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Ceramic resistor and electrostatic chuck having an aluminum nitride crystal phase

US5777543A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 30, 1997
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/23
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A ceramic resistor comprising chiefly an aluminum nitride, and an electrostatic chuck using the ceramic resistor as a resistor layer. The ceramic resistor comprises chiefly an aluminum nitride crystal phase, and is doped with at least one kind of atoms selected from the group consisting of elements of the Groups 2b, 4b and 6b of periodic table, and exhibits a volume resistivity of not larger than 10.sup.14 .OMEGA.-cm at 25.degree. C.

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