IP Library Granted Patent US 9,017,484
Granted Patent B2
US 9,017,484 · App. 14/263,236 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Susceptor

Inventor: Noboru Kajihara (Handa, JP)
Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
H01J37/32715H01L21/67103H01L21/6831H01J37/32532H01J37/32091
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Patent No.
US 9,017,484
App. No.
14/263,236
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A susceptor includes a ceramic substrate having a wafer-placing surface; a first circular RF electrode buried in the ceramic substrate; and a second circular RF electrode buried in the ceramic substrate at a depth different from the depth of the first RF electrode. The second RF electrode has a larger diameter than the first RF electrode. The second RF electrode has a plurality of holes with an opening area of 9.42 to 25.13 mm 2 distributed in a portion overlapping the first RF electrode in a plan view of the ceramic substrate. The electrode width between the holes is 3 to 7 mm.

Claims (9)

1. A susceptor comprising:

a ceramic disk-shaped plate having a wafer-placing surface;

a first circular RF electrode buried in the ceramic disk-shaped plate; and

a second circular RF electrode buried in the ceramic disk-shaped plate at a depth different from the depth of the first RF electrode, wherein, in a plan view of the ceramic disk-shaped plate, the second RF electrode has a larger diameter than the first RF electrode, and

wherein the second RF electrode has an outer periphery and a circular central portion spaced radially inward from the outer periphery so as to overlap the first RF electrode, the circular central portion having a plurality of holes with a total opening area of 9.42 to 25.13 mm 2 distributed within the circular central portion in the plan view of the ceramic disk-shaped plate, with an electrode width between each of the plurality of holes being 3 to 7 mm.

2. The susceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of holes all have a same opening shape and are regularly arranged.

3. The susceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of holes have one of a triangular and a hexagonal opening shape.

4. The susceptor according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the first RF electrode in the plan view of the ceramic disk-shaped plate is within ±10 mm with respect to the diameter of the circular central portion of the second RF electrode in which the plurality of holes are formed.

5. The susceptor according to claim 4 , wherein the diameter of the first RF electrode in the plan view of the ceramic disk-shaped plate is equal to the diameter of the circular central portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2014
From: KAJIHARA, NOBORU
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032769/0348 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTJP2013079979 · Nov 6, 2013
Provisional Application 61722900 · Nov 6, 2012
Related Publication 20140231019A1 · Aug 21, 2014