Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector for power transmission in an electrostatic chuck

US5908334A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
12References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 24, 1997
Grant dateJun 1, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 24, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/6833
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, two types of polymeric dielectric systems useful in construction of a high-temperature electrostatic chuck are disclosed. Further, a high temperature power connection for transmitting power from a supply source to a conductive extension from the electrostatic chuck conductive layer is described. The first polymeric dielectric system provides for the use of polyimide films which do not require an adhesive to adhere to an underlying substrate support platen. The self-adhering polyimide film comprises from one to three layers of polyimide material, wherein at least one outer layer of polyimide material is thermoplastic in nature, for the purpose of adhesion and/or encapsulation. When the film comprises two layers, one of the layers is a non-thermoplastic polyimide having an increased glass transition temperature of about 350.degree. C. or greater. When the film comprises three layers, typically the center layer is the non-thermoplastic polyimide, with the upper and lower layers being a thermoplastic polyimide. The thermoplastic polyimide is placed in contact with a substrate to which it is to bond (such as the surface of a conductive platen us…

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.