Weaver, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew J. Constant, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shay Assaf, Gilroy, CA (US);
Jacob Newman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67201 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to load lock chambers and methods of using load lock chambers. The load lock chambers include a middle section, an upper section connected to the middle section and a lower section connected to the middle section. A slit valve in a facet on the outside of the middle section provides an opening to access the middle volume from outside the load lock.