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Dome assembly for a deposition chamber

Granted 24 Jul 2012 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Applied Materials Israel · originally Applied Materials, Inc.

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Inventors: Son T. Nguyen, Anzhong Chang, Harsukhdeep S. Ratia, Tetsuya Ishikawa +4 · Examiner: Patricia Palasik · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
29/350,406
filed 16 Nov 2009
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US D664172
granted 24 Jul 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is an isometric bottom view of…

FIG. 1 is an isometric bottom view of a dome assembly for a deposition chamber.

FIG. 2 is an isometric top view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 5 is a back elevation view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 2 .

FIG. 6 is a side elevation view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 2 . The opposing side elevation view is a mirror-image.

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the dome assembly for a deposition chamber of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along section 9 - 9 of FIG. 3 .

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along section 10 - 10 of FIG. 3 .

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along section 11 - 11 of FIG. 6 .

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view taken along section 12 - 12 of FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along section 13 - 13 of FIG. 7 .

The broken lines in the Figures indicating tubular elements disposed internal to other tubular elements do not form part of the claimed design. Transparent materials included in certain elements are indicated by surface treatment and/or are apparent from the Figures.

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D15/199

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