Patent ID: 8170404

Claim:
A bubbler for providing a vaporized compound in a chemical vapor deposition process comprising: (a) a bubbler chamber assembly having an inlet and an outlet; (b) a means for providing an inert carrier gas to said compound connected to said inlet; (c) a means for removing said vaporized compound and carrier gas from said chamber assembly and conveying said compound to said chemical vapor deposition process connected to said outlet; and (d) temperature control means in which said bubbler chamber assembly is placed that causes said compound to vaporize into said carrier gas; said bubbler chamber assembly comprising two or more chambers connected in series with the flow of said vaporized compound and carrier gas alternating between up flow and down flow between adjoining chambers in said series, all chambers being in substantially vertical orientation, in which chambers contain a solid source of said compound, the ratio between the length of said combined length of chambers connected in series with respect to the direction of flow of said carrier gas through said chambers and the average diameter equivalent of the cross section of said chambers with respect to the direction of flow of said carrier gas through said chamber or chambers is not less than about 6:1.