Patent ID: 6076543
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: C23C,F17C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for mounting gas handling units on a gas handling device, without requiring alteration of the device or the gas handling units, to provide and regulate a flow of gas to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having an inlet for receiving the flow of gas, the method comprising:providing a gas handling device having an elongate track including a pair of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending channels with openings extending along a substantial portion of the length thereof and a plurality of gas handling units each having an inlet port, an outlet port and a mounting surface;slidably engaging a first one of the plurality of gas handling units on the track, wherein the mounting surface of the gas handling unit engages and is slidable along the track;securing the first gas handling unit in a desired position on the track without requiring alteration of the track or the gas handling unit;slidably engaging a second one of the plurality of gas handling units on the track in a spaced-apart relationship to the first gas handling unit, wherein the mounting surface of the second gas handling unit engages and is slidable along the track;establishing communication between the inlet port of the first gas handling unit with the outlet port of the second gas handling unit; andsecuring the second gas handling unit in a second desired position on the track without requiring alteration of the track or the second gas handling unit.