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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:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Alexander Berger, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Ming Xu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); C23C 16/45587 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01); H05K 1/0272 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09063 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10083 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10522 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10545 (2013.01);
Abstract

A showerhead for a processing chamber includes a faceplate with a plurality of openings. A plurality of compartments are recessed into a top surface of the faceplate. The showerhead includes a plurality of MEMS devices. Each MEMS device is disposed in a corresponding compartment of the plurality of compartments. A printed circuit board including a plurality of ports therethrough is coupled to each MEMS device. Each MEMS device is configured to regulate a gas flow into each corresponding compartment through a corresponding port of the plurality of ports in the printed circuit board.


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