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Chemical vapor deposition apparatus

US6197121A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC30B25/14
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Reactors for growing epitaxial layers on substrates are disclosed including rotatable substrate carriers and injectors for injecting gases into the reactor towards the substrates on the carriers and including a gas separator for separately maintaining various gases between gas inlets and the injector. Various reactor embodiments are disclosed including removable gas separators, and particular injectors which include cooling channels, as well as flow restrictors mounted within the reactors to restrict the flow of the gases to the substrates from the injector, and heaters mounted within the rotatable shell holding the substrate carriers so that the heaters can be accessed and removed through a lid forming a wall of the reactor.

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