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Granted Patent B2
US 11,476,146 · App. 16/847,954 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Substrate support assembly with deposited surface features

Inventors: Wendell Glenn Boyd, Jr. (Morgan Hill, CA); Vijay D. Parkhe (San Jose, CA); Teng-Fang Kuo (Santa Clara, CA); Zhenwen Ding (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
H01L21/6833C03C17/00H01L21/6875H01L21/68757G03F7/707H01L21/683H01L21/6831H02N13/00
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Patent No.
US 11,476,146
App. No.
16/847,954
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrostatic chuck comprises a ceramic body comprising an embedded electrode and a first ceramic coating on a surface of the ceramic body, wherein the first ceramic coating fills pores in the ceramic body. The electrostatic chuck further comprises a second ceramic coating on the first ceramic coating and a plurality of elliptical mesas on the second ceramic coating, the plurality of elliptical mesas having rounded edges.

Claims (30)

1. An electrostatic chuck comprising:

a ceramic body comprising an embedded electrode;

a first ceramic coating on a surface of the ceramic body, wherein the first ceramic coating fills pores in the ceramic body;

a second ceramic coating on the first ceramic coating; and

a plurality of mesas on the second ceramic coating, the plurality of mesas having rounded edges.

2. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the ceramic body comprises a material from the group consisting of AlN, TiO, TiN, SiC and Al 2 O 3 .

3. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the second ceramic coating comprises a material from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , AlN, Y 2 O 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 (YAG), and AlON.

4. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the second ceramic coating comprises an amorphous ceramic comprising Yttrium, Aluminum and Oxygen, wherein at least 8% of the amorphous ceramic is Yttrium.

5. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the second ceramic coating comprises a rare earth oxide comprising Y 2 O 3 .

6. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesas have an average surface roughness of about 2-12 micro-inches.

7. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesas each comprises a material from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , AlN, Y 2 O 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 (YAG), and AlON.

8. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the second ceramic coating has an average surface roughness of about 2-12 micro-inches.

9. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the second ceramic coating has a thickness of about 5-30 microns.

10. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the first ceramic coating comprises AlN or Al 2 O 3 .

11. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the first ceramic coating has an average surface roughness of about 4-10 micro-inches.

12. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mesas are deposited mesas that lack sharp edges.

13. The electrostatic chuck of claim 1 , further comprising a deposited ring on the second ceramic coating at a perimeter of the ceramic body, wherein the deposited ring comprises a material selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , AlN, Y 2 O 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 (YAG), and AlON.

14. An electrostatic chuck comprising:

a ceramic body comprising an embedded electrode;

a first ceramic coating on a surface of the ceramic body, wherein the first ceramic coating fills pores in the ceramic body;

a plurality of mesas on the first ceramic coating, the plurality of mesas having rounded edges; and

a second ceramic coating that covers the first ceramic coating and the plurality of mesas.

15. The electrostatic chuck of claim 14 , wherein the first ceramic coating comprises a first material selected from the group consisting of AlN and Al 2 O 3 .

16. The electrostatic chuck of claim 15 , wherein the second ceramic coating comprises a second material selected from the group consisting of Al 2 O 3 , AlN, Y 2 O 3 , Y 3 Al 5 O 12 (YAG), and AlON.

17. The electrostatic chuck of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of mesas each comprise the first material or the second material.

18. A circular mask comprising:

a body; and

a plurality of through holes in the body, the plurality of through holes having an aspect ratio of approximately 1:2 to approximately 2:1, wherein at least one hole of the plurality of through holes comprises a flared top end and a flared bottom end, wherein the flared top end is to funnel particles through the at least one hole onto an electrostatic chuck to form a mesa on the electrostatic chuck, wherein the flared bottom end prevents the mesa from contacting the circular mask.

19. The circular mask of claim 18 , wherein the circular mask has a thickness of approximately 1-3 mm.

20. The circular mask of claim 18 , wherein the flared top end and the flared bottom end each have a first diameter that is approximately 20-70% greater than a narrowest region of the at least one hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: BOYD, WENDELL GLENN, JR.; PARKHE, VIJAY D.; KUO, TENG-FANG; DING, ZHENWEN
To: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16007977 · Jun 13, 2018
Continuation 14944018 · Nov 17, 2015
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