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Granted Patent B2
US 7,422,198 · App. 11/604,235 · Granted Sep 9, 2008

Liquid substance supply device for vaporizing system, vaporizer, vaporization performance appraisal method

Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation; Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,422,198
App. No.
11/604,235
Granted
Sep 9, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a liquid substance supply device, a three port two valve directional control valve is provided in a transfer line, and a substance container and the transfer line are connected together by a four port three valve directional control valve in such a way that the four port three valve directional control valve and the substance container can be removed from the transfer line as a unit. Furthermore, in a vaporizer, an orifice member is provided to surround the end portion of an internal conduit in which flows a mixture substance consisting of a gas and a liquid substance mixed therewith, and gas for atomization is spouted into a vaporization chamber through a gap defined between the internal conduit and the orifice member. Yet further, the temperature of a vaporization surface in the vaporization chamber can be controlled independently in correspondence with the nature of the liquid substance.

Claims (12)

1. A vaporizer in which a liquid substance which comprises a liquid organometal or an organometal solution is sprayed into a vaporization chamber which is kept at a high temperature, and which vaporizes the sprayed liquid substance and supplies the vaporized liquid substance to a CVD film deposition device, wherein

within said vaporization chamber, a vaporization surface whose temperature can be controlled independently of controlling of a temperature of said vaporization chamber is provided.

2. A vaporizer that sprays a liquid substance which comprises a plurality of liquid organometals or organometal solutions into a vaporization chamber which is kept at high temperature, and which vaporizes the sprayed liquid substances and supplies the vaporized liquid substances to a CVD film deposition device, comprising:

a plurality of atomization sections which spray liquid substances into said vaporization chamber; and

a plurality of vaporization surfaces each opposing one of said plurality of atomization sections, whose temperatures can be independently controlled.

3. A vaporizer according to claim 1 , wherein:

in said vaporization chamber, a tubular chamber is formed extending in a horizontal direction, a part of an inner wall surface of said tubular chamber defining said vaporization surface; and

the liquid substance is sprayed in a vertically downwards direction into said tubular chamber.

4. A vaporizer according to claim 1 , wherein

an inner wall of said vaporization chamber and said vaporization surface are coated with a film of the same substance as a film which is deposited by said CVD film deposition device.

5. A vaporizer according to claim 1 , wherein the vaporization surface includes a plurality of heaters that are independently controlled.

6. A vaporizer according to claims 3 , wherein a longitudinal axis of the tubular chamber extends in the horizontal direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2014
From: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
To: ULVAC, INC.
Reel/Frame 033046/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2013
From: MTISUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030196/0797 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2000-292757 · Sep 26, 2000 · national
JP 2000-292758 · Sep 26, 2000 · national
JP 2000-292759 · Sep 26, 2000 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 0995747000 · Sep 21, 2001
Related Publication 20070085226A1 · Apr 19, 2007