US 11,959,168 B2
Solid source precursor vessel
Jianqiu Huang, Phoenix, AZ (US); Ankit Kimtee, Phoenix, AZ (US); Sudhanshu Biyani, Tempe, AZ (US); Jonathan Robert Bakke, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Eric James Shero, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere (NL)
Filed by ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere (NL)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,768.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,279, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340671 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/50 (2006.01)
CPC C23C 16/448 (2013.01) [C23C 16/44 (2013.01); C23C 16/4408 (2013.01); C23C 16/45525 (2013.01); C23C 16/50 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reactant source vessel comprising:
a container body having an outer sidewall and a bottom surface that define an internal area of the container body;
a plurality of pockets disposed within the internal area of the container body, each of the plurality of pockets configured to contain a volume of a solid source precursor, each of the plurality of pockets comprising at least one sidewall surface extending upward from the bottom surface of the container body, wherein the at least one sidewall surface defines an interior perimeter of the pocket, and wherein the plurality of pockets comprises a first pocket disposed adjacent to a second pocket and a third pocket, the first pocket and the second pocket share a first sidewall, and the first pocket and the third pocket share a second sidewalk;
a lid configured to engage the container body, the lid enclosing the internal area of the container body when connected to the container body; and
a fluid flow path within the internal area of the container body, the fluid flow path being formed above the plurality of pockets and below a bottom surface of the lid, the fluid flow path extending between an inlet end and an outlet end along a path that passes over at least a portion of each of the plurality of pockets.