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Method and apparatus for dispensing materials in a vacuum

US6119895A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 8, 1998
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 8, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6715
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing materials onto a substrate in a vacuum. In one embodiment, a dispensing system includes a dispensing vacuum chamber having an inlet to receive substrates for dispensing and an outlet to provide substrates having material dispensed thereon, a dispensing pump, disposed within the dispensing vacuum chamber, that dispenses the material onto substrates, a substrate support system, disposed within the dispensing vacuum chamber, that supports substrates at a dispensing position beneath the dispensing pump, an inlet vacuum chamber coupled to the inlet of the dispensing vacuum chamber, and an outlet vacuum chamber coupled to the outlet of the dispensing vacuum chamber.

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