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Substrate supporting apparatus

US8087652B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2008
Grant dateJan 3, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 15, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S269/903
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A substrate supporting apparatus includes first and second shafts spaced by a distance that corresponds to or exceeds a width of a substrate, and at least one wire to support the substrate. The wire has ends coupled to respective ones of the first and second shafts. The wire is raised and lowered to place a substrate onto a lower electrode in a substrate processing chamber and to remove the substrate when processing is completed.

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