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Mesh filter design for LPCVD TEOS exhaust system

US6458212B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2000
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/30
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention relates to a tetraethylorthosilicate chemical vapor deposition method, involving the steps of forming a film on a substrate using tetraethylorthosilicate in a chemical vapor deposition chamber; and removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from the chemical vapor deposition chamber via a pump system and an exhaust line connected to the chemical vapor deposition chamber, the exhaust line comprising a mesh filter having a conical shape. Another aspect of the present invention relates to an exhaust system for removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from a chemical vapor deposition chamber, containing an exhaust line connected to the chemical vapor deposition chamber, the exhaust line comprising a mesh filter having a conical shape via a pump system; and a pump system connected to the exhaust line for removing tetraethylorthosilicate byproducts from the processing chamber.

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