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Ceramic heater system and substrate processing apparatus having the same installed therein

US6951587B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 28, 2000
Grant dateOct 4, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/4586
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A ceramic heater system has a ceramic heater base having a substrate-mounting surface formed on the top surface thereof and a heater, buried in the heater base, for heating a substrate. A fluid passage is formed buried in the heater base below where the heater is buried. The heater base is cooled as a fluid whose temperature is lower than the temperature of the heater base is let flow in the fluid passage. A substrate processing apparatus has the ceramic heater system installed in a process chamber whose vacuum state can be maintained, a gas supply mechanism for feeding a gas into the process chamber, and a power supply. The substrate processing apparatus performs a heat treatment, etching and film deposition on a substrate placed in the process chamber.

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