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Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Joel Huston, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeffery Tobin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Christophe Marcadal, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Joel Huston, San Jose, CA (US);

Jeffery Tobin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Christophe Marcadal, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A gas coupler is capable of conducting gas between a gas component, gas source and substrate processing chamber. The gas coupler comprises a metal block comprising a gas component seating surface having a plurality of gas component coupling ports. The block also has a plurality of sidewalls at right angles to the gas component seating surface, each sidewall comprising a counterbored gas orifice. A plurality of right-angled internal passageways are each connected to a gas component coupling port. Each internal passageway terminates at counterbored gas orifice on a different sidewall surface so that each gas component coupling port is fluidly connected to a different sidewall.


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