IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,837,446
Granted Patent B2
US 11,837,446 · App. 16/017,357 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

High power cable for heated components in RF environment

Inventors: Seyed Jafar Jafarian-Tehrani (Fremont, CA); Kenneth Walter Finnegan (Sunnyvale, CA); Sean O'Brien (San Jose, CA); Benson Q. Tong (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
H01J37/32724H01B9/00H01B9/006H01J37/32577H01J37/32642H01L21/67103H01L21/6833H03H7/01H01J2237/2001H01L21/683
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Patent No.
US 11,837,446
App. No.
16/017,357
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate support includes an edge ring, one or more heating elements, and a cable configured to provide power from a power source to the edge ring and the one or more heating elements. The cable includes a first plurality of wires connected to the edge ring, a second plurality of wires connected to the one or more heating elements, a filter module, wherein the first plurality of wires and the second plurality of wires are twisted together within the filter module, and an isolation device. The isolation device is connected to the first plurality of wires and disposed between the filter module and the edge ring. The isolation device is configured to compensate for a resonance frequency generated during operation of the edge ring and the one or more heating elements.

Claims (17)

1. A substrate support, comprising:

an edge ring;

a heater element arranged within the edge ring;

a ceramic layer;

at least one heating element arranged within the ceramic layer; and

a cable configured to provide power from a power source to the heater element within the edge ring and the at least one heating element within the ceramic layer, wherein the cable includes, within the cable,

a first plurality of wires connected to the heater element within the edge ring, wherein the first plurality of wires includes a pair of wires configured to provide power to the heater element within the edge ring,

a second plurality of wires connected to the at least one heating element within the ceramic layer,

a filter module, wherein the first plurality of wires and the second plurality of wires are twisted together within the filter module, and

an isolation device connected only to the first plurality of wires between the filter module and the heater element within the edge ring, wherein the isolation device is configured to compensate for a resonance frequency generated during operation of the heater element within the edge ring and the at least one heating element within the ceramic layer, wherein the isolation device includes an inductor, wherein the inductor is formed around an inductor core, and wherein the inductor core is a dielectric core.

2. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein the at least one heating element comprises to a plurality of heating elements, and the second plurality of wires includes a plurality of pairs of wires each configured to provide power to a respective heating element of the plurality of heating elements.

3. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein, to compensate for the resonance frequency, the isolation device is configured to cancel the resonance frequency.

4. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein, to compensate for the resonance frequency, the isolation device is configured to shift the resonance frequency relative to operating frequencies of radio frequency power provided to the substrate support.

5. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein, to compensate for the resonance frequency, the isolation device has an impedance that is selected in accordance with the resonance frequency.

6. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein the isolation device includes a transformer.

7. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein the isolation device includes at least one of a ferrite bead and ferrite bead material.

8. The substrate support of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of wires and the second plurality of wires are twisted together and wound around a core to form a filtering inductor within the filter module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2018
From: JAFARIAN-TEHRANI, SEYED JAFAR; FINNEGAN, KENNETH WALTER; O'BRIEN, SEAN; TONG, BENSON Q.
To: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046202/0588 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62539065 · Jul 31, 2017
Related Publication 20190035608A1 · Jan 31, 2019
Cited By (1)
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