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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:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:

Tel Fsi, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);

Inventors:

William P. Inhofer, Plymouth, MN (US);

Lance Van Elsen, Oakdale, MN (US);

Assignee:

TEL FSI, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/00 (2006.01); F04B 23/04 (2006.01); C08J 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 11/00 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); F04B 19/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 23/04 (2013.01); B05B 11/3032 (2013.01); B81C 1/00539 (2013.01); C08J 7/00 (2013.01); F04B 19/006 (2013.01); H01L 21/30604 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for metering a dose volume of fluid that may be used to treat microelectronic substrates. The system enables precision dispensing of relatively small amounts of a liquid chemical into a chemical bath or processing chamber for microelectronic substrates. The dispensing device may include a fluid conduit with a plurality of actuation devices that may limit fluid communication between the actuation devices and store a portion of the fluid in expandable membrane. The actuation devices may push or pull the fluid within the fluid conduit when the expandable membrane expands or contracts. The configuration and operation of the actuation devices may enable the collection, isolation, and dispensing of the dose volume.


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