Process chamber gas flow apparatus, systems, and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9429248
APP PUB NO 20140150878A1
SERIAL NO

14091130

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Process chamber gas flow control apparatus having a tiltable valve are disclosed. The gas flow apparatus includes a process chamber adapted to contain a substrate, an exit from the process chamber including a valve seat, and a tiltable valve configured and adapted to tilt relative to the valve seat to control flow non-uniformities within the process chamber. Systems and methods including the tiltable valve apparatus are disclosed, as are numerous other aspects.

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APPLIED MATERIALS INCP O BOX 450-A SANTA CLARA CA 95052

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Hudgens, Jeffrey C San Francisco, US 151 2673
Kankanala, Penchala N Santa Clara, US 9 104
Merry, Nir Mountain View, US 70 2490
Muthukamtchi, Karuppasamy Tamil Nadu, IN 1 6
Sapkale, Chandrakant M Karnataka, IN 5 19

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