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- Patent Title: Mass flow control based on micro-electromechanical devices
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Application No.: US17475294Application Date: 2021-09-14
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Publication No.: US11772958B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Nir Merry , Paul Wirth , Ming Xu , Sushant Koshti , Raechel Chu-Hui Tan
- Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: B81B3/00
- IPC: B81B3/00 ; G01F1/684 ; G01F1/72 ; G01F1/86 ; G05D7/06

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a mass flow control apparatus, systems incorporating the same, and methods using the same. In one embodiment, a mass flow control apparatus comprises a flow modulating valve configured to modulate gas flow in a gas flow channel, a sensor device, such as a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) device, configured to generate a signal responsive to a condition of the gas flow, and a processing device operatively coupled to the flow modulating valve and the sensor device to control the flow modulating valve based on a signal received from the sensor device.
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- US20220083081A1 MASS FLOW CONTROL BASED ON MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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