Patent ID: 11955355
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  C | IPC C  H

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus configured to simultaneously process a plurality of substrates, comprising:
a transfer chamber assembly having one or more walls that define a transfer volume;
a substrate processing assembly comprising an upper wall, and a bottom wall, a liner disposed between the upper wall and the bottom wall, and a containment member coupled to an internal surface of the liner, wherein the containment member has a lower sealing surface; each substrate processing assembly comprising:
a support chuck having a substrate supporting surface, and a bottom surface opposite the substrate supporting surface;
a seal ring assembly coupled to the bottom surface of the support chuck, the seal ring assembly comprising:
an upper bellows ring;
a lower bellows ring attached to an inner assembly; and
an assembly bellows disposed between the upper bellows ring and the lower bellows ring;

an outer seal ring disposed between the upper bellows ring and the lower sealing surface, the outer seal ring having an outer sealing surface, the outer seal ring extends radially around a center of the seal ring assembly, and wherein the outer sealing surface forms an isolation seal with the lower sealing surface and forms a sealed process chamber volume; and
a lift assembly configured to move the support chuck between:
a transfer position, wherein the substrate supporting surface is exposed to a first region, and
a processing position, wherein the substrate supporting surface is in a second region isolated from the first region by contact between the seal ring assembly, the outer ring seal, and the lower sealing surface of the containment member.