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Granted Patent B2
US 12,451,338 · App. 18/570,565 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Plasma treatment apparatus member

Inventors: Daiki Watanabe (Satsumasendai, JP); Miki Hamada (Satsumasendai, JP); Yuusaku Ishimine (Satsumasendai, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H01J37/32724H01J37/32449H01J37/32568H01J37/32651
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Patent No.
US 12,451,338
App. No.
18/570,565
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plasma treatment apparatus member according to the present disclosure includes a base, a plasma electrode, a heating element, and a conductive layer. The base is made of a ceramic and has a facing surface facing an object to be processed. The plasma electrode is located inside the base. The heating element and the conductive layer are located farther from the facing surface than the plasma electrode are, inside the base. The heating element and the conductive layer do not overlap each other in plan view seen from a direction orthogonal to the facing surface, and are located at different heights in side view seen from a direction parallel to the facing surface.

Claims (21)

1. A plasma treatment apparatus member comprising:

a base made of a ceramic and comprising a facing surface facing an object to be processed;

a plasma electrode located inside the base;

a heating element located farther from the facing surface than the plasma electrode is, inside the base; and

a conductive layer located farther from the facing surface than the plasma electrode is, inside the base, wherein

the heating element and the conductive layer do not overlap each other in plan view seen from a direction orthogonal to the facing surface, and are located at different heights in side view seen from a direction parallel to the facing surface.

2. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is grounded.

3. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the conductive layer is located on an outer side of an outer peripheral portion of the heating element in the plan view.

4. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the conductive layer is located on an outer side of an outer peripheral portion of the plasma electrode in the plan view.

5. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is farther from the facing surface than the heating element is.

6. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ejection holes opened in the facing surface and configured to eject a gas.

7. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 6 , further comprising a flow path located inside the base and connected to the plurality of ejection holes.

8. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 7 , wherein the flow path is located between the plasma electrode, and the heating element and the conductive layer, in a thickness direction of the base.

9. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 7 , wherein the flow path is located between the heating element and the conductive layer in a thickness direction of the base.

10. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the conductive layer is located closer to the facing surface than a central portion of the conductive layer is.

11. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the heating element is located closer to the facing surface than a central portion of the heating element is.

12. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral portion of the heating element and an outer peripheral portion of the conductive layer are located closer to the facing surface than a central portion of the heating element and a central portion of the conductive layer area.

13. The plasma treatment apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein

the heating element has a first pattern shape,

the conductive layer has a second pattern shape, and

the second pattern shape of the conductive layer is located in a gap in the first pattern shape of the heating element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: WATANABE, DAIKI; HAMADA, MIKI; ISHIMINE, YUUSAKU
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065876/0425 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-099573 · Jun 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240290582A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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