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Granted Patent B2
US 11,600,510 · App. 17/148,865 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Electrostatic chuck heater

Inventor: Joyo Ito (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
H01L21/6833H01J37/32724H01L21/67103H01J2237/2007H01L21/67069
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,600,510
App. No.
17/148,865
Filed
Jan 14, 2021
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2836
USPC
361/234
Abstract

An electrostatic chuck heater includes a ceramic plate, an electrostatic electrode, first and second zone heater electrodes, and first and second zone gas grooves. The ceramic plate includes, on its surface, a wafer placement surface. The electrostatic electrode is embedded in the ceramic plate. The first and second zone heater electrodes are embedded in the ceramic plate, corresponding to respective multiple heater zones into which the wafer placement surface is divided, and allow electric power to be individually supplied to the heater zones. Zone gas grooves are provided corresponding to respective multiple gas supply zones into which the wafer placement surface is divided independently of the heater zones, and allow a gas to be individually supplied to the gas supply zones.

Claims (13)

1. An electrostatic chuck heater comprising:

a ceramic plate including, on a surface, a wafer placement surface;

an electrostatic electrode embedded in the ceramic plate;

zone heater electrodes which are embedded in the ceramic plate, corresponding to respective multiple heater zones into which the wafer placement surface is divided, and allow electric power to be individually supplied to the heater zones; and

zone gas grooves which are provided corresponding to respective multiple gas supply zones into which the wafer placement surface is divided independently of the heater zones, and allow a gas to be individually supplied to the gas supply zones.

2. The electrostatic chuck heater according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the zone heater electrodes corresponds to one or more of the zone gas grooves.

3. The electrostatic chuck heater according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the zone gas grooves is also provided at a section where none of the zone heater electrodes is provided.

4. The electrostatic chuck heater according to claim 1 ,

wherein the zone gas groove corresponding to one of adjacent two of the zone heater electrodes overlaps with the other zone heater electrode.

5. The electrostatic chuck heater according to claim 1 ,

wherein the zone gas grooves individually have a temperature measurement unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: ITO, JOYO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054919/0833 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-016729 · Feb 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210242064A1 · Aug 5, 2021
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