Patent ID: 7794546
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A vacuum processing system for treating a substrate, comprising: a first chamber assembly comprising a first sealing surface; a second chamber assembly comprising a second sealing surface; and a sealing device coupled to and retained by one of said first sealing surface or said second sealing surface, said sealing device comprising two or more contact ridges and one or more pockets disposed therebetween, wherein a seal between said first chamber assembly and said second chamber assembly is formed by coupling said first chamber assembly to said second chamber assembly in order to facilitate contact of said two or more contact ridges of said sealing device with said second sealing surface while trapping gas between said two or more contact ridges within said pocket, wherein the sealing device comprises an elastomeric material that extends continuously from a first of the two or more contact ridges to a second of the two or more contact ridges such that walls of the pocket comprise the elastomeric material.