Fluid level sensing method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4881487
SERIAL NO

07273580

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A fluid level sensor is provided in a fluid dispensing system, primarily in a photoresist dispensing system used in a semiconductor manufacturing process. A bubble is introduced into the fluid shortly before fluid supply is emptied, said bubble being used to detect a low fluid level. The invention uses a snap-on combination cap and pickup tube, the pickup tube having a small hole near its lower tip, and the cap containing an optical bubble detector.

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MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC8000 SOUTH FEDERAL WAY BOISE ID 83716-9632

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Moore, Scott E Boise, ID 172 3969

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