IP Library Patent Application 11256524
Patent Application
App. No. 11/256,524

Semiconductor fabrication device heater and heating device equipped with the same

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App. No.
11/256,524
Abstract

A heating body and a device equipped with the same provide greater uniformity in temperature distribution between the start of heating and the end of cooling. A semiconductor fabrication device heating body includes a base having a heating surface upon which an object is mounted or positioned at a fixed distance away and is heated, and a resistance heating body. All or part of the base of the heating body has a thermal capacity per unit volume of at least 2.0 J/K·cm 3 and a thermal conductivity of at least 50 W/mK.

Claims (37)

1 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater, comprising:

a base formed with a heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance; and a resistance heating body, wherein all or part of said base of said heater is formed from a material with a heat capacity per unit volume of at least 2.0 J/K·cm 3 and a thermal conductivity of at least 50 W/mK.

2 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is formed from a metal or an alloy or a composite body of metal and ceramics, on the back surface thereof being attached a metal or alloy film serving as a resistance heating body.

3 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 comprising:

a second base disposed on a back surface of said base.

4 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 3 wherein:

said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is formed from a metal or an alloy or a composite body of metal and ceramics;

said second base disposed on a back surface of said base is formed from a metal or an alloy or a composite body of metal and ceramics; and

a metal or alloy foil is interposed between said bases to serve as a resistance heating body.

5 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 3 wherein:

said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is formed from a metal or an alloy or a composite body of metal and ceramics;

said second base disposed on a back surface of said base is formed from ceramics; and

a metal or alloy foil is interposed between said bases to serve as a resistance heating body.

6 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 3 wherein:

said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is formed from a metal or an alloy or a composite body of metal and ceramics;

said second base disposed on a back surface of said base is formed from ceramics; and

a circuit serving as a resistance heating body is formed on said ceramics.

7 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 3 wherein:

a ratio (a/(a+b)) of a thickness a of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance and a thickness b of said second base disposed on a back surface of said base is at least 0.05 and no more than 0.95.

8 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a temperature detector of a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is disposed between said heating surface and said resistance heating body and is positioned no more than 5 mm from said resistance heating body.

9 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein an emissivity of said heating surface of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is at least 0.5.

10 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 9 wherein an emissivity of said heating surface of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is at least 0.8.

11 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a flatness of said heating surface of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is no more than 0.1 mm.

12 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 11 wherein a flatness of said heating surface of said base formed with the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is no more than 0.05 mm.

13 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a flatness of said back surface of said heating surface of said base formed with a the heating surface for heating an object to be processed by mounting said object or by heating from a fixed distance is no more than 0.1 mm.

14 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 3 wherein a flatness of said second base disposed on said back surface is no more than 0.1 mm.

15 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a ratio (c/(c+d)) between a heat generation density c (W/cm 2 ) of a region with a radius ½ that of said heater from a center of said heater and a heat generation density d (W/cm 2 ) of a region outward therefrom is at least 0.05 and no more than 0.49.

16 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 2 wherein said metal or alloy is at least one metal or alloy selected from a list consisting of copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), palladium (Pd), and aluminum (Al).

17 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 2 wherein said composite body of metal and ceramics is at least one composite body selected from a list consisting of a composite body of silicon and silicon carbide, a composite body of aluminum and silicon carbide, and a composite body of aluminum and aluminum nitride.

18 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 5 wherein said ceramics is at least one type of ceramics selected from a list consisting of aluminum nitride (AlN), silicon carbide (SiC), and aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ).

19 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a material with a high emissivity covers said heating surface.

20 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 19 wherein said cover material is a ceramics.

21 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 20 wherein said ceramics is at least one type of ceramics selected from a list consisting of aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), aluminum nitride (AlN), silicon carbide (SiC), and carbon (C).

22 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 19 wherein said cover material is heat-resistant resin.

23 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 22 wherein said heat-resistant resin is polyimide, fluoroplastic, silicon resin, or epoxy resin.

24 . A semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1 wherein a component of said resistance heating body is at least one selected from a list consisting of tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), chrome (Cr), silver (Ag), palladium (Pd), platinum (Pt), and stainless steel (SUS).

25 . A semiconductor fabrication device equipped with a semiconductor fabrication device heater according to claim 1.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2021
From: BLANCHETTE ROCKEFELLER NEUROSCIENSES INSTITUTE, INC.
To: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 055304/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2018
From: BLANCHETTE ROCKEFELLER NEUROSCIENSES INSTITUTE, INC.
To: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 045071/0265 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2005
From: KUIBIRA, AKIRA; MIKUMO, AKIRA; NATSUHARA, MASUHIRO; NAKATA, HIROHIKO
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017141/0825 →