US 11,948,814 B2
Valve structure and substrate processing apparatus including the same
Kangmin Park, Yongin-si (KR); Hyungho Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dongwoo Wi, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hyunsoo Chun, Suwon-si (KR); and Jiho Uh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,270.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0144013 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130512 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01L 21/67 (2006.01); F16K 3/18 (2006.01); F16K 3/314 (2006.01); F16K 51/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); F16K 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 21/67126 (2013.01) [F16K 51/02 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 21/67739 (2013.01); F16K 3/0281 (2013.01); F16K 3/18 (2013.01); F16K 3/314 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A process chamber door for closing or opening an entrance of a process chamber through which a substrate to be processed is loaded, comprising:
a seal plate comprising a front surface and a rear surface opposite to each other in a first direction;
a connection block connected to the rear surface of the seal plate, the connection block comprising a central portion and two side portions connected to the rear surface of the seal plate; and
a shaft connected to the central portion of the connection block, the shaft being configured to be moved by an actuator,
wherein the connection block further comprises:
a first hinge groove disposed at a bottom surface and a side surface of each of the two side portions of the connection block, the first hinge groove extending in a second direction and a third direction in the connection block, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the third direction is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction;
a second hinge groove disposed at an upper surface and the side surface of each of the two side portions of the connection block, the second hinge groove extending in the second direction and the third direction in the connection block and being spaced apart from the first hinge groove in the third direction;
a first front end portion and a first rear end portion spaced apart from each other with the first hinge groove therebetween; and
a second front end portion and a second rear end portion spaced apart from each other with the second hinge groove therebetween,
wherein the first front end portion of the connection block is fastened to the seal plate by a first fastening bolt, and
wherein the second front end portion of the connection block is fastened to the seal plate by a second fastening bolt.