Patents Represented by Attorney McDermott, Will & Emerey
  • Patent number: 6899765
    Abstract: A process chamber for processing or inspecting a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer and the like includes a internal chamber employing dynamic seals at the interface of relatively moving elements. In one embodiment, the internal chamber has a first element, such as a lid or cover, and a second element, such as the body of the chamber. The first element and the second element meet at the interface. The internal chamber may further include a substrate support, mounted inside the internal chamber, supporting a substrate. A first movement system may produce at least one type of relative movement between the first element and the second element. A second movement system may produce second relative movement between the second element and the substrate support. The resulting structure allows movement of the chamber, while maintaining pressure inside the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Applied Materials Israel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Krivts, Eyal Kotik, Eitan Pinhasi, Hagay Cafri