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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:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2003
Applicants:
Tue Nguyen, Fremont, CA (US);
Craig Alan Bercaw, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tue Nguyen, Fremont, CA (US);
Craig Alan Bercaw, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tegal Corporation, Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A semiconductor processing system includes a chamber adapted to process a wafer, the chamber having an opening to facilitate access to the interior of the chamber. The system has a lid coupled to the chamber opening, the lid having an open position and a closed position. An actuator is connected to the lid to move the lid between the closed position and the open position. The system may include a floating pivot coupled to the lid and the actuator to align the lid with the opening when the lid closes.