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Granted Patent B2
US 10,199,246 · App. 15/021,326 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Temperature control mechanism, temperature control method and substrate processing apparatus

Inventors: Katsuyuki Koizumi (Miyagi, JP); Shigeru Senzaki (Miyagi, JP); Tomoyuki Takahashi (Miyagi, JP); Dai Kitagawa (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01L21/67103F27B5/14F27B5/18H01L21/67248H01L21/6831H01L21/6833F27B17/0025F27D11/02F27D2019/0037
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Patent No.
US 10,199,246
App. No.
15/021,326
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a temperature control mechanism comprising: a plurality of combinations of a heater and a thyristor, wherein at least one combination of the heater and the thyristor is provided on a zone-by-zone basis, and wherein an area of an electrostatic chuck for mounting a substrate is divided into a plurality of zones; a power supply configured to supply current to heaters of the plurality of combinations respectively through the thyristors of the plurality of combinations; a pair of filters disposed at a power supply line for supplying electric power from the power supply to the heaters and configured to eliminate high frequency power applied to the power supply.

Claims (10)

1. A temperature control mechanism comprising:

a plurality of combinations of a heater and a thyristor, wherein at least one combination of the heater and the thyristor is provided on a zone-by-zone basis, and wherein an area of an electrostatic chuck for mounting a substrate is divided into a plurality of zones;

a power supply configured to supply current to heaters of the plurality of combinations respectively through thyristors of the plurality of combinations; and

a pair of filters disposed at a power supply line for supplying electric power from the power supply to the heaters and configured to eliminate high frequency power applied to the power supply, the pair of filters including a first filter provided to an input side relative to the heater and a second filter provided to an output side relative to the heater.

2. The temperature control mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of zones of divided areas of the electrostatic chuck are formed in shapes excluding a concentric shape.

3. The heat control mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of zones of divided areas of the electrostatic chuck are formed in an arc-like shape or a rectangular shape.

4. The temperature control mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the heater is embedded in the electrostatic chuck and the thyristor is embedded in a mounting table.

5. The heat control mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the electrostatic chuck is divided into a plurality of circle sectors and each circle sector is further divided into the plurality of zones, each of the plurality of zones having an arc-like shape or a rectangular shape with a different distance from a center of the electrostatic chuck.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: KOIZUMI, KATSUYUKI; SENZAKI, SHIGERU; TAKAHASHI, TOMOYUKI; KITAGAWA, DAI
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037955/0025 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-221773 · Oct 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160225645A1 · Aug 4, 2016
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