Patent · US Expired

Electrostatic chuck for preventing an arc

US6847516B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 4, 2002
Grant dateJan 25, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

An electrostatic chuck includes: a metal plate; a dielectric layer on the metal plate, the dielectric layer and the metal plate having a lift pin hole and an injection hole of a cooling gas; a lift pin moving up-and-down through the lift pin hole; first protection insulator on an inner surface of the lift pin hole; and second protection insulator on an inner surface of the injection hole.

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