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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2014
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arul Dhas, Sherwood, OR (US);

Brannon Kelley, Sherwood, OR (US);

Jaswinder Guiliani, Beaverton, OR (US);

Akhil Singhal, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/50 (2006.01); H01J 37/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/50 (2013.01); C23C 16/45561 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01J 37/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for delivering liquid precursor in a substrate processing system include supplying liquid precursor using a first valve in fluid communication with a liquid precursor source; supplying purge gas using a second valve in fluid communication with a purge gas source; arranging a third valve having a first input port in fluid communication with an output port of the first valve and a second input port in fluid communication with an output port of the second valve; arranging an input port of a first divert injector valve in fluid communication with an output port of the third valve; and operating the first valve, the second valve, the third valve and the first divert injector valve in first, second, third and fourth modes.


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