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Gbaran-Ubie project: Shell spends N3.9b on communities
The Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited (SPDC) says it has committed N3.911 billion to community development programmes as part of the implementation of the Gbaran-Ubie Gas project in Bayelsa State.
This was disclosed by Tony Attah, Vice-President, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Corporate Affairs, at a ceremony to mark the transition of projects to operation phase, which took place in Yenagoa.
The SPDC had signed Project Global Memorandum of Understanding (PGMoU) with four clusters covering 44 communities when construction of the gas project began in 2006.
The Communities included Gbaran/Ekpetiama, Okordida/Zarama, Kolo Creek and Epie/Atissa.
Under the agreement, the clusters chose and executed their own projects with funding provided by SPDC.
"We commend members of the project advisory committee, the four community leaders as well as the implementation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for their commitment and hard work," Attah said. Attah noted that their efforts ensured the fulfillment of community development projects and resulted in the delivery of the Gbaran-Ubie project ahead of schedule.
He explained that the operations phase also means a transition from project GMoUs to regular GMoUs, saying that in the regular GMoU, community people will still choose and implement projects, with funding from SPDC.
Attah expressed delight that one of the cluster communities, Okodia/Zarama has already transited smoothly to the new dispensation.
Chief Werinipre Seibarugu, the state Deputy Governor, noted the cordial relationship between SPDC and the host communities since the begining of the multibillion naira project. He, however, appealed to the chiefs and community leaders to support the new GMoUs being put in place by SPDC.
"The communities have worked well with Shell over the years, and I'm happy that the relationship has been cordial," said Seibarugu who was represented at the event by his Special Assistant on oil and Gas, Mr Tovie Bello.
"I urge communities to sign the GMoU with Shell to enable them benefit from the new partnership like other communities," he added.
Royal fathers, who spoke at the event including King Gabriel Funpere Aka of Gbaran Kingdom, King George Lawson of Ogbia Kingdom, Malla Saseme Ibenibe of Epie Kingdom, all gave conditions for the signing of the proposed GMoU, saying the GMoU will only be signed if Shell approves their terms.
"We want the good things happening in Shell locations in other places, we want similar things in our kingdom," noted King Aka.
"We are ready to cooperate if Shell will corporate with us, we will not sign if Shell will not cooperate with us," noted King Lawson. If they think they can force us to sign or they want to play politics, we will shut down the flow stations," noted King Sasime.
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liketelevisionsnow is an artist and book editor with Good Peasant Communications. He is the author of "My Public and Concrete Alibi," with Yannick Dangin Leconte, and editor of Leconte's new work, "I Want Guarantees."
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SCT Corporation announced recently a sale of its Fygir Demand Planning
application to Equilon Enterprises LLC, a joint refining venture of Texaco
and Shell Oil. Equilon will use the software initially to forecast its
gasoline products and it expects that diesel products will follow shortly
after. Future deployment may extend to Motiva, Equilon's sister company
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to Dennis Gannaway, Equilon manager of gasoline logistics, "thin profit
margins in the chemical industry require an efficient supply chain enabled
by accurate demand forecasts. We chose SCT's Fygir Demand Planning for
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class of trade forecast at a customer level, but other business segments
are concerned only with product level forecasts.
other forecasting applications such as Logility's Demand Planning, Fygir
DP uses a pyramid forecasting technique that allows users to manage forecast
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are concerned with grades such as premium, regular, etc. Scheduling and
production personnel must be concerned with more detail."
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capacity, neither of which is a significant factor in discrete manufacturing.
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Equilon's decision to partner with SCT Corp. for its demand planning needs
seems strange at first, given that Equiva, the services arm for Equilon,
made a huge investment in Aspen Technology's PIMS suite a little over
one year ago. In fact, Aspen highlighted the sale in its third quarter
1999 report as the largest PIMS deal in history, exceeding the typical
$200,000 license fee.
PIMS is an application for scheduling and optimization of process operations.
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its MIMI supply chain suite, via a framework that incorporates standard
communication protocols such as XML.
Equilon passed on Aspen's forecasting package is not clear, given that
Aspen Framework houses data elements as objects and creating interfaces
to other Aspen applications is simplified by the ability to use Visual
Basic. MIMI's Demand Management module is well-integrated into the rest
of the MIMI suite and has the ability to reconcile order history with
a user-defined product structure to statistically generate forecasts.
It may be that Equilon, in needing only a point solution for demand planning,
considered an investment in a suite like MIMI to be unwarranted.
asked if other demand planning packages had been considered, Equilon stated
that it involved a number of tier one supply chain vendors in a thorough
review process. Fygir Demand Planning was selected primarily because of
the web-based collaborative functionality and emphasis, best-of-breed
statistical engine, and process industry specialization. They added that
SCT possessed superior mathematical and business process approaches.
Aspen MIMI, another package it might have considered is Logility's Voyager
Solutions, which supports collaborative demand planning in the form of
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software, however, lacks the flexibility of more generic collaborative
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course in selecting demand planning packages.
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I having been trying to install the Nvidia Linux drivers on my Mandrake 8.1 system. I have found several posts about doing this with mdk9.x here and on other boards but I am not having any luck with any of that help on my mdk8.1 system.
After my first install it was running KDE just fine and in 1280x1024. I am not sure what driver it was using I think it was 'nv' but I am not sure because of the 2 XF86Config files I could not figure out which it was using cause there was no XFree86.0.log.
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The new RCZ R is the most powerful French car in the world, provided you don't classify the Bugatti Veyron as French, which you shouldn't, because it is German. It packs the most potent 1.6-litre engine on the planet, a turbo four-cylinder that generates 266bhp. And, as in the standard RCZ, the power is channeled to the front wheels alone, though a strengthened six-speed manual. If that sounds like a recipe for torque-steery disaster, fear not: the RCZ R is the first production model from Peugeot Sport, the firm's Paris-based motorsport arm responsible for the 908 Le Mans racer and the 208 T16 Pikes Peak car.
The RCZ R isn't as riotously wild as you might expect, a new Torsen differential quelling many of the issues that traditionally afflict fast front-drivers. And, on a smooth, flowing road, the bum-roofed coupe is a mighty effective point-and-squirt overtaker, the predictable slug of boost backed by a surprising willingness to run to the red line. There's masses of power everywhere you want it, a muscular surge accompanied by a satisfying snort from the turbo, while the gearbox is crisp, the uprated brakes strong and fade-free.
However, in the very knottiest, fastest turns, the RCZ R isn't quite as precise as it could be, with a smidge of understeer and vagueness when you're really throwing it around. That, combined with a ride firm enough to cause long-term psychological harm after an extended blast down a British B-road, leaves the RCZ R rather caught between two stools: neither rapid mini-GT nor no-holds-barred track thing. For this reason, you may just prefer to stick with the standard car – maybe with a nice torquey diesel engine for good measure, sir?
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The R has lots of hints that you're driving something rather hotter than the standard RCZ. You get plenty of plaques, some smart red stitching, and, in a most welcome touch, a pair of plush, bespoke bucket seats as good as any in the business. The standard of finish isn't quite up there with the Audi TTS, but hey, it's four grand less for the same amount of power.
Don't forget the RCZ remains a strict plus-two – those tiny rear seats are for occasional use only.
The R is a 32 grand hot French coupe: safe to say it won't hold its value like a diesel Golf. But, as with other RCZ models, running costs are surprisingly acceptable, at least considering the amount of power on tap. Peugeot officially quotes 145g/km of CO2 and combined economy of 45mpg: real-world, and with careful driving, you'll manage thirty-something.


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A chemical vapor deposition reactor for deposition on substrates, for example silicon epitaxial depositions. The apparatus includes a heating chamber in which a reactor is placed. Means of heating the substrates in the reactor is spaced from the reactor. The reaction chamber is positioned in the heating chamber. It has a load/unload opening outside of the heating chamber and an exhaust port. A reactant distribution means receives and discharges reactants into the reaction chamber. A wafer carrier holds a plurality of wafer retainers. It is moved in and out of the reaction chamber by moving means. A seal closes the reaction chamber opening when the wafer carrier is placed in the reaction chamber. A conditioning chamber is located adjacent to the reaction chamber and includes a door. Preconditioning of the wafers before introduction in to the reaction chamber, and subsequent cooling outside of the reaction chamber, can be accomplished in the conditioning chamber.
1. Apparatus within which to conduct processes of silicon epitaxial chemical vapor deposition on substrate wafers, said apparatus comprising:
a heating enclosure comprising a heating enclosure wall which forms a heating chamber therein, said heating enclosure wall having a heating chamber opening therethrough and being insulated against loss of heat;
a reactor in said heating chamber, fitting in and closing said heating enclosure opening, said reactor including a heatable reaction chamber wall which is impermeable to gases and defines a reaction chamber and which makes a sealing fit in the opening in the heating chamber wall and itself has an opening through said reaction chamber wall which opens outside of said heating chamber, and reactant distribution means for receiving reactant and adapted to discharge reactant into said reaction chamber;
heater means in said heating chamber for heating said reaction chamber wall;
a wafer carrier so proportioned, arranged, and mounted as to be at least partially insertable into, and removable out of, said reaction chamber through said opening in said reaction chamber wall, said wafer carrier including support means to support said wafers spaced apart from one another so that at least one surface of each said wafer will be exposed in said reaction chamber;
closure means adapted to open and to close said opening in said reaction chamber to pass said wafer carrier and to seal said opening respectively;
reactant passage means entering said reactant distribution means, and being accessible from outside of said heating chamber for introducing reactants into said reactant distribution means, and thence into said reaction chamber;
a conditioning chamber aligned with said reaction chamber, said conditioning chamber including door means through which said wafer carrier can be placed in and removed from the interior of said conditioning chamber;
means for providing an atmosphere in said conditioning chamber which is not incompatible with the atmosphere which will exist in the reaction chamber when the wafer carrier is inserted into the reaction chamber; and
first moving means adapted to move said wafer carrier into and out of said reaction chamber, said wafer carrier being movable into and out of said conditioning chamber, whereby said wafer carrier can be moved into and out of said reaction chamber without direct communication of the reaction chamber with conditions external to the conditioning chamber.
2. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said heating enclosure wall is generally tubular, with one end closed and the other end formed with said heating chamber opening.
3. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reaction chamber wall is tubular.
4. Apparatus according to claim 3 in which said reactant distribution means includes a wall which is tubular and co-axial with said reaction chamber wall, ports being formed in said reaction chamber wall to pass reactant into said reaction chamber.
5. Apparatus according to claim 4 in which said support means extends axially in said reaction chamber, and in which said ports from said reactant distribution means are axially spaced apart along the length of said reaction chamber.
6. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said retainer is made of pyrolytic graphite, in which pyrolytic graphite has an oriented platelet structure and in which said platelet structure extends in general alignment with said surface.
7. Apparatus according to claim 6 in which said retainers include a shoulder extending around at least part of said surface.
8. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which a purging passage and an exhaust passage open into said reaction chamber and are accessible from outside of said heating chamber for supplying a purging gas, and for exhausting gas from said reaction chamber.
9. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said wafer carrier includes a heat shield at each end of the group of supports.
10. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which a peripheral coolant ring surrounds said reaction chamber flange outside of said reaction chamber adjacent to said opening, said coolant ring including means for supplying and exhausting coolant fluid to and from said ring.
11. Apparatus according to claim 3 in which said reaction chamber has an exhaust port spaced from the points of entry of the reactant passage means into said reaction chamber.
12. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said moving means includes an insulating plug adjacent to said wafer carrier.
13. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said support means are slanted, and in which there is at least one of said ports directed into the region between each adjacent pair of said support means.
14. Apparatus according to claim 13 in which said reaction chamber wall is tubular.
15. Apparatus according to claim 14 in which said reactant distribution means includes a wall which is tubular and coaxial with said reaction chamber wall, ports being formed in said reaction chamber wall to pass reactant into said reaction chamber.
16. Apparatus according to claim 14 in which said support means extends axially in said reaction chamber, and in which said ports from said reactant distribution means are axially spaced apart along the length of said reaction chamber wall.
17. Apparatus according to claim 16 in which said reactant distribution means includes a wall which is tubular and parallel to said reaction chamber wall, ports being formed in said reactant distribution means to pass reactant into said reaction chamber.
18. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said wafer carrier includes a mount member to which said support means is fixed.
19. Apparatus according to claim 18 in which insulation means is placed between said wafer carrier and said moving means.
20. Apparatus according to claim 18 in which said closure means includes a seal in an interface region between said reaction chamber and said conditioning chamber to close the said interface region from said conditioning chamber.
21. Apparatus according to claim 18 in which there is a plurality of said supports fixed to said wafer carrier, said supports being slotted to receive the edge of said retainers.
22. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reaction chamber is disposed above said conditioning chamber.
23. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reaction chamber is disposed below said conditioning chamber.
24. Apparatus according to claim 6 in which said retainers are slanted, and in which there is at least one of said ports directed into the region between adjacent retainers.
25. Apparatus according to claim 6 in which insulation means is placed between said wafer carrier and said moving means.
26. Apparatus according to claim 25 in which there is a plurality of said retainers fixed to said wafer carrier, said supports being slotted to receive the edge of said retainers.
27. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reactant distribution means comprises at least one conduit inside said reaction chamber, said conduit having ports for discharging reactant into said reaction chamber.
28. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reactant distribution means comprises at least one conduit outside of said reaction chamber, and in which said reaction chamber wall includes ports connected to said conduit.
29. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said reactant distribution means is formed at least in part by a portion of said reaction chamber wall.
30. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which means is provided to heat said conditioning chamber.
31. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which said wafer carrier includes a plurality of retainers as, and in which each wafer bears against one of said retainers in substantial surface-to-surface contiguity.
32. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which a valve is positioned in the opening to said reaction chamber, so disposed and arranged as to be removable to pass the carrier, and insertable so as to close the said opening when no structure bars said insertion.
33. Apparatus according to claim 32 in which said valve is a gate valve that is laterally slidable into and out of said opening to the reaction chamber.
34. Apparatus according to claim 33 in which said gate valve is adapted also to move axially to close said opening.
35. Apparatus according to claim 1 in which means is provided to move said or wafer carrier into and out of said conditioning chamber.
36. Apparatus according to claim 35 in which a valve is positioned in the opening to said reaction chamber, so disposed and arranged as to be removable to pass the carrier, and insertable so as to close the said opening when no structure bars said insertion.
This is a continuation in part of applicant's presently copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 634,146, filed July 24, 1984, now abandoned, entitled "Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor", which is in turn a division of Ser. No. 306,697, filed Sept. 21, 1981, now abandoned.
This invention relates to apparatus for chemical vapor deposition of substrates, for example silicon epitaxial deposition.
Apparatus for silicon epitaxial chemical vapor deposition of substrates, for example of silicon wafers, is known. Generally speaking, such apparatus utilizes a cold wall. The walls of such apparatus are hundreds of degrees cooler than the reaction temperature, and the energy that is lost by radiation through them is often on the order of about 32 watts per square cm. at 1200 degrees C. In order to keep cold walled reactor walls cool they have to radiate heat. This energy loss must continually be made up to sustain deposition, and it represents a substantial element of cost. The energy conversion efficiency of the heating means in cold wall reactors is in the area of 50%. These conversion losses also add to power cost.
Accordingly, this invention has an objective to provide apparatus with substantially greater productivity and substantially lower energy requirement. Compared to many conventional machines, the apparatus of this invention has per unit time about 5 times the productivity, and utilizes less than 20% of the energy per unit output. The reaction chamber can accommodate more wafers. It requires less energy because radiation from the system is repressed.
It is an object of this invention to utilize apparatus having a hot wall, wherein the energy loss is by inefficiency of the insulation, which is minimal, and the end losses into the reactor base.
Also, in the treatment of single crystalline substrates, uniformity of heating and cooling across the crystal is essential, because if it exceeds a relatively small tolerance, slip will occur within the crystal planes. This crystalagraphic slippage renders useless the area where it occurs. It is an object of this invention to provide apparatus wherein the system can be operated at high throughputs and efficiencies, and in which deposition parameters can be substantially improved.
Apparatus acccording to this invention includes a heater enclosure having a wall that forms a heating chamber therein. Said heater chamber has openings at each end of said wall. A reactor is placed in the heater chamber which fits in and closes the heater enclosure openings. The reactor has a reaction chamber wall which defines a reaction chamber and which makes a sealing fit in one opening of the heating chamber. It opens outside of the heating chamber. A reactant distribution means receives reactants and discharges them into the reaction chamber. A wafer carrier is so proportioned, arranged and mounted as to be at least partially insertable into and removable out of the reaction chamber through the opening of the reaction chamber. The wafer carrier includes a support and a plurality of retainers mounted to the support. Each retainer comprises a retainer plate made of pyrolitic graphite, or other material upon a surface of which a wafer to be treated is supported in surface-to-surface contact therewith. The retainers are spaced apart from one another sufficiently that a surface of each wafer will be exposed to reactant gases. Moving means includes a base adapted to carry the wafer carrier, whereby to move the wafer carrier into and out of the reaction chamber. Seal means closes the opening in an interface region when the wafer carrier is in the reaction chamber.
Reactant passage means enters the reactant distribution means and is accessible from the outside of the heater chamber for introducing reactants into the reactant distribution means and thence into the reaction chamber.
According to a preferred but optional feature of the invention, the heater enclosure wall is generally tubular.
According to yet another preferred but optional feature of the invention, a conditioning chamber is disposed adjacent to the opening to the reaction chamber. It includes a door and means adapted to move the wafer carrier into and out of the conditioning chamber. First moving means inside the conditioning chamber serve to move the wafer carrier into and out of the reaction chamber. The conditioning chamber can be utilized for preconditioning the wafers before, and/or for cooling the wafers after the wafer carrier is inserted into or withdrawn from the reaction chamber.
According to still another preferred but optional feature of the invention, a gate valve is disposed in the opening to the reaction chamber so that the reaction chamber can be closed whether the wafer carrier is in the reaction chamber or not, and whether or not the closure which can accompany the carrier is in the reaction chamber opening or not.
The above and other features of the invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is an axial view, principally in cutaway cross-section, showing the upper portion of apparatus according to this invention;
FIG. 2 is a similar view, for a lower portion of the invention, FIGS. 1 and 2 abutting and overlapping one another at their bottom and top, respectively;
FIG. 3 is an axial cross-section of a portion of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a cross-section taken at line 4--4 in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a fragmentary cross-section taken at line 5--5 in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary cross-section taken at line 6--6 in FIG. 1 with the wafer carrier removed;
FIG. 7 is a fragmentary view showing portions of another embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a cross-section of a variation of the reactant distribution means;
FIG. 9 is an axial cross-section showing still another variation of the reaction distribution means;
FIG. 10 is a plan view of a gate valve useful with this invention; and
FIGS. 11 and 12 are side views of the gate valve of FIG. 10, in a closed and in an open condition, respectively.
FIGS. 1 and 2 overlap bottom to top with one another, FIG. 1 being above FIG. 2 These Figs. show one embodiment of apparatus 10 according to this invention. A heater enclosure 11 comprises a tubular wall 12 having an end closure 13. It forms an internal heating chamber 14. The closure and the heating chamber have a central axis 15. The end closure has an aperture 16 with a tapered portion 17. The end closure is held to the tubular wall by a suitable retention means 18.
Electrical resistance heater means 80 is mounted to the heater enclosure wall. It is a helical wire extending for the full length of the heating chamber. To simplify the drawings, only a portion of it is shown. Appropriate connections are provided to energize the heater means.
A reactor 25 is generally tubular. It is co-axial with axis 15. It includes a reaction chamber wall 26 that forms a reaction chamber 27 inside it. It tapers to a neck 28. The taper is seated in tapered portion 17. Neck 28 has a nipple 29 for connection to an exhaust or vacuum pump.
Co-axial with and surrounding the reaction chamber wall there is a reactant distribution chamber wall 30 which is sealed to reaction chamber wall 26 by welding. The reaction chamber wall 26 is welded to flange member 38. Flange 38 is held in place by flange 32A and is sealed by O-ring 33 in flange 32. The heater enclosure 11 is supported on a base member 34. A reactant distribution chamber means 35 is formed between walls 26 and 30.
Passage means 36 opens into reactant distribution chamber 35, and by means of conduit 37 (of which there can be one or more), is connectable to one or more sources of supply of reactant material such as process gases.
An interface region between the reaction chamber 27 and a conditioning chamber 86 is formed just below flange 32 which is welded to tubular wall 26A which in turn is welded to flange 40. An opening 39 into the reaction chamber is formed within flange 40.
A hollow ring 33A is provided for a cooling seal 33. It has supply and exhaust connections (not shown) to provide coolants to the ring.
On interface chamber wall 26A there are three hollow rings welded to the outer wall for specific purposes. Ring 43 is for connection to an exhaust or vacuum pump. Holes 44 through the interface region wall 26A enter into this ring and provide for that flow. Rings 45 and 42 are for supplying purging gases such as hydrogen or nitrogen as required in the operation of the system. Holes 46 and 42A in interface wall 26A provide for this flow.
Families of ports 41 (FIG. 6) are formed through the reaction chamber wall 26 to provide for flow of reactant gas from the reactant distribution chamber 35 to reaction chamber 27. These are preferably formed in groups of three, disposed 120 degrees apart from one another, with the groups spaced along the axis of the reaction chamber. It will be understood that the illustrated complete peripheral surrounding of the reaction chamber wall by the reactant distribution chamber wall is not necessary. Other supply means could be provided such as reactant distribution conduits inside or outside the reaction chamber FIGS. 8 and 9. However the illustrated construction is simple to manufacture and uniform in its properties.
A wafer carrier 50 is best shown in FIGS. 2-5. This carrier is adapted to be inserted into the reaction chamber for processing of substrates. It includes a mount means 51 in the nature of a round plug which is undersized relative to the inside diameter of the reaction chamber wall. To it there are mounted three supports 52, 53, and 54. These supports are rods rigidly attached to the mount means. They extend axially when the wafer carrier is inserted in the tube. Nearest the mount means there are several disc-shaped heat shields 55 which are attached to the supports. Several similar heat shields 56 are located at the top of the carrier. The supports pass through the heat shields and are welded in their established positions.
Next there is a plurality of perhaps as many as thirty retainers 57. The retainers are all identical, so that only one will be described here, with further reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. Each retainer comprises a retainer plate 58 which has a generally circular outer periphery except for three indexing means (flats) 59, 60 and 61 formed 90 degrees apart from one another which fit
precisely into matching grooves in the supports.
Each retainer plate has a flat top surface 63 upon which a wafer 64 can rest in flat surface-to-surface contiguity. A shoulder 65 extends for about 210 degrees around the periphery of the top surface to position the wafer and retain it in its place.
The retainer plates are preferably made of pyrolitic graphite. Pyrolitic graphite has a pronounced grain, and its grain will extend substantially parallel to surface 63 for purposes and for reasons yet to be described.
Moving means 70 (FIG. 2) is provided to move the wafer carrier into and out of the reaction chamber. It includes a plug 71 which has a top recess 72 adapted to fit closely with a mating part 73 on the bottom of the wafer carrier base 51. Insulating material 74 such as quartz wool is placed inside a cavity 75 in the plug 71. At its bottom end, base 77 carries a seal 76 which overhangs and is adapted to make an abutting fluid sealing contact with seal surface 40 when the wafer carrier is inserted into the reaction chamber.
A conditioning chamber wall 85 forms conditioning chamber 86. There is a door 87 through it for access to load and unload the wafer carrier. When the wafer carrier is in alignment with axis 15, feed mechanism 91 can move it into and out of the reaction chamber. The wafer carrier with its wafers may reside in the conditioning chamber for preliminary heating or other conditioning, and after removal for cooling or post conditioning. It will be recognized that there can be more than one door, so that the wafers can be fed from several directions into or out of the conditioning chamber. Moving means (not shown) can be provided to move the carrier through door 87, and into alignment with the first moving means so it can be engaged by the latter, and moved into and out of the reaction chamber. Also, it can be used to "park" the carrier in the chamber at other places, and also can remove the carrier. Such a moving means may be as simple as a track and carriage, the carriage being movable.
As to materials of construction, the reactor will be made of quartz and the quartz parts can be welded (fused) together by classical quartz welding techniques. Similarly, the heat shields and support rods of the wafer carrier can all be quartz and be welded together by conventional techniques. The wafer retainer plates are made of pyrolitic graphite or other materials as previously mentioned. The balance of the system including the interface region and the conditioning chamber will be made of 300 series stainless steel.
It is an advantage of this invention that the reaction chamber can always be kept at or very near to its operating temperature so it is not heated up or cooled down during operation. This saves considerable time in processing, which is often wasted in other systems where they cycle the reactor temperature. Power losses are minimized by providing good insulation, and by eliminating conversion losses. This contrasts sharply with the loss of energy in cool wall machines, where losses in the order of 32 watts per square cm. at 1200 degrees C. are normal because they have to radiate heat to keep the walls cool.
In the processing according to this invention it is essential that the wafer be heated and cooled uniformly to avoid crystal slip. When slip occurs, product must be scrapped. A 10 degrees-15 degrees C. gradient across the wafer can result in slip. With heating of the type shown and described, since the wafer receives and loses heat first at its edge, heating or cooling of the wafers edge will ordinarily be more pronounced than heating or cooling in the central area of the wafer. If there were no compensation for this situation, then some crystal slip would almost certainly occur. Tilting the wafer to expose more of its surface to heater radiation helps. But, by utilizing pyrolitic graphite for the retainers with the grain properly orientated, a retainer of high thermal conductivity is provided when the carbon platelets are all lined up with these reaction grains in the same direction. The thermal conductivity is greatly increased in that direction although it is less in directions normal to the plane of the platelets. Utilizing pyrolitic graphite for the retainers results in a profound improvement of uniformity of temperature across the wafer, and substantially eliminates crystal slip.
In order to reduce the region at the edge of the wafer where product can not be made, and to improve deposition uniformity, the wafer carrier can advantageously be rotated around its axis during processing. This can be accomplished by rotating the moving means by conventional drive means.
Reduced pressure within the reaction chamber will lengthen the diffusion path of deposition molecules and will further increase film uniformity. This device can be operated at pressures from atmospheric to only a fraction of a Torr.
When cooling the wafers, one must be cautious to avoid crystal slip especially in the temperature range between about 1200 degrees C. to about 600 degrees C. The use of pyrolitic graphite and the shape of the retainers with their improved thermal conductivity along with retainer tile will greatly reduce the risk of crystal slip during cooling.
In the example shown (FIG. 3), the retainers are tilted at about 15 degrees to the horizontal and it will be noted that the far edge of one is about on the level of the near edge of the other. The gas emanating from the ports will tend to flow across the wafer. Posts 41 are shown only in FIG. 6 to simplify the drawings. The wafers could be held horizontally but a suitable angle is preferable. It is also preferable for the reactant materials to enter from several directions, which is the reason they are located about 60 to 120 degrees from one another. An example of the use of this invention is the process of silicon epitaxial vapor deposition in the manufacture of microcircuits.
The wafer carrier can be inserted into the reaction chamber from below or from above. In FIGS. 1-6 it is inserted from below. However, there are advantages to inserting it from above, and the central portion of such a system is shown in FIG. 7, which is the presently-preferred embodiment of the invention. The unshown portions at the upper and lower ends of FIG. 7 are functionally the same as those in FIGS. 1-6, except, of course, that they are inverted, the conditioning chamber being located above the heater chamber in the embodiment.
A heating chamber wall 110 forms a heating chamber 111. A reaction chamber wall 112 forms a reaction chamber 113. A reactant distribution chamber wall 114 forms a reactant distribution chamber 115 with wall 112. Ports 116 interconnect chambers 113 and 115 as in FIGS. 1-6.
Resistance heater means (not shown) are provided as in FIGS. 1-6.
Wafer carrier 120 is suspended from moving means 121 by a rod 122 and a coupler 123. An insulation plug 124 makes a close but not sealing fit with wall 122. Wafer carrier 120 is indentical in all functional respects to wafer carrier 50.
An interface wall 125 is formed above where plug 124 is formed, and below conditioning chamber 126.
Flange 127 and seal 128 combine to close opening 129 when the wafer carrier is inserted into the reaction chamber.
A purge gas ring 135 has openings 136 entering wall 125. Reactant supply ring 137 feeds to a conduit 138 that leads to the reactant distribution chamber. A coolant ring 140 serves to cool a seal 141.
Conditioning chamber wall 142 has a door 143 to allow wafer carriers to be moved into and out of the conditioning chamber by moving means (not shown). The conditioning chamber is a closed structure, and has sufficient lateral dimensions to accommodate the carriers and equipment that are to be placed in it.
A pair of miter gears 145 engage one another so that a driven shaft 146 can rotate rod 122 to rotate the wafer carrier around its axis 147.
Appropriate heating and cooling means (not shown) can be provided from the conditioning chamber should this be required, in all embodiments.
FIG. 8 shows that it is not a limitation on the invention that the reactant distribution means be formed in part by the wall of the reaction chamber, or that it be located outside of the reaction chamber. A reaction chamber wall 200 is formed without ports through its side, and one or more (in this case, three) reactant distribution conduits 201, 202, 203 (sometimes called "reactant distribution means") are placed inside the reaction chamber. These are tubular conduits, and have ports 204, 205, 206 through their respective walls 207, 208, 209 at appropriate elevations as in the other embodiments. These discharge toward a wafer carrier (not shown) inside the reaction chamber as in the other embodiments.
As shown in FIG. 9, it is equally possible to place one or more of these conduits outside of and adjacent to a reaction chamber wall 210. One such conduit 211 ("reactant distribution chamber" or "reactant distribution means") is shown with branches 212, 213, respectively discharging through ports 214, 215 through wall 210 into the reaction chamber, as in the embodiments of FIGS. 1-7.
This invention enables wafers to be introduced into an already hot heating chamber. In the prior art, they have been introduced into a cold chamber. Then the chamber is heated, the wafers processed, the chamber cooled, and the wafers removed. The waste of time and energy is obvious. Although it is possible to preheat the wafers in the conditioning chamber, it is ordinarily unneccessary. The purpose of the conditioning chamber is mainly to provide wafer conditioning such as cleaning and an atmosphere generally similar to that which exists in the reaction chamber before the wafers are put into it.
The system as described above, with only seal 76 to close the reaction chamber opening 39 by abutting against flange 40, can be used to process the materials as described. However, because only one seal is provided, if it is desired to close the reacton chamber at opening 39 while performing certain other operations, it may be necessary to "park" a carrier in the conditioning chamber while the opening is closed by seal 76.
It is more convenient to provide valve means respective to opening 39 that is independent of the carrier at all times. A gate valve 250 is shown in FIG. 7 for this purpose. It is disclosed in the embodiment of FIG. 7, but is equally useful in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and this disclosure should be read accordingly.
Opening 129 will be closed by seal 128 when the carrier is suspended in the reaction chamber as shown. As a supplementary closure, gate valve 250 is fitted in a housing 255 in the opening to the reaction chamber. It is adapted to close against surface 256, but can do so only when wafer carrier 120 is not in the illustrated position. The housing is, of course, closed from the atmosphere. For this reason, gate valve 250 is shown only schematically in FIG. 7. Its structural details are fully shown in FIGS. 10, 11 and 12.
Gate valve 250 has a carriage 260 which is reciprocably movable into and out of opening 129. An actuating rod 261 extends through the housing with appropriate seals against leakage, and drives the carriage. The carriage is supported on tracks 262. A closure plate 263 bears peripheral face seal 264. It is mounted to a support plate 265 by a post 266 and moves in synchronism with it. Parallelogram links 267 are pivotally mounted to the carriage and to the closure plate. When in the FIG. 11 position, they space the closure plate farthest from the carriage and press it to close the opening by moving seal 264 against face 256. Adjustable stop 268 limits this movement. This position occurs when the rod is pushed the farthest to the right in FIGS. 11 and 12.
To open opening 129 and move the gate valve aside, the rod is pulled to the left. Spring means (not shown) tend to rotate the parallelogram links as shown, removing seal 264 from the face 256, and then drawing the carriage aside so it no longer occludes the opening.
Now the system is more conveniently put to use, because the reaction chamber can be closed by means other than the seal which is also, at least at some times, used to manipulate the carrier.
It is evident that more than one carrier can be employed, and that more than one carrier can be in the conditioning chamber at any given time, if desired. For example, carrier can be "pushed" without closures, if preferred.
It is also evident from the foregoing that the moving means which moves the carrier into and out of the conditioning chamber need not be the same as that which moves it into and out of the reaction chamber, although of course it can be. If desired, the second moving means (not shown but described above) can be used for this purpose, and is able to transfer the carrier to a "parking" means, or to the moving means which will move it into the reaction chamber.
It will be noted that it is unnecessary for the interior of the reaction chamber ever to be directly exposed to the atmosphere while in operation.
This invention thereby provides apparatus for the epitaxial chemical vapor deposition treatment of substrates, for example silicon wafers. The details of the operation will be readily understood by persons skilled in the art and require no further discussion here.
This invention is not to be limited by the embodiments shown in the drawings and described in the description which are given by way of example and not of limitation, but only in accordance with the scope of the appended claims.
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Friel recently starred in Showtime's The Vatican, as well as the TV movie The Psychopath Next Door. She is well known for her portrayal of Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles in the series Pushing Daisies, and has also appeared on the small screen in The Street, Neverland, Without You, Public Enemies and more. She originated the role of 'Alice' in Closer on Broadway, for which she won a Drama Desk Award in 1999. She also appeared in Uncle Vanya in the West End in 2012.
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Along with a plush, contemporary vibe, the luxurious guestrooms of Waters Edge Hotel feature a variety of modern items that encourage lodgers to stay current and entertained like free Wi-Fi and local calls, LCD TV, digital channels, iPod docking station, plus DVD player. What's more, vacationers appreciate a peaceful night's sleep thanks to signature bedding, down comforter, fluffy pillows, combined with blackout curtains while they are privy to bonuses such as air conditioning with climate control, fireplace, desk, complimentary toiletries and newspaper, not to mention bathrobes contribute to the overall appeal. Upon request, articles in the form of hypo-allergenic bedding, refrigerator, and cribs/infant beds can be obtained.
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Every morning, Waters Edge Hotel offers delicious complimentary breakfast while fresh coffee/tea, cozy fireplace, and free newspapers are presented in the welcoming lobby throughout the day. Travelers also enjoy a complimentary daily reception and use of adjacent fitness center. Moreover, those traveling on business value a professional business center, computer station, free Wi-Fi in public areas, and well-appointed meeting room. Those seeking outdoor adventure revel easy access to windsurfing and sailing opportunities whereas complimentary bicycle rentals are provided on site.
Approximately 18 miles from San Francisco's airport, Waters Edge Hotel extends fantastic accessibility. Furthermore, this ideally positioned inn is close to a well-connected public transportation hub.
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DiningMingle with other guests at a complimentary reception, held daily. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily.
Hotel facilities
- Free breakfast
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Business center
- One meeting room
- Elevator/lift
- Computer station
- Fireplace in lobby
- Accessible bathroom
- Braille or raised signage
- Accessible path of travel
- Pets allowed
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Free WiFi
- Conference space size (feet) - 560
- Free reception
- Free use of nearby fitness center
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- Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- Children 13 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the hotel:
- A 12 percent city/local tax will be charged
We have included all charges provided to us by the property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.You must present a photo ID when checking in. Your credit card is charged at the time you book. Bed type and smoking preferences are not guaranteed.Your reservation is prepaid and is guaranteed for late arrival. The total charge includes all room charges and taxes, as well as fees for access and booking. Any incidental charges such as parking, phone calls, and room service will be handled directly between you and the property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Self parking fee: USD 15.00 per night (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: USD 75.00 per pet (varies based on length of stay)
- Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 20.00 per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.00 per night
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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How to bookMaking your reservation in Waters Edge Hotel is easy and secure. Simply select your dates of stay and click on the "Check Rates" button to submit the form.
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After you fill out all of the needed information, press the "Complete reservation" button. To ensure your security, we use a secure commerce server, which encrypts the credit card number and encodes it into a non-usable form.
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Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Tiburon Ferry - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Main Street - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Ark Row - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Railroad Ferry Depot Museum - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
China Cabin - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Old St. Hilary's Church - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Old St. Hilary's Open Space Preserve - 1 km / 0.6 mi
Angel Island - 2 km / 1.2 mi
Paradise Beach Park - 2.1 km / 1.3 mi
Sausalito Visitors Kiosk - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi
San Francisco Bay Model Visitor Center - 3.7 km / 2.3 mi
Blackie's Pasture - 4 km / 2.5 mi
Richardson Bay Audubon Center - 4.4 km / 2.7 mi
Bay Area Discovery Museum - 4.6 km / 2.9 mi
The preferred airport for Waters Edge Hotel is San Francisco, CA (SFO-San Francisco Intl.) - 29.2 km / 18.2 mi.