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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190006 | Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7760992 | Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7489857 | Process and apparatus for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen, and the powders produced by the process An apparatus for producing powders of metal compound containing oxygen comprising a liquid flow controller, a vaporizer and a reactor, which consists essentially of: means for feeding a gas containing a material and oxygen; means for heating the gas from the side su... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7429361 | Method and apparatus for providing precursor gas to a processing chamber In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating a gaseous chemical precursor used in a vapor deposition processing system is provided which includes a canister comprising a sidewall, a top, and a bottom encompassing an interior volume therein, an inlet port and an ou... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7319079 | Container for evaporation of metal and method to manufacture thereof A refractory container for evaporating metals, having significantly improved useful life and corrosion resistance properties, said container consists essentially of a refractory boride, boron nitride, and about 0.10 to 10 wt. % of a rare earth metal compound selecte... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300038 | Method and apparatus to help promote contact of gas with vaporized material Structure helps support material in a container with an increased exposed surface area to help promote contact of a gas with vaporized material. For at least one disclosed embodiment, the structure may help support material for vaporization in the same form as when ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7291224 | Covering assembly for crucible used for evaporation of raw materials The present invention provides an assembly comprising two plates or covers, one of which being an outermost plate or cover, and both, at least in part having a perforation pattern over a surface area covering an open side of a crucible having a bottom and surroundin... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7204886 | Apparatus and method for hybrid chemical processing A method and apparatus for performing multiple deposition processes is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a chamber body and a gas distribution assembly disposed on the chamber body. In one embodiment, the method comprises positioning a substrate su... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194197 | Nozzle-based, vapor-phase, plume delivery structure for use in production of thin-film deposition layer A vapor deposition source including a crucible configured to hold a quantity of molten constituent material and at least one nozzle to pass vapor evaporated from the molten constituent material out of the crucible. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190891 | Heating-cooling system for a nozzle A novel nozzle heater design, that facilitates fast thermal response on demand, to achieve rapid reduction in viscosity, allowing fluid to flow through the exit aperture of the nozzle with less pressure, reduced surface tension and elastic behavior at break off. A r... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186385 | Apparatus for providing gas to a processing chamber An apparatus for generating gas for a processing system is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for generating gas for a processing system includes a canister having at least one baffle disposed between two ports and containing a precursor material. The precurs... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175713 | Apparatus for cyclical deposition of thin films An apparatus for cyclical depositing of thin films on semiconductor substrates, comprising a process chamber having a gas distribution system with separate paths for process gases and an exhaust system synchronized with operation of valves dosing the process gases i... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7141497 | MOCVD apparatus and method An MOCVD apparatus includes a raw material supply section configured to supply a process raw material into a process chamber. The raw material supply section includes a bubbling unit that stores an organic metal raw material in a liquid state. A carrier gas line is ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122085 | Sublimation bed employing carrier gas guidance structures Preferred embodiments of the present invention provides a sublimation system employing guidance structures including certain preferred embodiments having a high surface area support medium onto which a solid source material for vapor reactant is coated. Preferably, ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7070658 | Vapor deposition apparatus A vapor deposition apparatus, developed in particular for on-line deposition of phosphor or scintillator material, wherein said vapor deposition apparatus comprises a crucible containing a mixture of raw materials, a chimney having at least one inlet in communicatio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7003215 | Vapor flow controller A vapor flow controller apparatus for delivery of chemical reagent vapors from a liquid phase source material is provided which includes a source container containing the liquid phase source material, a pump to transport the liquid phase source material to a vaporiz... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982005 | Multiple-nozzle thermal evaporation source A multiple nozzle thermal evaporation source includes a plurality of nozzles having a tapered shape. The nozzles may comprise a thermally conductive material having a low emissivity material. ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6957013 | Fluid heater A fluid heater having a first heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein, and having a first surface, a second heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein and having a second surface adjacent to the first surface. A cavity is f... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6924003 | Method of processing a nanotube using a selective solid state reaction The present invention provides a method of processing a nanotube, comprising the steps of: causing a selective solid state reaction between a selected part of a nanotube and a reactive substance to have the selected part only become a reaction product; and separatin... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6923867 | Substrate processing apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate processing apparatus and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device can supply the vapor of the raw material to the substrate without fail. A main heater 22 is prepared outside the outer tube 21, an inner tube 23 is prepared i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6905541 | Method and apparatus of generating PDMAT precursor A precursor and method for filling a feature in a substrate. The method generally includes depositing a barrier layer, the barrier layer being formed from pentakis(dimethylamido)tantalum having less than about 5 ppm of chlorine. The method additionally may include d... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6740586 | Vapor delivery system for solid precursors and method of using same A vaporizer delivery system including a sublimatable solid precursor material applied to a wire substrate for vaporizing and achieving a continuous uninterrupted delivery of a vaporized precursor to a downstream semiconductor process chamber. The coated wire substra... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6718126 | Apparatus and method for vaporizing solid precursor for CVD or atomic layer deposition An apparatus and method for effectively and controllably vaporizing a solid precursor material is provided. In particular, the present invention provides an apparatus that includes a housing defining a sealed interior volume having an inlet for receiving a carrier g... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709524 | Vapor deposition method and vapor deposition apparatus for forming organic thin films In order to provide a vapor deposition method for forming an organic thin film, which is advantageous in that a deposition rate can be easily controlled and deposition can be conducted with stable high controllability, there is prepared a crucible which is provided ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6562405 | Multiple-nozzle thermal evaporation source A multiple nozzle thermal evaporation source includes a plurality of nozzles having a tapered shape. The nozzles may be coated with a thermally conductive material with a low emissivity material.... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6473563 | Vaporizer and apparatus for vaporizing and supplying There are disclosed a vaporizer wherein at least a portion of a CVD material feed portion in contact with a CVD material is constituted of a corrosion resistant synthetic resin; and an apparatus for vaporizing and supplying which comprises a cooler and th... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471781 | Method of depositing titanium nitride thin film and CVD deposition apparatus A CVD apparatus for fabricating a titanium nitride thin film is provided. The apparatus comprises an evacuatable reaction vessel having an interior, a pumping apparatus capable of exhausting the reaction vessel and maintaining the interior of the reaction... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6466738 | Material for aging-resistant ceramic vaporizers A ceramic material is provided containing 45 to 55% by weight TiB2 and 40.5 to 54.7% by weight BN and 0.1-1.5% by weight Ca in the form of a compound selected from the group consisting of the calcium oxides and calcium borates and mixtures ther... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6444038 | Dual fritted bubbler A dual chambered bubbler vessel for use with solid organometallic source material for chemical vapor phase deposition systems, and a method for transporting a carrier gas saturated with source material for delivery into such systems. The bubbler vessel is... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6424800 | Bubbler A bubbler for use in vaporizing a precursor (source) for thin film deposition includes a vaporizer chamber, the vaporizer chamber having defined therein a source inlet hole, an exhaust hole and a carrier gas inlet hole; a source supply unit connected to t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6364956 | Programmable flux gradient apparatus for co-deposition of materials onto a substrate An apparatus for simultaneously depositing gradients components of two or more target materials onto a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first target material source that directs a first target material towards the substrate and a second t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6189806 | Metallizing device for vacuum metallizing A metallizing device for vacuum metallizing arrangements is disclosed having a vaporizer (3) heated by an electrical heating rod (8). This vaporizer (3) is connected to a nozzle element (1) in the form of a hollow body. For the purpose of vaporizing a sub... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6101316 | Evaporation apparatus, organic material evaporation source, and method of manufacturing thin organic film An inactive gas is introduced into an organic material evaporation source to place a thin organic film material in the organic material evaporation source in an atmosphere having a relatively high pressure, and the temperature of the thin organic film mat... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6079874 | Temperature probes for measuring substrate temperature An apparatus accurately measures a temperature of a substrate in a thermal processing chamber. The apparatus has a support structure to support the substrate within the thermal processing chamber. A first probe is provided with an input end positioned to ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5966499 | System for delivering a substantially constant vapor flow to a chemical process reactor A vapor delivery system for delivering a vapor-phase reactant to a chemical process reactor at a substantially constant flow rate. The vapor delivery system includes a source of a reactant material, means for converting the reactant material to a vapor an... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5481086 | High temperature deformable crucible for use with self-resistively heated specimens A deformable, inexpensive crucible for use with a dynamic thermo-mechanical physical test or simulating system, specifically for holding a self-resistively heated specimen (250) at liquid temperatures and particularly, though not exclusively, one suited f... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5455014 | Liquid deposition source gas delivery system A liquid deposition source delivery system (22) includes a reactant source (50) of a liquid chemical reactant, a first heater (54) positioned adjacent to the reactant source (50) , and a vapor collection system (56) in communication with the reactant sour... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5321792 | Apparatus for the continuous feeding of wire to an evaporator boat A coating material to be evaporated in an evaporator cell disposed in a vacuum chamber is fed in the form of a wire to the evaporator cell in accordance with the depth of the molten bath, by a wire transport including a motor-driven shaft or roller and a ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5266117 | Apparatus for the evaporative coating of substrates A vacuum chamber contains means for transferring a substrate for an information disc such as a CD from a loading station to a coating station, where material such as aluminum in wire form is evaporated in order to coat the substrate from above. An evapora... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5253266 | MBE effusion source with asymmetrical heaters An effusion source, for the generation of molecular beams, adapted to be positioned at an angle to the horizontal, within a vacuum chamber, of an MBE system including heating structures around the source to create uniform temperatures across the source in... | 10/12/1993 |
