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Vaporizer

US6604492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2002
Grant dateAug 12, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/87885
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vaporizer is provided for delivering vapor streams such as high purity streams to a processing destination, such as a wafer processing chamber. The vaporizer includes a heated base having one or more seamless slots formed in one of its faces for carrying a liquid which is vaporized by heat from the heated plate. In one embodiment, the vaporizer includes an atomizer for atomizing the liquid prior to vaporization to reduce the temperature of vaporization. In one embodiment, the vaporizer includes a heat exchanger having cross-slots intersecting a plurality of seamless slots to reduce unvaporized liquid from exiting the vaporizer.

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