US Patent Issued to Applied Materials on July 21 for "Ampoule for a semiconductor manufacturing precursor" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,004, issued on July 21, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Ampoule for a semiconductor manufacturing precursor" was invented by David Marquardt (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jose Alexandro Romero (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ampoules for a semiconductor manufacturing precursors and methods of use are described. The ampoules include a container with an inlet port and an outlet port. The ampoules comprise an inlet plenum located between the inlet port and the cavity and an outlet plenum located between the outlet port and the cavity. A flow path is defined by a plurality of tubular walls and a...