IP Library Granted Patent US 12,243,729
Granted Patent B2
US 12,243,729 · App. 18/145,871 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hiroshi Takebayashi (Handa, JP); Joyo Ito (Handa, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H01J37/32724H01L21/6833H01J2237/0206H01J2237/0262H01J2237/2007H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 12,243,729
App. No.
18/145,871
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: an upper plate that has a wafer placement surface, contains no electrode, and is a ceramic material plate; an intermediate plate that is provided on a surface of the upper plate, opposite to the wafer placement surface, that is used as an electrostatic electrode, and that is a conductive material plate; and a lower plate that is joined to a surface of the intermediate plate, opposite to the surface on which the upper plate is provided, and that is a ceramic material plate.

Claims (32)

1. A member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, comprising:

an upper plate that has a wafer placement surface, contains no electrode, and is a ceramic material plate;

an intermediate plate that is provided on a surface of the upper plate, opposite to the wafer placement surface, that functions as an electrostatic electrode and an RF electrode, and that is a conductive material plate; and

a lower plate that is joined to a surface of the intermediate plate, opposite to a surface on which the upper plate is provided, and that is a ceramic plate;

wherein the intermediate plate is a metal plate comprising titanium or molybdenum or a metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate;

wherein the lower plate contains a heater electrode; and

wherein the lower plate contains a shield electrode between a surface on which the intermediate plate is provided and the heater electrode.

2. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a thickness of the upper plate is not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 1.5 mm.

3. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a diameter of the intermediate plate is larger than a diameter of the upper plate.

4. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein an outwardly exposed face of the intermediate plate is covered with an insulating film.

5. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lower plate and the upper plate are same ceramic material plates.

6. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus has a through-hole that penetrates the member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in a thickness direction, and

electrical discharge prevention treatment is already performed on the through-hole.

7. The member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate comprises SiSiCTi or a SiC porous body impregnated with aluminum, silicon, or a combination thereof.

8. A method for manufacturing a member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising:

(a) a step of preparing an upper plate that has a wafer placement surface, contains no electrode, and is a ceramic material plate, a lower plate that is a ceramic plate including a heater electrode and a shield electrode, and an intermediate plate that functions as an electrostatic electrode and an RF electrode and that is a conductive material plate, wherein the conductive material plate is a metal plate comprising titanium or molybdenum or a metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate;

wherein the shield electrode in the lower plate is between a surface on which the intermediate plate is provided and the heater electrode; and

(b) a step of disposing a first metal joining material between an upper surface of the intermediate plate and a surface of the upper plate, opposite to the wafer placement surface, disposing a second metal joining material between a lower surface of the intermediate plate and an upper surface of the lower plate, and obtaining a joined body by applying heat under pressure in a current state and cooling to a room temperature.

9. The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate comprises SiSiCTi or a SiC porous body impregnated with aluminum, silicon, or a combination thereof.

10. A method for manufacturing a member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising:

(a) a step of forming an upper plate that contains no electrode and that is a ceramic material plate by thermal spray on an upper surface of an intermediate plate that functions as an electrostatic electrode and an RF electrode and that is a conductive material plate,

wherein the conductive material plate is a metal plate comprising titanium or molybdenum or a metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate; and

(b) a step of disposing a metal joining material between a lower surface of the intermediate plate and an upper surface of a lower plate that is a ceramic material plate including a heater electrode and a shield electrode, wherein the shield electrode in the lower plate is between a surface on which the intermediate plate is provided and the heater electrode; and obtaining a joined body by applying heat under pressure in a current state and cooling to a room temperature.

11. The method according to claim 10 ,

wherein the metal-ceramic-composite (metal matrix composite) material plate comprises SiSiCTi or a SiC porous body impregnated with aluminum, silicon, or a combination thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: TAKEBAYASHI, HIROSHI; ITO, JOYO
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062217/0337 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-016207 · Feb 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021037206 · Oct 7, 2021
Related Publication 20230125679A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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