Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for retaining a subtrate in a semiconductor wafer processing system and a method of fabricating same

US6104596A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 21, 1998
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/23
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrostatic chuck including a body of ceramic and a metal backing portion for mounting the chuck directly to a metal pedestal and a process of manufacturing the electrostatic chuck using sintering. The electrostatic chuck contains a metal backing portion having at least one hole extending therethrough and the body of ceramic includes at least one portion extending through the hole.

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