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Dielectric covered electrostatic chuck

US6414834B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2000
Grant dateJul 2, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2020

Classification

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

Abstract

An electrostatic chuck 100 useful for holding a substrate 55 in a high density plasma, comprises an electrode 110 at least partially covered by a semiconducting dielectric 115, wherein the semiconducting dielectric 115 may have an electrical resistance of from about 5×109 &OHgr;cm to about 8×1010 &OHgr;cm.

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