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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Mirko Vukovic, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Inventor:
Mirko Vukovic, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (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 and related method for distributing process gas in a vapor deposition system is described. The gas distribution system includes a vertically movable piston within its plenum, and the movement of the piston controls the flow rate of process gas through the vapor distribution plate of the gas distribution system. The piston can be used to accommodate changes in processing parameters that affect flow characteristics and to create edge-enhanced, uniform, and center-enhanced profiles of deposited material on a substrate without the need to replace the vapor distribution plate.
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