Patent SG-11201810635Y-A (SG)
Title: Gate valve for continuous tow processing
Inventor: YUDOVSKY JOSEPH
IPC: H01L21/67
Filed: 2017-06-02
Abstract: r// /; li 114 1 il 110 104 104 104 104 102 W O 20 17 / 2105 90 Al 112 108 114 .\\ ! I 106 134 ! II ii --154 110 116 130 FIG. 1 (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 07 December 2017 (07.12.2017) WIP0 I PCT Iiiimmomiolollmolomm tialimoilowom (10) International Publication Number WO 2017/210590 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO1L 21/67 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/035735 (22) International Filing Date: 02 June 2017 (02.06.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/344,970 02 June 2016 (02.06.2016) US (71) Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. [US/US]; 3050 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara, California 95054 (US). (72) Inventors: YUDOVSKY, Joseph; 594 Smokey Court, Campbell, California 95008 (US). ISHIKAWA, David; 1009 Clark Avenue, Mountain View, California 94040 (US). TESCH, Travis; 3471 Brookdale Drive, Santa Clara, California 95051 (US). (74) Agent: TABOADA, Alan et al.; MOSER TABOADA, 1030 Broad Street, Suite 203, Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: GATE VALVE FOR CONTINUOUS TOW PROCESSING (57) : Embodiments of gate valves and methods for using same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a gate valve for processing a continuous substrate includes: a body; a plurality of seals disposed within the body and configured to move between a closed position and an open position; a plurality of volumes dis- posed between adjacent ones of the plurality of seals and defined by the plurality of seals and the body; a gas inlet disposed through a first side of the body and fluidly coupled to an innermost one of the plurality of volumes; and a gas outlet disposed through a second side of the body opposite the first side and fluidly coupled to other ones of the plurality of volumes disposed on either side of the innermost one of the plurality of volumes.