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Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:

James P. Cruse, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

John W. Lane, San Jose, CA (US);

Mariusch Gregor, San Jose, CA (US);

Duc Buckius, San Jose, CA (US);

Berrin Daran, Bruddock, CT (US);

Corie Lynn Cobb, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ming Xu, San Jose, CA (US);

Andrew Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

James P. Cruse, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

John W. Lane, San Jose, CA (US);

Mariusch Gregor, San Jose, CA (US);

Duc Buckius, San Jose, CA (US);

Berrin Daran, Bruddock, CT (US);

Corie Lynn Cobb, Mountain View, CA (US);

Ming Xu, San Jose, CA (US);

Andrew Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 25/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); H01L 21/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67253 (2013.01); G01F 25/00 (2013.01); F16K 37/0091 (2013.01); F16K 37/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for calibrating a plurality of gas flows in a substrate processing system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate processing system may include a cluster tool comprising a first process chamber and a second process chamber coupled to a central vacuum transfer chamber; a first flow controller to provide a process gas to the first process chamber; a second flow controller to provide the process gas to the second process chamber; a mass flow verifier to verify a flow rate from each of the first and second flow controllers; a first conduit to selectively couple the first flow controller to the mass flow verifier; and a second conduit to selectively couple the second flow controller to the mass flow verifier.


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