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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daihua Zhang, Los Altos, CA (US);

Kazuya Daito, Milpitas, CA (US);

Kang Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Elsa Massonneau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Alexey Stepanov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ludovic Godet, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/16552 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16594 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein provide for a fluid management system and a method of utilizing the fluid management system. The fluid management system includes a servicing fluid management system and an ink management system. The servicing fluid management system and the ink management system run in parallel within an inkjet chamber. The ink management system supports the flow of inkjet materials between a waste tank, one or more inkjet material supply tanks, an ink management module, and the inkjet printer. The servicing fluid management system supports the flow of servicing fluids between the waste tank, one or more servicing fluid supply tanks, a servicing fluid management module, and the inkjet printer.


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