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Abstract:
This document is designed as a manufacturers guideline for standardizing components for gas
boxes, which represent a substantial part of the cost of process tools used in semiconductor
manufacturing. The document provides specifications for electrical and mechanical characteristics
for the most common components of a typical gas box: valves, mass flow controllers (MFCs) and
mass flow meters (MFMs), regulators, filters and purifiers, and pressure transducers. The
information in this guide is intended to benefit SEMATECH member companies in working with
suppliers toward meeting the goal of reducing fluid and gas systems cost of ownership (COO) by
20% in future fabrication facilities. The guidelines are represented in drawings and tables. This
document is in development as an industry standard by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials
International (SEMI). When available, adherence to the SEMI standard is recommended.
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Table of Contents
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................1
1.1 Participation.......................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1
2.1 Purpose ..............................................................................................................................1
2.2 Scope .................................................................................................................................2
2.3 Limitations.........................................................................................................................2
TERMINOLOGY ......................................................................................................................3
PROCEDURE............................................................................................................................4
5.1 Valves ................................................................................................................................4
5.2 Regulators..........................................................................................................................6
5.3 MFCs and MFMs ..............................................................................................................8
5.4 Pressure Transducers .......................................................................................................10
5.5 Filters and Purifiers .........................................................................................................11
RELATED DOCUMENTS......................................................................................................12
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List of Figures
Figure 1
Figure 2
Valve Diagram..............................................................................................................4
Figure 3
Regulator Diagram........................................................................................................6
Figure 4
MFC/MFM Diagram.....................................................................................................8
Figure 5
Figure 6
List of Tables
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Regulator Specifications...............................................................................................7
Table 4
MFC/MFM Specifications............................................................................................9
Table 5
Table 6
Filter/Purifier Specifications.......................................................................................11
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Acknowledgements
This guideline was developed by the gas box working group of the Project Technical Advisory
Board (PTAB) for SEMATECHs Facilities and Equipment Subsystems Project (S100). The
authors would like to credit the following 104 participants, representing nine SEMATECH
member companies and 22 SEMI/SEMATECH companies, for creation of this guideline.
Participating companies and persons included the following:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.: George Alexander, Do Cao, Skip Coder, David Jensen, Steve
Lewis
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.: Chuck Schneider, Bob Shay
Applied Materials: Alex Glew, Bill Manofsky, Robert Ozarski, Joe Sommers
Brooks Instrument: Ron Bouley, Deborah Hayward, Tim Wiemels
Digital Equipment Corp.: Steve Cheung, Kipton Hayes
FSI International: Juan Campaneria, Pat Ruether
GaSonics International: James Caughran
Go Controls, Inc.: James Fries, Robert Miller, Marti Whitne
Hewlett-Packard Company: Eric Dod, Daniel Strand
IBM Corporation: Arthur Bristol, Denis Bilodeau, Kurt Carlsen, Robert Desrosiers, Walid
Hatoum, Thom Jagielski, Fred Kern, Homer Selby
Insync Systems, Inc.: Terry Bielss, Bill Culwell, Chris Lantz
Intel Corporation: Rich Fiutko, Eric Radosevich, Michael Visokey, Charles Wong
Jacobs/Sirrine Engineering Inc.: Bob Potter, Mike Worthington
Knowledge Based Systems, Inc.: Ham Hayes
Lam Research Corporation: Douglas DAmico, John Dimartini, Karl Harris, Danny Laureta,
Tony Nguyen, Brian Okamoto, Michael Smith, Mark Taskar, Ken Thralls
Lucent Technologies: Joseph Festa, Miguel Gomez
Microbar Systems, Inc.: Russ Abber
Millipore Corporation: Virg Erwin, Timothy Gillis, Walter Plante, James Snow
MKS Instruments, Inc.: John Dunn, Steve Holland, Howard Mastropiero, Jonathan Skuba
Motorola, Inc.: Vic Mariano, Don Tolliver
Nupro Company: Tony Laurinaitis, Mike Valentine
Pall Corp.: Michael Mesawich
Praxair, Inc.: Tom Nelson, Walter Remson
Rockwell International Corp.: John Anderson
SEMATECH: Paul Fowler, David Sanborn
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SEMATECH Consultants: Don Capo, Edward Etchepare, Bob Smoot, Bill White
SEMI/SEMATECH: Conrad Sorenson
Span Instruments, Inc.: John Jul, Chris Davis, Rod Madsen, KavehZarkar
Stainless Design Corp.: Kevin Brady, Gary Dyal, Don Rodgers
Texas Instruments, Inc.: Eric Erz, Mike Gordon, Steve Hariri, Manny Lele, Michael Kasner,
Miguel Plana, Anthony Wang
Tylan General, Inc.: Joe Cestari, Chris Quartaro
Unit Instruments, Inc.: Mike Doyle, Gary Frank, David Sheriff, Robert Starr
Varian: Jim Stimmell
Veriflo Corporation: Andrew Dribnak
Watkins-Johnson Company: Mike Evanovich, Brian Goodrich, Chris Carris, Reza Sarraf, Dale
Spencer, Don Tran
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This document a guideline for standardizing mechanical and electrical specifications for each of
the five types of components typically used in a gas box. The aim is to reduce cost of ownership
(COO) for U.S. semiconductor manufacturers. Specifications for the five components (valves,
regulators, mass flow controllers [MFCs]/mass flow meters [MFMs], pressure transducers, and
filters/purifiers) should include the areas listed in Table 1.
Table 1
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 Integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
1/4 Swivel male or swivel female face seal (VCR compatible)
1/4 Tube weld (0.25" minimum length for each tube stub)
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum height
Maximum width
Length
Base to Centerline of Flow Path:
Mounting provisions:
Threaded holes
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
Actuation
Control:
Manual
Pneumatic
Electrical
1.1
Participation
This guideline was developed by the Gas Box Working Group of the Project Technical Advisory
Board (PTAB) for SEMATECHs Facilities and Equipment Subsystems Project (S100). The
group consisted of 104 participants representing nine SEMATECH member companies and 22
SEMI/SEMATECH companies. Participants worked for five months interactively in a virtual
meeting room to achieve consensus.
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INTRODUCTION
2.1
Purpose
To compete in the world marketplace, U.S. semiconductor manufacturers must reduce the COO
of process tools. A substantial part of that cost is the gas box. Hence, this document is designed
for use by manufacturers of gas boxes and gas box components.
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2.2
Scope
The gas box is defined as the gas handling section internal to a process tool and the gas
drop/stick to the process tool. A gas box typically is made up of five types of components:
valves, MFC/MFMs, regulators, filters/purifiers, and pressure transducers. Until now, these have
been developed with criteria based only on performance and cleanliness. It is believed that
standardizing and using standard tolerances for gas box components will reduce the very high
costs of manufacturing, assembling, and maintaining them. Accordingly, this document describes
a maximum envelope for these components and the tolerances to which they will be
manufactured. The aim is to reduce the amount of documentation needed to build a gas box and
enable the end user to standardize component selection. The focus is on standardization of
dimensional and mechanical/electrical connection attributes of 1/4-inch components. This
document excludes gas source panel cabinets housing a compressed cylinder, or multiplexed
components.
Figure 1 shows gas system flow in a typical semiconductor factory.
Process Tool
(3)
(1)
Bulk Supply
(2)
(3)
Distribution (3)
System
(2)
Gas
Interface
Box
Jungle
(3)
(1)
On Site
Generators
(2)
(3)
Chamber
(3)
Environmental
Treatment
(2)
(3)
(3)
Valve Manifold
Boxes
(2)
Point-of-Use
Gas Generation
(2)
(1)
(1)
System
Monitoring
(2)
Gas/Liquid
Cabinets
(2)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Life Safety
Support Systems
(2)
Figure 1
2.3
Limitations
Since this document is written for a typical 1/4-inch delivery system, it is assumed that regulated
gas of no greater than 50 psi will be used in furnaces, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) tools,
and etch reactors. The document applies to systems designed for flows no greater than 30 slm.
This document is not intended to dictate how to build a gas box, but only to provide a guideline
to help reduce the cost of gas boxes.
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TERMINOLOGY
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The S100 PTAB working group determined that a guideline for each of the five typical types of
gas box components should include the following items:
1. Physical characteristics unique to each component. This would include a generalized drawing
of the typical device, specific end-to-end lengths, maximum envelope information,
base-to-centerline dimensions, and mounting hole dimensions.
2. Where applicable, electrical connections specific to these components. These would include
pin-outs and types of connectors.
3. Tolerances. These would include quantities that the committee accepted as being the best that
could be achieved without excessive cost penalty.
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PROCEDURE
Gas box components should comply with the designs provided in the figures of this section.
5.1
Valves
Valves should conform to the design and specifications appearing in Figure 2 and Table 2.
Figure 2
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Valve Diagram
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Table 2
Valve Specifications
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 Integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
2.30"/58.4 mm
2.78"/70.6 mm
1/4 Tube weld (0.25" minimum length for each tube stub)
1.75"/44.4 mm
Note: The tolerance on length for machined components is 0.005". The tolerance on length for welded components is 0.010"
from the centerline of the base.
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum height
5.5"/140 mm
Maximum width
1.5"/38 mm
Length
0.44"/11 mm 0.010"
Mounting Provisions:
Threaded holes
M5
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
Actuation
Control:
Manual
Pneumatic
Electrical
n/a
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5.2
Regulators
Regulators should conform to the design and specifications appearing in Figure 3 and Table 3.
Figure 3
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Regulator Diagram
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Table 3
Regulator Specifications
010 SLM Regulators
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
1/4 swivel male or swivel female face seal (VCR compatible)
2.78"/70.6 mm
3.70"/94 mm
1/4 tube weld (0.25" minimum length for each tube stub)
Note: The tolerance on length for machined components is 0.005". The tolerance on length for welded components is 0.010"
from the centerline of the base.
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum height
5.5"/140 mm
5.5"/140 mm
Maximum width
1.5"/38 mm
2.0"/51 mm
Length
0.44"/11 mm 0.010"
0.75"/19 mm 0.010"
Mounting Provisions:
Threaded holes
M5
M5
n/a
n/a
Pneumatic
n/a
n/a
Electrical
n/a
n/a
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
Actuation
Control:
Manual
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5.3
MFCs and MFMs should conform to the design and specifications appearing in Figure 4 and
Table 4.
Figure 4
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MFC/MFM Diagram
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Table 4
MFC/MFM Specifications
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
Form Factor 1
Form Factor 2
4.88" / 124 mm
4.17" / 106 mm
Note: The tolerance on length for machined components is 0.005". The tolerance on length for welded components is 0.010"
from the centerline of the base.
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum Height
5.5"/140 mm
Maximum Width
Length
Base to Centerline of Flow Path:
1.5"/38 mm
1.5"/38 mm
0.49"/12.4 mm 0.010"
0.49"/12.4 mm 0.010"
Mounting provisions:
Threaded Holes
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
M5
M5
Actuation
Control:
Manual
Pneumatic
Electrical
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5.5"/140 mm
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5.4
Pressure Transducers
Pressure transducers should conform to the design and specifications appearing in Figure 5 and
Table 5.
Figure 5
Table 5
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
2.24"/56.9 mm
3.05"/77.5 mm
1/4 tube weld (0.25" minimum length for each tube stub)
1.85"/47.0 mm
Note: The tolerance on length for machined components is 0.005". The tolerance on length for welded components is
0.010" from the centerline of the base.
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum height
Maximum width
Length
Base to Centerline of Flow Path:
Mounting Provisions:
Threaded holes
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
Actuation
Control:
Manual
5.5"/140 mm
1.5"/38 mm
(See above dimensions)
0.50"/12.7 mm 0.010"
n/a
n/a
face seal (VCR compatible)
n/a
n/a
Pneumatic
n/a
Electrical
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5.5
Filters and purifiers should conform to the design and specifications appearing in Figure 6 and
Table 6.
Figure 6
Table 6
Filter/Purifier Diagram
Filter/Purifier Specifications
End-to-End Lengths:
1/4 Integral/fixed male face seal (VCR compatible)
3.31"/84 mm
1/4 Tube weld (0.25" minimum length for each tube stub)
Note: The tolerance on length for machined components is 0.005". The tolerance on length for welded components is 0.010"
from the centerline of the base.
Overall Component Envelope:
Maximum Diameter
Length
Base to Centerline of Flow Path:
Mounting provisions:
Threaded Holes
Pattern
Fittings:
Process
Actuation
Control:
Manual
1.5"/38 mm
(See above dimensions)
n/a
none required
n/a
n/a
Face seal (VCR compatible)
n/a
None required
n/a
Pneumatic
n/a
Electrical
n/a
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RELATED DOCUMENTS
In pursuit of standard designs for gas box components, the reader may benefit from the following
perviously published SEMATECH documents:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Helium Leak Rate for Gas Distribution
System Components, Technology Transfer #90120391B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Regulator Performance Characteristics for
Gas Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer #90120392B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Filter Flow Pressure Drop Curves for Gas
Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer #90120393B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Valve Flow Coefficients for Gas
Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer # 90120394B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Cycle Life of Automatic Valves for Gas
Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer #90120395-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Total Hydrocarbon Contribution by Gas
Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer #90120396B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Moisture Contribution by Gas Distribution
System Components, Technology Transfer #90120397B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Oxygen Contributionby Gas Distribution
System Components, Technology Transfer #90120398B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Inonic/Organic Extractables for Gas
Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer #90120399B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Surface Roughness by Contact Profilometry
for Gas Distribution Systems Components, Technology Transfer #90120400B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Analysis of Metallic
Surface Condition for Gas Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer
#90120401B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Energy Dispersing X-Ray (EDX) Analysis of Metallic Surface
Condition for Gas Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer
#90120402B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for XPS Analysis of Surface Composition and Chemistry of
Electropolished Stainless Steel Tubing for Gas Distribution System Components,
Technology Transfer #90120403A-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for Determination of Surface Roughness by Scanning Tunnelling
Microscopy (STM) for Gas Distribution System Components, Technology Transfer
#90120404B-STD
SEMASPEC Test Method for AES Analysis of Surface and Oxide Composition of
Electropolished Stainless Steel Tubing for Gas Distribution Systems Components,
Technology Transfer #90120573B-STD
SEMASPEC Guide to Provisional Test Methods for Mass Flow Controllers (MFCs),
Technology Transfer #92071220B-STD
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