Ceramic heater and manufacturing method for the same

1. A ceramic heater comprising:

a disk-shaped ceramic plate having a wafer placement surface and an annular outer peripheral zone;

an outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element disposed in the outer peripheral zone;

a wire line extending from each of a pair of terminals disposed in a central portion of the ceramic plate toward the outer peripheral zone, a portion of the wire line close to the outer peripheral zone being a linear portion; and

a conductive connection terminal including a first hole into which the linear portion of the wire line is inserted, and a second hole into which an end portion of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is inserted, the connection terminal electrically connecting between the wire line and the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element,

wherein the first hole linearly extends along a radial direction of the disk-shaped ceramic plate, and

wherein the linear portion of the wire line penetrates through the first hole and is moveable in the first hole during dry shrinkage of the disk-shaped ceramic plate.

2. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the first hole and the second hole are parallel to each other.

3. The ceramic heater according to claim 2 , wherein the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element and the wire line are disposed in the same plane.

4. The ceramic heater according to claim 3 , wherein the end portion of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is moveable in the second hole during dry shrinkage of the disk-shaped ceramic plate.

5. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element and the wire line are disposed in different planes, and

the connection terminal is present in the plane in which the wire line is disposed.

6. The ceramic heater according to claim 5 , wherein the second hole linearly extends along the radial direction of the disk-shaped ceramic plate.

7. The ceramic heater according to claim 5 , wherein the first hole and the second hole are parallel to each other.

8. The ceramic heater according to claim 5 , wherein the first hole and the second hole are oriented perpendicular to each other.

9. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the connection terminal has a shape including no edges on an outer surface thereof.

10. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the connection terminal has a shape vertically crushed from above and below the ceramic plate.

11. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element is in the form of a coil.

12. The ceramic heater according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive connection terminal is of a shape selected from the group consisting of ball-like, ellipsoidal, rectangular parallelepiped and cubic, and with each shape including no edges on an outer surface thereof.

13. A manufacturing method for a ceramic heater, comprising steps of:

(a) forming a disk-shaped first ceramic molded body by a mold casting process;

(b) placing an outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element in an outer peripheral zone located in a predetermined surface of the first ceramic molded body, placing a wire line extending from each of a pair of terminals disposed in a central portion of the first ceramic molded body toward the outer peripheral zone, a portion of the wire line close to the outer peripheral zone being a linear portion, inserting the linear portion of the wire line into a first hole of a conductive connection terminal with a play relative to a hole inner surface, the conductive connection terminal including the first hole and a second hole, and inserting an end portion of the outer-peripheral-side resistance heating element into the second hole,

(c) forming a disk-shaped second ceramic molded body on the predetermined surface of the first ceramic molded body by the mold casting process;

(d) drying a ceramic molded body including the first and second ceramic molded bodies to obtain a dried body; and

(e) performing hot-press firing on the dried body to electrically connect the wire line and the outer-peripheral side resistance heating element,

wherein the first hole linearly extends along a radial direction of the first ceramic molded body, and

wherein the linear portion of the wire line penetrates through the first hole and is moveable in the first hole during dry shrinkage of the ceramic molded body.

14. The manufacturing method according to claim 13 , wherein the conductive connection terminal is of a shape selected from the group consisting of ball-like, ellipsoidal, rectangular parallelepiped and cubic and with each shape including no edges on an outer surface thereof.