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Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Randhir P. S. Thakur, San Jose, CA (US);

Alfred W. Mak, Union City, CA (US);

Ming Xi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Walter Benjamin Glenn, Pacifica, CA (US);

Ahmad A. Khan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ayad A. Al-shaikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Redwood City, CA (US);

Salvador P. Umotoy, Antioch, CA (US);

Inventors:

Randhir P. S. Thakur, San Jose, CA (US);

Alfred W. Mak, Union City, CA (US);

Ming Xi, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Walter Benjamin Glenn, Pacifica, CA (US);

Ahmad A. Khan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Ayad A. Al-Shaikh, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Avgerinos V. Gelatos, Redwood City, CA (US);

Salvador P. Umotoy, Antioch, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); C23C 16/06 (2006.01); C23C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films on semiconductor substrates, comprising a process chamber having a gas distribution system with separate paths for process gases and an exhaust system synchronized with operation of valves dosing the process gases into a reaction region of the chamber.


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