Gas supply delivery arrangement including a gas splitter for tunable gas flow control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10431431
APP PUB NO 20160111258A1
SERIAL NO

14886458

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A gas supply delivery arrangement of a plasma processing system for processing a substrate with gases introduced through at least first, second, and third gas injection zones comprises process gas supply inlets and tuning gas inlets. A mixing manifold comprises gas sticks in fluid communication with a process gas supply and tuning gas sticks in fluid communication with a tuning gas supply. A first gas outlet delivers gas to the first gas injection zone, a second gas outlet delivers gas to the second gas injection zone, and a third gas outlet delivers gas to the third gas injection zone. A gas splitter is in fluid communication with the mixing manifold, and includes a first valve arrangement which splits mixed gas exiting the mixing manifold into a first mixed gas supplied to the first gas outlet and a second mixed gas supplied to the second, and/or third gas outlets.

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  • LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bise, Ryan Los Gatos, US 14 301
Kugland, Nathan Oakland, US 2 103
Shareef, Iqbal Fremont, US 18 467
Taskar, Mark San Mateo, US 6 13
Zemlock, Anthony Tracy, US 2 56

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