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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:
Nov. 21, 2006

Filed:

Jan. 21, 2003
Applicants:

Vincent E. Burkhart, San Jose, CA (US);

Harald Herchen, Los Altos, CA (US);

Joseph Yahalom, Emeryville, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent E. Burkhart, San Jose, CA (US);

Harald Herchen, Los Altos, CA (US);

Joseph Yahalom, Emeryville, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23H 3/04 (2006.01); C25D 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention may further provide a contact ring for an electrochemical plating system. The contact generally includes a substrate receiving member having a substrate support surface formed thereon, a plurality of electrical contact pins extending from the substrate support surface, a first seal positioned on the substrate support surface radially inward of the plurality of electrical contacts, and a second seal positioned radially outward of the plurality of electrical contacts. Additionally, the contact ring generally includes a fluid inlet configured to supply a fluid to a volume between the first seal and the second seal.


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