Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High temperature detachable very high frequency (VHF) electrostatic chuck (ESC) for PVD chamber
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Application No.: US17530809Application Date: 2021-11-19
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Publication No.: US12014906B2Publication Date: 2024-06-18
- Inventor: William R. Johanson , Keith A. Miller , Cheng-Hsiung Matthew Tsai , John C. Forster , Mukund Sundararajan
- Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Moser Taboa
- Main IPC: H01J37/32
- IPC: H01J37/32 ; H01J37/34

Abstract:
Embodiments of substrate supports for use in substrate processing chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes: an upper assembly having a base plate assembly coupled to a lower surface of a cooling plate, wherein the base plate assembly includes a plurality of electrical feedthroughs, and wherein the cooling plate includes a plurality of openings aligned with the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; an electrostatic chuck disposed on the upper assembly and removably coupled to the cooling plate, wherein the electrostatic chuck has a chucking electrode disposed therein that is electrically coupled to a first pair of electrical feedthroughs of the plurality of electrical feedthroughs; and an inner tube coupled to the cooling plate and configured to provide an RF delivery path to the electrostatic chuck.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230162954A1 HIGH TEMPERATURE DETACHABLE VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK (ESC) FOR PVD CHAMBER Public/Granted day:2023-05-25
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