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Vacuum processing apparatus

US5647945A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1994
Grant dateJul 15, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/935
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vacuum processing apparatus includes: a vacuum processing chamber for processing a target object; a processing gas supply source for supplying a processing gas by which a process is performed to the target object in the vacuum processing chamber; a processing gas supply pipe for supplying the processing gas from the processing gas supply source into the vacuum processing chamber; and a pressure reducing valve for keeping the gas supply pipe at a lower pressure than the atmospheric pressure when the processing gas is to be supplied to the vacuum processing chamber.

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