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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Eugene P. Marsh, Boise, ID (US);
David R. Atwell, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Eugene P. Marsh, Boise, ID (US);
David R. Atwell, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); B05D 7/22 (2006.01); B05D 5/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/06 (2006.01); C23C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
System and method for operating a material deposition system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method can include periodically injecting a precursor into a vaporizer through an injector at the vaporizer, vaporizing the precursor in the vaporizer and supplying the vaporized precursor to a reaction chamber in fluid communication with the vaporizer, and shutting down the vaporizer and the reaction chamber after a period of time. The method can also include conducting maintenance of the injector at the vaporizer by using a vapor solvent rinse.