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US 12,733,426 · App. 18/210,739 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Reaction chamber for processing semiconductor substrates with gas flow control capability

Inventors: Arun Thottappayil (Hwaseong, KR); DongRak Jung (Hwaseong, KR)
Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
H10P72/0402
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Patent No.
US 12,733,426
App. No.
18/210,739
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus, particularly reaction chamber for processing semiconductor substrate is presented. A reaction chamber with gas exit flow control capability comprises an upper body, a substrate supporting part, a shower head for letting in gas which is used for processing the substrate, a lower body comprising duct, wherein the duct has a multiple of duct holes and a flow control liner configured to surround the duct and the flow control liner has a multiple of flow holes, wherein the duct holes and flow holes are used to control the exit flow of the gas used for substrate processing, and the flow control liner may rotate around so that the duct holes and the flow holes can be overlapped. The duct can have scribe mark for various hole sizes and shapes.

Claims (28)

1 . A reaction chamber for processing substrates comprising:

an upper body;

a substrate supporting part;

a showerhead for letting in gas which is used for processing the substrate;

a lower body comprising duct, wherein the duct has a multiple of duct holes; and

a flow control liner configured to surround the duct and the flow control liner has a multiple of flow holes,

wherein the duct holes and flow holes are used to control the exit flow of the gas used for substrate processing, and the flow control liner may rotate around so that the duct holes and the flow holes can be overlapped,

wherein the duct has scribe marks on it for easy measurement of openness rate for various size and shape of the holes, and

wherein the flow control liner is divided into pieces such that each piece can move as much as it touches its neighboring piece, and each piece moves independently of the other pieces.

2 . The chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the shape includes circle, ellipse, triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, pentagon, and polygons with more than 6 edges.

3 . The chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the duct holes and the flow holes are spaced unevenly.

4 . The chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the duct holes can be different from each other.

5 . The chamber according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the flow holes can be different from each other.

6 . A reaction chamber for processing substrates comprising:

an upper body;

a substrate supporting part;

a shower head for letting in gas which is used for processing the substrate;

a lower body comprising duct, wherein the duct has a multiple of duct holes;

a flow control ring surrounds the lower body below the duct; and

a flow control liner configured to surround the duct above the flow control ring and the flow control liner has a multiple of flow holes,

wherein the duct holes and flow holes are used to control the exit flow of the gas used for substrate processing, and the flow control liner may rotate around so that the duct holes and the flow holes can be overlapped,

wherein the duct has scribe marks on it for easy measurement of openness rate for various size and shape of the holes, and

wherein the flow control liner is divided into pieces such that each piece can move as much as it touches its neighboring piece, and each piece moves independently of the other pieces.

7 . The chamber according to claim 6 , wherein a number of pieces can be from 1 to 8.

8 . The chamber according to claim 6 , wherein the shape includes circle, ellipse, triangle, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, pentagon, and polygons with more than 6 edges.

9 . The chamber according to claim 6 , wherein the duct holes and the flow holes are spaced unevenly.

10 . The chamber according to claim 6 , wherein the size of the duct holes can be different from each other.

11 . The chamber according to claim 6 , wherein the size of the flow holes can be different from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2023
From: THOTTAPPAYIL, ARUN; JUNG, DONGRAK
To: ASM IP HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 064365/0445 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63354084 · Jun 21, 2022
Related Publication 20230411176A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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