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Granted Patent B2
US 12,040,160 · App. 17/457,725 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member and plug

Inventors: Masaki Ishikawa (Handa, JP); Yasuho Aoki (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H01J37/3244C23C16/4586H01L21/6875
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Patent No.
US 12,040,160
App. No.
17/457,725
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member includes a ceramic plate having an upper surface serving as a wafer placement surface, a plug disposed in an undersurface of the ceramic plate and including a dense body and a gas flow channel that extends through the body in a thickness direction of the body while winding, a gas outlet port that extends through the ceramic plate in a thickness direction of the ceramic plate to be connected to an upper portion of the gas flow channel, and a metal cooling plate joined to the undersurface of the ceramic plate, and including a gas supply channel through which gas is supplied from a lower portion of the gas flow channel. In the plug, at least a portion in length of the gas flow channel is formed from a porous member.

Claims (24)

1. A plug, comprising:

a dense body; and

a gas flow channel that extends through the body in a thickness direction of the body having multiple windings,

wherein at least one winding of the multiple windings of the gas flow channel is formed from a porous member with insulating properties and breathability,

wherein the plug includes a first taper portion with a diameter gradually decreasing toward an under surface of the plug, and

wherein the plug includes a second taper portion with a diameter gradually decreasing toward an upper surface of the plug.

2. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein the dense body has a pore rate of less than 1%.

3. The plug according to claim 1 , wherein a full length of the gas flow channel is greater than or equal to 5 times and less than or equal to 15 times of a thickness of the dense body.

4. A semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member comprising:

a ceramic plate having an upper surface serving as a wafer placement surface, and including a built-in electrode;

a plug disposed in a lower surface of the ceramic plate, and including a dense body and a gas flow channel that extends through the body in a thickness direction of the body having multiple windings;

a gas outlet port that extends through the ceramic plate in a thickness direction of the ceramic plate to be connected to an upper portion of the gas flow channel; and

a metal cooling plate joined to the lower surface of the ceramic plate, and including a gas supply channel through which gas is supplied from a lower portion of the gas flow channel,

wherein at least one winding of the multiple windings of the gas flow channel is formed from a porous member with insulating properties and breathability,

wherein the plug includes a first taper portion with a diameter gradually decreasing toward the lower surface of the ceramic plate,

wherein the plug includes a second taper portion with a diameter gradually decreasing toward the upper surface of the ceramic plate, and

wherein the electrode has a through-hole that is formed in a plane inside the ceramic plate crossing the second taper portion to allow the plug to extend therethrough.

5. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein the porous member that forms the at least one winding of the multiple windings of the gas flow channel has a pore rate of greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 50%.

6. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein all of the windings of the multiple windings of the gas flow channel is formed from the porous member.

7. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein the gas flow channel is helical.

8. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 1 , wherein the plug has a stepped portion on a side surface that narrows a diameter of a lower side.

9. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein the dense body has a pore rate of less than 1%.

10. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein a full length of the gas flow channel is greater than or equal to 5 times and less than or equal to 15 times of a thickness of the dense body.

11. The semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus member according to claim 4 , wherein the second taper portion includes a bevel formed at a plug-receiving hole formed in the ceramic plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: ISHIKAWA, MASAKI; AOKI, YASUHO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058306/0677 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-016385 · Feb 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220246398A1 · Aug 4, 2022