Patent ID: 8372209
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B08B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a component chamber, a first component of a processing system, the component chamber being independent of the processing system and having a first purge gas inlet; receiving, at a docking station, a connection to a second component of the processing system, the docking station having a second purge gas inlet; applying a vacuum pressure to the component chamber and the docking station to extract contaminants from the first component and the second component, the applying being performed until a first rate of pressure rise meets a first threshold rate of pressure rise that corresponds to a defined contaminant level; and purging the contaminants from the component chamber and the docking station with a purge gas to remove the contaminants, the purging being performed until the first rate of pressure rise meets the first threshold rate of pressure rise that corresponds to a defined contaminant level.