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Granted Patent B2
US 11,635,170 · App. 16/764,308 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Method, system, and device for storage and delivery of process gas from a substrate

Inventors: Richard D. Blethen (Vista, CA); Jeffrey J. Spiegelman (San Diego, CA); Russell J. Holmes (San Diego, CA); Daniel Alvarez, Jr. (Oceanside, CA); Jian Yang (San Diego, CA); Ericca Lynne Speed (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: RASIRC, INC.
F17C11/00B01D15/00B01D19/0005B01J20/261B01J20/28033B01J20/28047B01J20/28061B01J20/28064C23C16/45561F17C2201/0109F17C2227/045
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Patent No.
US 11,635,170
App. No.
16/764,308
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices incorporating use of materials to store, ship, and deliver process gases to micro-electronics fabrication processes and other critical process applications.

Claims (36)

1. A method for delivering a gas, the method comprising:

(a) contacting a process solution with a substrate within an enclosed housing such that the solution is adsorbed onto the substrate, thereby diluting the process solution within the substrate and forming a complex;

(b) exposing the substrate to a carrier gas or a vacuum, thereby forming a gas stream comprising a gas phase of the process solution; and

(c) delivering the gas stream to a critical process, application, or storage vessel, wherein the process solution is a hydrogen peroxide or a hydrazine, wherein the housing is configured to allow the carrier gas to flow through a head space contained within the housing or is configured to allow vacuum to be drawn through the head space, and wherein the head space is separated from the process solution by the substrate.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process solution is a liquid solution or a gaseous solution.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process solution is an anhydrous hydrogen peroxide solution, or an anhydrous hydrazine solution.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the anhydrous hydrogen peroxide solution or anhydrous hydrazine solution contains less than 2% water.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed from a material selected from the group consisting of titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide, quartz, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyester (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene/polyethylene terephthalate co-polymer (PE/PET), polypropylene (PP), rayon, zirconium oxide, polymethylpentene (PMP), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene/polypropylene co-polymers, Hydrophilic High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Hydrophobic High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Hydrophilic UHMW Polyethylene, Hydrophobic UHMW Polyethlyene, perfluoroalkoxy alkane (PFA), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVF), silk, tencel, sponge materials, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polypyridine, polyacrylates, polyacrylic acid, polyacrylic acid/acrylate co-polymers, polycarbonates, polyacrylamides, polyacrylate/acrylamide co-polymers, cellulosic materials, and any combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a porous structure with a surface area ranging from about 100 m 2 /g to 1000 m 2 /g.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the substrate is configured to adsorb 30% w/w hydrogen peroxide or more.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the substrate is configured to adsorb over 100% w/w hydrogen peroxide.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the substrate is configured to adsorb over 1000% w/w hydrogen peroxide.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the substrate is configured to adsorb over 1900% w/w hydrogen peroxide.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided at a temperature of 0° C. to about 100° C.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the housing is provided at about 25° C. to 85° C.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the housing is provided at about 35° C. to 50° C.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is formed as a fabric, a powder, one or more bricks, one or more blocks, one or more beads, one or more particles, one or more extrudates, or one or more pellets.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the substrate is a non-woven fabric that has been treated with a mechanical finishing process selected from the group consisting of spun bonding, needle bonding, perforation bonding, carding, and any combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the substrate is formed as a mesh.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the mesh is spiral-wound within the housing.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the housing comprises a separator disposed adjacent to the mesh, wherein the separator is configured to support and separate layers of the spiral-wound mesh.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the separator is formed from PTFE.

20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a hydrogel selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polypyridine, and any combination thereof.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the hydrogel is wrapped in a PTFE mesh.

22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carrier gas is a substantially dry carrier gas.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the carrier gas is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, argon, oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, clean dry air, helium, ammonia, and any combination thereof.

24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gas stream delivers about 0.10 mg/min to 10 gm/min of the gas phase of the process solution.

25. The method of claim 1 , wherein total mass of the process solution in the housing is about 1 gm to 5000 kg.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the total mass of the process solution in the enclosed chamber is about 300 gm to 1.2 kg.

27. The method of claim 1 , wherein the quantity of the process solution in the housing is about 30 to 1900 weight percent of the process solution/substrate complex.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the quantity of the process solution in the device is about 30 to 800 weight percent of the process solution/substrate complex.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the quantity of the process solution in the device is about 30 to 100 weight percent of the process solution/substrate complex.

30. The method of claim 4 , wherein the anhydrous hydrogen peroxide solution or anhydrous hydrazine solution contains less than 0.5% water.

31. The method of claim 30 , wherein the anhydrous hydrogen peroxide solution or anhydrous hydrazine solution contains less than 0.1% water.

32. The method of claim 31 , wherein the anhydrous hydrogen peroxide solution or anhydrous hydrazine solution contains less than 0.01% water.

33. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydrazine is selected from the group consisting of mono-methyl hydrazine, tertiary butyl hydrazine, and dimethylhydrazine.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2020
From: BLETHEN, RICHARD D.; SPIEGELMAN, JEFFREY J.; HOLMES, RUSSELL J.; ALVAREZ, DANIEL; YANG, JIAN
To: RASIRC, INC.
Reel/Frame 052667/0215 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2020
From: SPEED, ERICCA LYNNE
To: RASIRC, INC.
Reel/Frame 052667/0287 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62587759 · Nov 17, 2017
Provisional Application 62651589 · Apr 2, 2018
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