IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,521,837
Granted Patent B2
US 11,521,837 · App. 16/797,176 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Stage and substrate processing apparatus

Inventor: Shingo Koiwa (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
H01J37/32724H01J37/32642H01J37/32697H01L21/6831H02N13/00
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Patent No.
US 11,521,837
App. No.
16/797,176
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provision of a stage including a base; a substrate mount section provided above an upper surface of the base; an annular member mount section provided above the upper surface of the base, so as to surround a periphery of the substrate mount section; a first bonding layer bonding the base and the substrate mount section; a second bonding layer bonding the base and the annular member mount section; an annular member disposed on the annular member mount section; and a sealing member configured to protect the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer.

Claims (44)

1. A stage comprising:

a base;

a substrate mount section provided above an upper surface of the base;

an annular member mount section provided above the upper surface of the base, so as to surround a periphery of the substrate mount section;

a first bonding layer bonding the base and the substrate mount section;

a second bonding layer bonding the base and the annular member mount section;

an annular member disposed on the annular member mount section; and

a sealing member configured to protect the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer,

wherein the sealing member is configured to seal a path from a gap between the substrate mount section and the annular member to the first bonding layer, and to seal a path from the gap between the substrate mount section and the annular member to the second bonding layer.

2. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the annular member is formed to cover the annular member mount section from an inside of the annular member mount section in a radial direction of the annular member.

3. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is made of an elastic material; and

the sealing member exerts restoring force on the annular member outwardly in a radial direction of the annular member and downwardly in a vertical direction perpendicular to the radial direction.

4. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the annular member mount section is an electrostatic chuck configured to hold the annular member.

5. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the annular member includes a projecting portion that narrows a gap between the substrate mount section and the annular member.

6. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member abuts at least the substrate mount section and the annular member.

7. The stage according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing member abuts at least the substrate mount section and the annular member mount section.

8. The stage according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat transmitting gas supply line configured to supply a heat transmitting gas to a gap between the annular member mount section and the annular member.

9. A substrate processing apparatus comprising the stage according to claim 1 .

10. The stage according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing member is made of an elastic material; and

the sealing member exerts restoring force on the annular member outwardly in a radial direction of the annular member and downwardly in a vertical direction perpendicular to the radial direction.

11. The stage according to claim 10 , wherein the annular member mount section is an electrostatic chuck configured to hold the annular member.

12. The stage according to claim 11 , wherein the annular member includes a projecting portion that narrows the gap between the substrate mount section and the annular member.

13. The stage according to claim 12 , further comprising a heat transmitting gas supply line configured to supply a heat transmitting gas to a gap between the annular member mount section and the annular member.

14. The stage according to claim 10 , wherein the sealing member abuts at least the substrate mount section and the annular member.

15. The stage according to claim 14 , further comprising a heat transmitting gas supply line configured to supply a heat transmitting gas to a gap between the annular member mount section and the annular member.

16. The stage according to claim 7 , further comprising a heat transmitting gas supply line configured to supply a heat transmitting gas to a gap between the annular member mount section and the annular member.

17. A stage comprising:

a base;

a substrate mount section provided above an upper surface of the base;

an annular member mount section provided above the upper surface of the base, so as to surround a periphery of the substrate mount section;

a first bonding layer bonding the base and the substrate mount section;

a second bonding layer bonding the base and the annular member mount section;

an annular member disposed on the annular member mount section; and

a sealing member configured to protect the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer,

wherein the sealing member abuts at least the substrate mount section and the annular member.

18. A stage comprising:

a base;

a substrate mount section provided above an upper surface of the base;

an annular member mount section provided above the upper surface of the base, so as to surround a periphery of the substrate mount section;

a first bonding layer bonding the base and the substrate mount section;

a second bonding layer bonding the base and the annular member mount section;

an annular member disposed on the annular member mount section; and

a sealing member configured to protect the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer,

wherein the sealing member abuts at least the substrate mount section and the annular member mount section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2020
From: KOIWA, SHINGO
To: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Reel/Frame 051885/0549 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-032009 · Feb 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200273680A1 · Aug 27, 2020
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