Abstract:
A vaporizer unit to heat solid feed material to a temperature that produces vapor to be ionized, has efficient construction and numerous effective safety features. The heater is located in a detachable top closure member, and serves to maintain a valve in the top closure member at temperature higher than the temperature to which the solid material is heated. The top section is a heat distributor to an interface with the bottom section, the side and bottom walls of the bottom distributing heat received from the interface to surfaces of the cavity exposed to the feed material. Borane, decarborane, carbon clusters and other large molecules are vaporized for ion implantation.
Abstract:
Vapor delivery systems and methods that control the heating and flow of vapors from solid feed material, especially material that comprises cluster molecules for semiconductor manufacture. The systems and methods safely and effectively conduct the vapor to a point of utilization, especially to an ion source for ion implantation. Ion beam implantation is shown employing ions from the cluster materials. The vapor delivery system includes reactive gas cleaning of the ion source, control systems and protocols, wide dynamic range flow-control systems and vaporizer selections that are efficient and safe. Borane, decarborane, carboranes, carbon clusters and other large molecules are vaporized for ion implantation. Such systems are shown cooperating with novel vaporizers, ion sources, and reactive cleaning systems.
Abstract:
A vaporizer unit, that heats solid feed material, especially material comprising cluster molecules for semiconductor manufacture, to a temperature that produces vapor to be ionized, has efficient construction and numerous effective safety features. The heater is located in a detachable top closure member, and serves to maintain a valve in the top closure member at temperature higher than the temperature to which the solid material is heated. The top section is a heat distributor to an interface with the bottom section, the side and bottom walls of the bottom distributing heat received from the interface to surfaces of the cavity exposed to the feed material. Locking, access-preventing and effective use of mechanical and electronic coding provide safety. Borane, decarborane, carbon clusters and other large molecules are vaporized for ion implantation. Such vaporizers cooperating with novel vapor delivery systems and with ion sources are shown.
Abstract:
Providing vapor to a vapor-receiving device housed in a high vacuum chamber. An ion beam implanter, as an example, has a removable high voltage ion source within a high vacuum chamber and a vapor delivery system that delivers vapor to the ion source and does not interfere with removal of the ion source for maintenance. For delivering vapor to a vapor-receiving device, such as the high voltage ion source under vacuum, a flow interface device is in the form of a thermally conductive valve block. A delivery extension of the interface device automatically connects and disconnects within the high vacuum chamber with the removable vapor receiving device by respective installation and removal motions. In an ion implanter, the flow interface device or valve block and source of reactive cleaning gas are mounted in a non-interfering way on the electrically insulating bushing that insulates the ion source from the vacuum housing and the ion source may be removed without disturbing the flow interface device. Multiple vaporizers for solid material, provisions for reactive gas cleaning, and provisions for controlling flow are provided in the flow interface device.