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Method for vaporizing and supplying

US6767402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 2002
Grant dateJul 27, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/4481
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vaporizing and supplying method for controlling a liquid CVD material in flow rate with liquid flow rate controllers, supplying a vaporizer with the material, vaporizing the same, and supplying a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus with the vaporized material, which includes installing in parallel, a plurality of liquid flow rate controllers, preferably each having a different controllable range of flow rate, and supplying the vaporizer with the material at a variable flow rate thereof by altering the single use of any of the controllers to the simultaneous use of a plurality thereof or vice versa, and/or switching any of the controllers one after another.

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