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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:
Jun. 10, 2025

Filed:

May. 01, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jenn C. Chow, San Jose, CA (US);

David W. Groechel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Tuochuan Huang, Saratoga, CA (US);

Dorothea Buechel-Rimmel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Han Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Li Wu, Fremont, CA (US);

Gang Peng, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); B08B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67051 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein relate to chamber component cleaning systems and methods for cleaning a chamber component. The chamber component cleaning system includes a spray station, at least a first cleaning station, a dry station, a component transfer mechanism, and one or more enclosures that enclose the spray station, at least the first cleaning station, the dry station, and the component transfer mechanism. The spray station has a holder to position a chamber component in a path of a flow of a cleaning spray and a movable nozzle to provide the flow of the cleaning spray at a first pressure in a path of portions of the chamber component. The first cleaning station has a push mechanism to force a cleaning fluid through features and/or holes of the chamber component and at least one movable transducer to provide ultrasonic energy to the portions of the chamber component.


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