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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. 08, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 12, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Timothy Joseph Franklin, Campbell, CA (US);

Rajinder Dhindsa, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Daniel Sang Byun, Campbell, CA (US);

Carlaton Wong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/505 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32623 (2013.01); C23C 16/4405 (2013.01); C23C 16/4585 (2013.01); H01J 37/32853 (2013.01); C23C 16/505 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for processing substrates that includes a process chamber with a process volume and a conductance liner surrounding the process volume wherein the conductance liner has at least one fixed portion and a movable portion. The movable portion is configured to expose a substrate transfer slot in a wall of the process chamber. The apparatus also includes a lifting assembly with an actuator attached to the movable portion of the conductance liner. The lifting assembly is configured to move the movable portion of the conductance liner in a vertical direction to expose the substrate transfer slot.


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