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US 2015/0104360 A1Published application
Combinatorial Flow System and Method
AssigneeIntermolecular, Inc.
InventorsZachary Fresco, Rich Endo
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Abstract
A reactor assembly having a plurality of reaction chambers defined therein is provided. The reactor assembly includes a fluid flow module that provides a pressurized control flow of fluid from an open container. In another embodiment, the reactor block includes a plurality of passageways defined over a surface of a substrate to accommodate the combinatorial processing in order to obtain multiple data points from a single substrate.
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A fluid dispensing system comprising:
- a container having an opening for introduction of fluids and an outlet;
- a pump in fluid communication with the outlet through a multi-way valve;
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- a reactor in fluid communication with the multi-way valve such that the pump withdraws an amount of fluid from the container into a segment defined between the multi-way valve and the pump and forces the amount of the fluid from the segment into the reactor after transitioning the multi-way valve, wherein an outlet of the reactor constricts a flow of the fluid so that the flow of the fluid through the reactor is pressurized.
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A combinatorial processing system, comprising;
- a plurality of open staging vessels configured to receive fluid for wet processing operations;
- a plurality of pumps in fluid communication with respective staging vessels through corresponding fluid lines;
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- a plurality of reactors in fluid communication with respective pumps, wherein the pumps are configured to provide a forced flow of fluid from the respective staging vessels through respective reactors such that the fluid is pressurized within the reactor.
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A combinatorial processing system, comprising;
- a plurality of fluid flow mechanisms, each having an open staging vessel configured to receive fluid for wet processing operations and a pump in fluid communication with an outlet of the staging vessel through a fluid line;
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- reactors corresponding to respective fluid flow mechanisms, the reactors defining a reaction region on a surface of a substrate, the reactor in fluid communication with the pump,
- wherein the pump is configured to provide a forced flow of the fluid from the staging vessel through the reactor such that the fluid is pressurized within the reactor, the reactor including fluid separation partitions configured to contact the surface of the substrate, wherein gaps between the plurality of partitions define fluid lanes enabling access to the forced flow of the fluid to the surface of the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.