IP Library Granted Patent US 10,903,066
Granted Patent B2
US 10,903,066 · App. 16/419,813 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Heater support kit for bevel etch chamber

Inventors: Tuan Anh Nguyen (San Jose, CA); Jeongmin Lee (San Ramon, CA); Anjana M. Patel (San Jose, CA); Abdul Aziz Khaja (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
H01L21/02087B08B7/0035H01J37/3244H01J37/32715H01L21/3065H01L21/67069H01L21/67103H01L21/68785H01J37/32357H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 10,903,066
App. No.
16/419,813
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses for processing a substrate. In one or more embodiments, a heater support kit includes a heater assembly contains a heater plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, a chuck ring disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the heater plate, a heater arm assembly contains a heater arm and supporting the heater assembly, and a heater support plate disposed between the heater plate and the heater arm and in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate.

Claims (35)

1. A heater support kit, comprising:

a heater assembly comprising a heater plate having an upper surface and a lower surface;

a chuck ring disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the heater plate;

a heater arm assembly comprising a heater arm, in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate, and supporting the heater assembly; and

a heater support plate disposed between the heater plate and the heater arm and in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate.

2. The heater support kit of claim 1 , further comprising a lower support plate disposed below the heater support plate.

3. The heater support kit of claim 2 , further comprising a centering plug disposed below the lower support plate.

4. The heater support kit of claim 2 , wherein the lower support plate comprises steel, stainless steel, iron, chromium, nickel, aluminum, alloys thereof, or any combination thereof.

5. The heater support kit of claim 1 , further comprising a centering plug disposed below the heater support plate.

6. The heater support kit of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment assembly coupling together the heater plate and a centering plug.

7. The heater support kit of claim 6 , wherein the attachment assembly comprises a clamping plug, a fastener, and an actuating device.

8. The heater support kit of claim 7 , wherein the attachment assembly comprises two or more fasteners and two or more actuating devices.

9. The heater support kit of claim 7 , wherein the fastener comprises a bolt or a screw, and the actuating device comprises a spring.

10. The heater support kit of claim 9 , wherein the spring is a wave spring.

11. The heater support kit of claim 1 , wherein the heater arm assembly further comprises a cleat coupled to an upper surface of the heater arm.

12. The heater support kit of claim 11 , wherein the cleat further comprises a set screw, a shoulder screw, a bridge bar, and a locking set screw.

13. The heater support kit of claim 12 , wherein the cleat further comprises two or more set screws and two or more shoulder screws.

14. The heater support kit of claim 1 , wherein the heater arm assembly further comprises a heater cooling shaft coupled to a lower surface of the heater arm.

15. The heater support kit of claim 1 , further comprising a pumping plate coupled to the heater arm assembly.

16. The heater support kit of claim 1 , wherein the heater support plate comprises quartz, silica, silicon dioxide, alumina, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, aluminum oxynitride, yttria, yttrium oxide, a metal, a silicate thereof, a ceramic thereof, or any combination thereof.

17. A heater support kit, comprising:

a heater assembly comprising a heater plate having an upper surface and a lower surface;

a chuck ring disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the heater plate;

a heater arm assembly comprising a heater arm, in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate, and supporting the heater assembly;

a heater support plate disposed between the heater plate and the heater arm and in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate;

a lower support plate disposed below the heater support plate; and

a centering plug disposed below the lower support plate.

18. The heater support kit of claim 17 , wherein the heater support plate comprises quartz, silica, silicon dioxide, alumina, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, aluminum oxynitride, yttria, yttrium oxide, a metal, a silicate thereof, a ceramic thereof, or any combination thereof.

19. The heater support kit of claim 18 , wherein the lower support plate comprises steel, stainless steel, iron, chromium, nickel, aluminum, alloys thereof, or any combination thereof.

20. A heater support kit, comprising:

a heater assembly comprising a heater plate having an upper surface and a lower surface;

a chuck ring disposed on at least a portion of the upper surface of the heater plate;

a heater arm assembly comprising a heater arm, in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate, and supporting the heater assembly;

a heater support plate disposed between the heater plate and the heater arm and in contact with at least a portion of the lower surface of the heater plate; and

a centering plug disposed below the heater support plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2019
From: NGUYEN, TUAN ANH; LEE, JEONGMIN; PATEL, ANJANA M.; KHAJA, ABDUL AZIZ
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 16352518 · Mar 13, 2019
Continuation 15654444 · Jul 19, 2017
Provisional Application 62503193 · May 8, 2017
Related Publication 20190272991A1 · Sep 5, 2019
Cited By (1)
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