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Electrostatic chuck for magnetic flux processing

US5592358A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 18, 1994
Grant dateJan 7, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49117
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrostatic chuck 20 for holding substrates 42 in a process chamber 40 containing a magnetic flux 43 comprises a base 22 having an upper surface adapted to support a substrate 42 thereon. An insulator 26 with an electrode 24 therein, is on the base 22. A magnetic shunt 34 comprising a ferromagnetic material is positioned (i) either on the base 22, or (ii) in the insulator 26, or (iii) directly below, and contiguous to, the base 22.

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