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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas B. Brezoczky, San Jose, CA (US);
Randy Schmieding, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gene Y. Kohara, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/600 ; B01D 8/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 1/600 ; B01D 8/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for shielding a device, such as a pump, from a process chamber of a semiconductor wafer processing system. The apparatus comprises a shield connected to a mounting portion. The mounting portion has a fluid passage wherein the temperature of the apparatus is regulated by flowing fluid through the passage.