Electrostatic holding apparatus and method for its production

1. A holding apparatus, which is configured for electrostatic holding of a component, comprising:

a plate-shaped base body with a plurality of projecting burls, front surfaces of which span a burl support plane for the component, and

an electrode device, which is arranged in layered form in spacings between the burls and has a plastic insulating layer, which is connected with the base body, an electrode layer and a dielectric layer, wherein the electrode layer is arranged between the insulating layer and the dielectric layer, wherein

the dielectric layer is formed of a shape-retentive and self-supporting dielectric disc,

a predetermined gap spacing is set between the burl support plane and a top side of the dielectric layer, and

the dielectric layer comprises an inorganic dielectric and is embedded at least in part into the insulating layer.

2. The holding apparatus according claim 1 , wherein the burls protrude through holes in the dielectric layer, wherein a lateral spacing is formed between the dielectric layer and the burls.

3. The holding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base body has in spacings between the burls a roughness, which is determined by at least one of projecting unevennesses with a height less than a thickness of the insulating layer and adhesion-promoting depressions in the base body.

4. The holding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base body comprises Si-infiltrated SiC and has carbon enrichment on its top side in the spacings between the burls.

5. The holding apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a cover layer, which is arranged on the burls and on edge sections of the insulating layer, which abut the burls.

6. The holding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode layer is connected with the insulating layer by way of an adhesion-promoting surface.

7. The holding apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the electrode layer is connected with the insulating layer by way of an adhesion-promoter layer.

8. The holding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holding apparatus is configured for electrostatic holding of a silicon wafer.

9. A method for the production of a holding apparatus, which is configured for electrostatic holding of a component, comprising the steps:

provision of a plate-shaped base body with a plurality of projecting burls, front surfaces of which span a burl support plane for the component, and

production of an electrode device in spacings between the burls, wherein a plastic insulating layer, which is connected with the base body, an electrode layer and a dielectric layer is formed, wherein the electrode layer is arranged between the insulating layer and the dielectric layer, wherein

a predetermined gap spacing is set between the burl support plane and a top side of the dielectric layer, wherein

the production of the electrode device comprises the steps of:

provision of a shape-retentive and self-supporting dielectric disc from an inorganic dielectric, wherein the dielectric disc has recesses, which are arranged to receive the burls, and on one side the electrode layer,

coating at least one of the base body with the burls and the side of the dielectric disc provided with the electrode layer with a flowable, curable plastic,

placing of the dielectric disc onto the base body, wherein the burls protrude into the recesses of the dielectric disc, the side of the dielectric disc provided with the electrode layer is aligned relative to the burl support plane and the dielectric disc is embedded at least in part into the plastic, and

formation of the plastic insulating layer through a curing of the plastic.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein:

the recesses comprise through-holes in the dielectric disc,

the placing of the dielectric disc onto the base body takes place with a reference tool with a reference surface with sunken support sections facing the base body, and

the dielectric disc is aligned relative to the burl support plane by the dielectric disc being connected with the reference surface and the reference tool being put onto the base body, such that the support sections lie on the burls at the through-holes of the dielectric disc.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the dielectric disc forms the dielectric layer.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein:

the recesses comprise depressions in the side of the dielectric disc provided with the electrode layer, wherein the depressions have bottom surfaces, which extend parallel to an extension of the dielectric disc,

the dielectric disc is aligned relative to the burl support plane through the placing of the dielectric disc with the bottom surfaces onto the burls, and

after the curing of the plastic the dielectric layer is formed through removing the dielectric disc, until the burls are exposed and the gap spacing is formed.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the bottom surfaces have projections with plane front surfaces, which extend parallel to the extension of the dielectric disc, and

the dielectric disc is aligned relative to the burl support plane through the placing of the dielectric disc with the projections of the floor surfaces onto the burls.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the dielectric disc is removed first by way of an abrasive method with the burls as reference, until the burls are exposed, and is removed thereafter by way of an etching method, in order to set the gap spacing.

15. The method according to one of claim 12 , wherein edge sections of the insulating layer, which abut the burls, are removed, such that a spacing is formed between burl support plane and the surface of the edge sections of the insulating layer.

16. The method according to claim 9 , having at least one of the steps:

formation of the base body in the spacings between the burls with a roughness which is determined by at least one of projecting unevennesses with a height less than a thickness of the insulating layer and adhesion-promoting depressions in the base body,

production of the base body from Si-infiltrated SiC and carbon enrichment in the spacings between the burls, and

formation of a cover layer, which is arranged on the burls.

17. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the holding apparatus is configured for electrostatic holding of a silicon wafer.