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Tube and injector for preheating gases in a chemical vapor deposition reactor

US5146869A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1990
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S156/912
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A gas injector apparatus and process, having a gas injector tube ending at the top of a vertical reaction chamber, improves the thickness and resistivity uniformity of films deposited in CVD process reactors. The injection tube has a plurality of baffles to increase the residence time of reactant gases flowing toward the reaction chamber.

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