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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2006
Applicants:

Markus Reinhold, Wohnsitz, DE;

Peter Baumann, Wohnsitz, DE;

Gerhard Karl Strauch, Wohnsitz, DE;

Inventors:

Markus Reinhold, Wohnsitz, DE;

Peter Baumann, Wohnsitz, DE;

Gerhard Karl Strauch, Wohnsitz, DE;

Assignee:

Aixtron SE, Herzogenrath, DE;

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

A gas distributor for a CVD or OVPD reactor comprises two or more gas volumes () into each of which opens a feed pipe () for a process gas, each gas volume () being connected to a plurality of corresponding process gas outlets () which open into the bottom () of the gas distributor. In order to increase the homogeneity of the gas composition, the two gas volumes () comprise pre-chambers () located in a first common plane () and a plurality of gas distribution chambers () each associated with a gas volume are provided in a second plane (') adjacent to the bottom of the gas distributor. The pre-chambers () and gas distribution chambers () associated with each gas volume () are connected with connection channels ().


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