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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996

Filed:

May. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Dennis A Sierk, Huntsville, AL (US);

Ronald R DuRoss, Huntsville, AL (US);

Stephen G Geist, Union Grove, AL (US);

Gregory L Hayes, Fayetteville, TN (US);

Assignee:

SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ; G01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36457101 ; 73 / ; 364550 ;
Abstract

A system including a plurality of gas flow control units in cabinets which are connected to distribute process gas, on demand, to a plurality of utilization locations known as 'tool' locations in a semi-conductor manufacturing plant. Transducers are used in the system to measure pressures and other control parameters. Zero calibration of the transducers is provided by automatically subjecting each transducer to a reference computer routine to compute the difference between the standard value and the transducer output, and store the difference as an 'offset' to correct the output of the transducer. Thus, re-calibration is performed simply and quickly, at a relatively low labor cost and with relatively little downtime for the system.


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Sierk, Dennis. (1996). Process gas distribution system and method with automatic transducer (U.S. Patent No. 5508947). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5508947

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