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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Qian Guo, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark Smura, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Joseph Stirniman, Fremont, CA (US);
Hamid Riahi Samani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Qian Guo, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark Smura, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Joseph Stirniman, Fremont, CA (US);
Hamid Riahi Samani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for collecting condensed vapor during physical vapor deposition includes an enclosure configured to be placed adjacent to one or more vapor sources in a vacuum chamber. The enclosure includes an internal surface of the enclosure partially enclosing a volume of space configured to receive an object wherein the enclosure is maintained at a cooler temperature than the one or more vapor sources. The internal surface of the enclosure is coupled to one or more drainage gutters drainage drainage gutters.