IP Library Granted Patent US 12,451,822
Granted Patent B2
US 12,451,822 · App. 18/513,850 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Feeder member and wafer placement table

Inventors: Taro Usami (Kasamatsu-Town, JP); Seiya Inoue (Handa, JP); Tatsuya Kuno (Nagoya, JP); Tomoyuki Minami (Handa, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H02N13/00H01R4/027H01L21/6833
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Patent No.
US 12,451,822
App. No.
18/513,850
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A feeder member is used to supply electricity to an electrode embedded in a ceramic base. The feeder member includes an electrode-side terminal that is made of a high-melting-point metal containing material and joined to the electrode, an intermediate member that is made of a Cu containing material and directly joined to the electrode-side terminal without using a brazing material, a cable support member that is made of a Cu containing material and joined to the intermediate member, and a cable that is made of a Cu containing material and that has one end whose end surface is welded to the cable support member.

Claims (20)

1. A feeder member that is used to supply electricity to an electrode embedded in a ceramic base, the feeder member comprising:

an electrode-side terminal that is made of a high-melting-point metal containing material and that is joined to the electrode;

an intermediate member that is made of a Cu containing material and directly joined to the electrode-side terminal without using a brazing material;

a cable support member that is made of a Cu containing material and joined to the intermediate member; and

a cable that is made of a Cu containing material and that has one end whose end surface is welded to the cable support member.

2. The feeder member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the intermediate member and the cable support member are soldered together.

3. The feeder member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cable support member is a bottomed cylindrical member having a hole portion formed on a side opposite to the intermediate member, and

wherein the cable has one end whose end surface is joined to a bottom surface of the hole portion of the cable support member.

4. The feeder member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electrode-side terminal is made of a Mo containing material.

5. A wafer placement table comprising:

a ceramic base that includes, at a surface thereof, a wafer placement portion;

an electrode embedded in the ceramic base; and

a feeder member that is inserted into a surface of the ceramic base on a side opposite to the wafer placement portion and joined to the electrode,

wherein the feeder member is the feeder member according to claim 1 , and the electrode-side terminal is joined to the electrode.

6. The wafer placement table according to claim 5 ,

wherein the ceramic base is made of an alumina containing material, and

wherein the electrode-side terminal is made of a Mo containing material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: USAMI, TARO; INOUE, SEIYA; KUNO, TATSUYA; MINAMI, TOMOYUKI
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065616/0969 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2023016640 · Apr 27, 2023
Related Publication 20240364241A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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