Process chamber apparatus, systems, and methods for controlling a gas flow pattern

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9530623
APP PUB NO 20150145413A1
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14091111

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Process chamber gas flow control apparatus may include, or be included in, a process chamber configured to process a substrate therein. The gas flow control apparatus may include a valve configured to seal an exhaust port in the process chamber. The valve may be moveable in the X, Y, and Z directions relative to the exhaust port to adjust a gas flow pattern (including, e.g., flow rate and/or flow uniformity) within the process chamber. Methods of adjusting a flow of a process gas within a process chamber are also provided, as are 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
Kremerman, Izya Los Gatos, US 28 860
Merry, Nir Mountain View, US 70 2490
Sapkale, Chandrakant M Karnataka, IN 5 19

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