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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:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Joel M. Huston, San Jose, CA (US);

Olkan Cuvalci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Michael P. Karazim, San Jose, CA (US);

Joseph Yudovsky, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32477 (2013.01); C23C 16/4401 (2013.01); C23C 16/4408 (2013.01); C23C 16/4409 (2013.01); C23C 16/45519 (2013.01); C23C 16/45521 (2013.01); C23C 16/46 (2013.01); H01J 37/32513 (2013.01); H01J 37/32522 (2013.01); H01J 37/32724 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for processing substrates are provided herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for processing substrates includes a chamber body enclosing a processing volume, the chamber body comprising a chamber floor, a chamber wall coupled to the chamber floor, and a chamber lid removably coupled to the chamber wall, wherein at least one of the chamber floor, the chamber wall, and the chamber lid comprise passages for a flow of a thermal control media; a heater plate disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the chamber floor; a sleeve disposed adjacent to and spaced apart from the chamber wall, the sleeve supported by the heater plate; and a first sealing element disposed at a first interface between the chamber wall and the chamber lid.


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