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Electrostatic chucks

US6256186A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 1998
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An electrostatic chuck 12 for a plasma reactor apparatus 10 comprises a base metallic section 23, a pair of electrodes 24 set in bonding material 27 and electrically insulated from the base by a plate 29 and a thick dielectric layer 20 (e.g. 0.5 to 1.5 mm), which covers the electrodes 24 and bonding material 27 and forms the support surfaces for wafers 31.

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