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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Gwo-chuan Tzu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Salvador P. Umotoy, Antioch, CA (US);
Gwo-Chuan Tzu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Salvador P. Umotoy, Antioch, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A lid assembly for a semiconductor processing system is provided. The lid assembly generally includes a lid having first and second opposed surfaces, a plurality of controllable flow channels extending from the first and second opposed surfaces and a gas control system disposed on the first surface and operably opening and closing the channels. The gas control system includes a gas manifold disposed on the lid, at least one valve coupled to the gas manifold and adapted to control a flow through one of the flow channels, a reservoir fluidly connected to the gas manifold, and a precursor source fluidly connected to the reservoir.