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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:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ilker Durukan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Muhammad M. Rasheed, San Jose, CA (US);

Paul F. Ma, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/02 (2010.01); C23C 16/448 (2006.01); B67D 7/36 (2010.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 7/0272 (2013.01); B67D 7/362 (2013.01); C23C 16/4482 (2013.01); C23C 16/4409 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for delivering precursor materials derived from liquid chemicals to a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a liquid chemical delivery apparatus includes: a body having an inner volume to hold a liquid chemical, an inlet to receive a carrier gas into the inner volume, and an outlet to flow the carrier gas from the inner volume, wherein a bottom of the inner volume includes a reduced volume portion; and a level sensor configured to detect a level of the liquid chemical in the reduced volume portion.


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