Patent ID: 11859282
Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F  H | IPC C  F  H

Claim 7:
8. A point-of-use (POU)-valve manifold, the POU-valve manifold comprising:
a manifold body configured to couple to a processing chamber of a processing tool, the manifold body having a separate gas outlet port for each of a plurality of gas inlets;
a plurality of gas valves coupled upstream to respective ones of the plurality of gas inlets, each of the plurality of gas valves configured to be coupled separately to one of a plurality of gas supplies, each of the plurality of gas valves being coupled on a downstream side to a gas flow path that is internal to the manifold body and is separate from other gas flow paths; and
an annulus to at least partially surround the gas outlet ports.