Detachable electrostatic chuck for supporting a substrate in a process chamber

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7480129
APP PUB NO 20060002053A1
SERIAL NO

11221169

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A detachable electrostatic chuck can be attached to a pedestal in a process chamber. The electrostatic chuck has an electrostatic puck comprising a dielectric covering at least one electrode and a frontside surface to receive a substrate. A backside surface of the chuck has a central protrusion that can be a D-shaped mesa to facilitate alignment with a mating cavity in the pedestal. The protrusion can also have asymmetrically offset apertures, which further assist alignment, and also serve to receive electrode terminal posts and a gas tube. A heat transfer plate having an embedded heat transfer fluid channel is spring loaded on the pedestal to press against the chuck for good heat transfer.

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  • APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Karl Mountain View, US 33 939
Lau, Allen Cupertino , US 12 473
Mehta, Vineet Sunnyvale, US 33 971
Sansoni, Steve Livermore , US 12 406
Sherstinsky, Semyon San Francisco , US 29 1476
Tsai, Cheng-Hsiung Cupertino , US 95 3855
Wang, Wei W Santa Clara, US 32 4067

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