Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ji-Hoon Yeo

Sung-Jin Kim

Sun-Ho Kim

Sung-Wook Jung

Jae-Chul Hwang

Gyu-Chan Jeoung

Jong-Geug Kim

Kyu-Chul Shim

Jin-Uk Park

Shin-Sang Lee

An apparatus for attaching a pad on or to an edge ring includes a chamber defining a space for attaching a pad on or to an edge ring, a pad support within the chamber and supporting the pad thereon, an edge ring support within the chamber and facing the pad support, the edge ring support securing the edge ring thereon, a driving system connected to at least one of the pad support and the edge ring support and configured to move the edge ring support relative to the pad support, and a vacuum exhaust system configured to create a vacuum atmosphere within the chamber.

Apparatus and method of attaching pad on edge ring

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Ji-Hoon Yeo