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US 12,665,527 · App. 18/467,882 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

Inventor: Yusuke Ogiso (Nagakute-City, JP)
Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
H02N13/00B23K26/352C04B35/581C04B41/0036C04B41/5346C04B2235/3225C04B2235/3865
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,665,527
App. No.
18/467,882
Filed
Sep 15, 2023
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3726
USPC
269/289R
Abstract

A member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes an AlN ceramic substrate with a surface provided with projections for wafer placement. At least part of an area, provided with no projection, of the AlN ceramic substrate has a surface layer region from the surface to a predetermined depth, and a base material region below the surface layer region. The predetermined depth is 5 μm or less. The oxygen content rate of the surface layer region is higher than the oxygen content rate of the base material region.

Claims (19)

1 . A member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, including an AlN ceramic substrate with a surface provided with projections for wafer placement,

wherein at least part of an area, provided with no projection, of the AlN ceramic substrate has a surface layer region from the surface to a predetermined depth, and a base material region below the surface layer region, the predetermined depth is 5 μm or less, and an oxygen content rate of the surface layer region is higher than an oxygen content rate of the base material region, and

wherein a nitrogen content rate of the surface layer region is lower than a nitrogen content rate of the base material region.

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

wherein an oxygen content rate of the surface layer region is higher than or equal to 2.0 times an oxygen content rate of the base material region.

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

wherein the surface layer region is blackened.

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

wherein dross is not present in the surface layer region.

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

wherein a mass ratio O/N of the surface layer region has a value higher than a mass ratio O/N of the base material region.

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

wherein the mass ratio O/N of the surface layer region is higher than or equal to 2.2 times the mass ratio O/N of the base material region.

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

wherein a mass ratio Al/N of the surface layer region has a value higher than a mass ratio Al/N of the base material region.

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

wherein the mass ratio Al/N of the surface layer region is higher than or equal to 1.1 times the mass ratio Al/N of the base material region.

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

wherein the area, provided with no projection, of the AlN ceramic substrate has the surface layer region and the base material region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2023
From: OGISO, YUSUKE
To: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-055112 · Mar 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022038413 · Oct 14, 2022
Related Publication 20240007023A1 · Jan 4, 2024
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