IP Library Granted Patent US 11,018,046
Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,046 · App. 16/559,762 · Granted May 25, 2021

Substrate processing apparatus including edge ring

Inventors: Jong Woo Sun (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sung Moon Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Je Woo Han (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kwang Nam Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ho Chang Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Young Hoon Jeong (Hwaseong-si, KR); Masayuki Tomoyasu (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L21/68735H01J37/3244H01J37/32532H01J37/32642H01L21/67069H01L21/6875
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Patent No.
US 11,018,046
App. No.
16/559,762
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate processing apparatus including a process chamber; a susceptor in the process chamber; and an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor, wherein the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor, the outer edge ring includes an insulator, an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.

Claims (29)

1. A substrate processing apparatus, comprising:

a process chamber;

a susceptor in the process chamber; and

an inner edge ring and an outer edge ring on the susceptor,

wherein:

the inner edge ring includes a semiconductor,

the outer edge ring includes an insulator,

an upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of the inner edge ring, and

the outer edge ring has an overhang extending onto the inner edge ring.

2. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the inner edge ring includes silicon carbide,

the outer edge ring includes quartz,

a thickness of the overhang in a vertical direction is 0.7 to 1.2 times a thickness of the inner edge ring in the vertical direction.

3. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the susceptor includes:

an upper surface on which a substrate is mountable;

a first step surface on which the inner edge ring is disposed; and

a second step surface on which the outer edge ring is disposed.

4. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the upper surface of the inner edge ring is coplanar with the upper surface of the susceptor.

5. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an inner portion of the inner edge ring overlaps with and is in contact with an edge of a substrate mounted on the susceptor.

6. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of a lower surface of the outer edge ring is at a lower level than a lower surface of the inner edge ring.

7. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the upper surface of the outer edge ring is at a higher level than an upper surface of a substrate mounted on the susceptor.

8. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer edge ring is in contact with the upper surface of the inner edge ring and an outer side surface of the inner edge ring.

9. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein: the susceptor includes: an electrostatic chuck; and a substrate mount on the electrostatic chuck, a diameter of the substrate mount is less than a diameter of a substrate, and a diameter of the electrostatic chuck is greater than the diameter of the substrate.

10. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the inner edge ring is in contact with a side surface of the substrate mount.

11. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the inner edge ring includes:

an upper portion in contact with the side surface of the substrate mount, and

a lower portion in contact with a side surface of the electrostatic chuck.

12. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the lower portion of the inner edge ring extends downwardly along the side surface of the electrostatic chuck from the upper portion of the inner edge ring.

13. The substrate processing apparatus as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the outer edge ring is in contact with a side surface of the electrostatic chuck.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2019
From: SUN, JONG WOO; PARK, SUNG MOON; HAN, JE WOO; KIM, KWANG NAM; LEE, HO CHANG; JEONG, YOUNG HOON; TOMOYASU, MASAYUKI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0043250 · Apr 12, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0056599 · May 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200328105A1 · Oct 15, 2020