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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2005
Applicants:

Ali Shajii, Canton, MA (US);

Daniel Alexander Smith, North Andover, MA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Shajii, Canton, MA (US);

Daniel Alexander Smith, North Andover, MA (US);

Assignee:

MKS Instruments, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/12 (2006.01); G01F 1/50 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01); G01L 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A flow verifier for in-situ verification of a device under test (DUT), including an inlet connectable to a DUT, an outlet connectable to a vacuum pump for drawing gas through the DUT and the flow verifier, a vessel having a predetermined volume, diffusive media connecting the inlet to the vessel, an outlet valve connecting the vessel to the outlet for controlling flow from the vessel to the outlet, at least one temperature sensor operatively connected to the vessel for providing temperature measurements from within the vessel, and a pressure transducer operatively connected to the vessel for providing pressure measurements from within the vessel.


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