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    • 8. 发明专利
    • DE69829543D1
    • 2005-05-04
    • DE69829543
    • 1998-12-08
    • FUJIKIN KKHITACHI LTD
    • MINAMI YUKIOKAWADA KOJITANABE YOSHIKAZUIKEDA NOBUKAZUMORIMOTO AKIHIRO
    • C01B5/00F22B1/00H01L21/316
    • Methods and apparatus are disclosed for generating water vapour for use in a semiconductor manufacturing process. The disclosed methods comprise supplying oxygen and hydrogen gases to a reactor, said reactor including a catalyst that is capable of producing hydrogen and oxygen radicals from said gases, which radicals react very quickly with one another to form water; and thereafter delivering water in gaseous form from the reactor; wherein each of said gases is supplied to the reactor at a respective pre-set flow rate, thereby to provide water vapour from the reactor at a predetermined rate. A first method is characterized in that on start-up the supply of one of said hydrogen and oxygen gases is commenced at its respective pre-set flow rate, and thereafter the supply of the other gas is commenced and its flow rate is increased progressively in such manner that said flow rate of said other gas reaches its respective pre-set rate after any residual amount of said other gas has been delivered to the reactor, such that the rate of water vapour generation does not exceed said predetermined rate. A second method is characterized in that on start-up the supply of one of said gases is commenced at its respective pre-set flow rate, and thereafter the supply of the other gas is commenced, said other gas being diverted away from the reactor until any residual amount of said other gas has been purged. A third method is characterised in that on start-up, water vapour delivered from the reactor is discarded until water is delivered from the reactor at said predetermined rate.