Integrated type gas supplying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9471065-B2
Application number	US-201314425790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2013
Priority date	Nov 2, 2012
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A plurality of stacked and fixed gas supplying units U, each gas supplying unit U having at least four gas supply lines S is formed by opposingly combining and fixing two flow controllers 3 , each flow controller 3 provided with a plurality of flow control units, to a gas inlet-side block 12 and a gas outlet-side block 13 that are disposed in parallel across an interval in plan view and providing each flow controller 3 with an inlet opening and closing valve 1 and an outlet opening and closing valve 5.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of stacked and fixed gas supplying units, each gas supplying unit having at least four gas supply lines, each gas supplying unit formed by opposingly combining and fixing two flow controllers, each flow controller provided with a plurality of flow control units, to a gas inlet-side block and a gas outlet-side block,
wherein the gas inlet-side block and the gas outlet-side block are disposed in parallel across an interval in plan view,
wherein each flow controller is provided with a first inlet opening and closing valve and first outlet opening and closing valve,
wherein an inlet opening and closing valve main body block is fixed to a right side surface of the gas inlet-side block, the inlet opening and closing valves of the respective flow controllers are fixed to a front surface side and a back surface side of the inlet opening and closing valve main body block, an outlet opening and closing valve main body block is fixed to a left side surface of the gas outlet-side block, and the outlet opening and closing valves of the respective flow controllers are fixed to a front surface side and a back surface side of the outlet opening and closing valve main body block.

2. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each flow controller is a pressure type flow controller having two flow control units disposed in parallel,
wherein the respective flow controllers are opposingly combined and fixed by fixing an inlet block of each flow controller to a side surface of the gas inlet-side block, and fixing an outlet block of each flow controller to a side surface of the gas outlet-side block.

3. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the integrated type gas supplying apparatus comprises four stacked and fixed gas supplying units.

4. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein for each flow controller, one inlet opening and closing valve is disposed at the inlet opening and closing valve main body block, a process gas or a purge gas from a single process gas inlet joint or purge gas inlet joint is supplied to the first inlet opening and closing valves of the respective flow controllers, and the process gas or the purge gas is supplied to the respective flow controllers through gas passages of the gas inlet-side block and gas passages of the inlet blocks of the flow controller.

5. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein for each flow controller, two outlet opening and closing valves are disposed at the outlet opening and closing valve main body block and the process gas or purge gas from the total of four outlet opening and closing valves is supplied through a single process gas outlet joint.

6. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the gas inlet-side block is arranged as a column-shaped body of height H with a plurality of gas passages provided therein in a vertical direction, and inlet-side gas passage portions having four gas passages in the gas inlet-side block that respectively correspond to stacked gas supplying units are put in mutual communication via vertical direction gas passages.

7. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein there are four stacked and fixed gas supplying units.

8. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the gas outlet-side block is arranged as a column-shaped body of height H with outlet-side gas passage portions having four gas passages of the plurality of stacked gas supplying units formed therein at intervals in the height direction.

9. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein there are four stacked and fixed gas supplying units.

10. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the gas inlet-side block is arranged as a column-shaped body of height H with inlet-side gas passage portions having four gas passages arranged to supply the process gas or purge gas to the plurality of stacked gas supplying units formed therein at intervals in the height direction.

11. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein there are four stacked gas and fixed supplying units.

12. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the outlet opening and closing valve main body block is provided with an outlet-side gas passage portion having four independent gas passages respectively in communication with four outlet opening and closing valves, each of the gas passages being provided with a process gas outlet joint,
wherein the respective process gas outlet joints of the plurality of stacked gas supplying units are coupled to each other by a coupling pipe.

13. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein there are four stacked gas and fixed supplying units.

14. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the outlet opening and closing valve main body block is arranged as a column-shaped body of height H with a plurality of vertical direction gas passages bored therein, outlet-side gas passage portions having four independent gas passages of the plurality of stacked gas supplying units are formed at intervals in the height direction in the outlet opening and closing valve main body block, and the gas passages of the respective outlet-side gas passage portions of the plurality of stacked gas supplying units are put in mutual communication by the vertical direction gas passages.

15. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein there are four stacked gas and fixed supplying units.

16. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an inlet opening and closing valve main body intermediate block is interposed between the gas inlet-side block and the inlet opening and closing valve main body block, and a second inlet opening and closing valve and a process gas inlet joint are fixed to a back surface side and a front surface side of the inlet opening and closing valve main body intermediate block, thereby increasing the number of locations for supplying the process gas.

17. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein there are four stacked gas and fixed supplying units.

18. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, for each flow controller, one inlet opening and closing valve is disposed at the inlet opening and closing valve main body block, a process gas or a purge gas from a single process gas inlet joint or purge gas inlet joint is supplied to the first inlet opening and closing valves of the respective flow controllers, and the process gas or the purge gas is supplied to the respective flow controllers through gas passages of the gas inlet-side block and gas passages of the inlet blocks of the flow controller.

19. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, for each flow controller, two outlet opening and closing valves are disposed at the outlet opening and closing valve main body block and the process gas or purge gas from the total of four outlet opening and closing valves is supplied through a single process gas outlet joint.

20. An integrated type gas supplying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the gas inlet-side block is arranged as a column-shaped body of height H with a plurality

Assignees

• Fujikin Kk

Inventors

• Koyomogi Mutsunori
• Hirose Takashi
• Yamaji Michio
• Matsuda Takahiro

Classifications

• Y10T137/87885

  Sectional block structure · CPC title

• G05D7/0682

  using a plurality of flow sources · CPC title

• Y10T137/87249

  Multiple inlet with multiple outlet · CPC title

• F15B13/044

  operated by electrically-controlled means, e.g. solenoids, torque-motors · CPC title

• G05D7/00 Primary

  Control of flow (level control G05D9/00; control of flow ratio G05D11/00) · CPC title