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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:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2019
Applicant:

Cymer, Llc, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yzzer Roman Gutierrez, Escondido, CA (US);

Walter Dale Gillespie, Poway, CA (US);

Edward Siqi Luo, San Diego, CA (US);

Dinesh Adinath Kanawade, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cymer, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/30 (2006.01); B01F 23/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/036 (2006.01); H01S 3/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/036 (2013.01); B01D 53/04 (2013.01); B01D 53/30 (2013.01); B01F 23/191 (2022.01); B01F 35/2132 (2022.01); B01F 35/2211 (2022.01); G01N 33/0004 (2013.01); H01S 3/225 (2013.01); B01D 2253/104 (2013.01); B01D 2256/18 (2013.01); B01D 2257/102 (2013.01); B01D 2257/104 (2013.01); B01D 2257/204 (2013.01); B01D 2257/2066 (2013.01); B01D 2257/504 (2013.01); B01D 2257/553 (2013.01); B01D 2257/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gas chamber supply system includes a gas source configured to fluidly connect to a gas chamber and to supply a gas mixture to the gas chamber, the gas source including: a pre-prepared gas supply including a gas mixture, the gas mixture including a plurality of gas components and lacking a halogen; a recycled gas supply including the gas mixture; and a fluid flow switch connected to the pre-prepared gas supply and to the recycled gas supply. The gas chamber supply also includes a control system configured to: determine if the relative concentration between the gas components within the recycled gas supply is within an acceptable range; and provide a signal to the fluid flow switch to thereby select one of the pre-prepared gas supply and the recycled gas supply to as the gas source based on the determination.


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