Applied Materials, Inc.

Katherine Woo

Jian Li

Paul Brillhart

Chidambara A Ramalingam

Shinnosuke Kawaguchi

Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez

David Walter Groechel

Paul E Fisher

Sumit Agarwal

Shawyon Jafari

Dorothea Buechel-Rimmel

Matthew Miller

Joseph J Farah

Exemplary support assemblies may include an electrostatic chuck body defining a substrate support surface. The assemblies may include a support stem coupled with the electrostatic chuck body. The assemblies may include a heater embedded within the electrostatic chuck body. The assemblies may include an electrode embedded within the electrostatic chuck body between the heater and the substrate support surface. The assemblies may include a power transmission rod coupled with the electrode. The power transmission rod may include a material characterized by a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than or about 10×10/° C.

Semiconductor substrate support power transmission components

Exemplary semiconductor processing systems may include a chamber body including sidewalls and a base. The chamber body may define an interior volume. The systems may include a substrate support extending through the base of the chamber body. The substrate support may be configured to support a substrate within the interior volume. The systems may include a faceplate positioned within the interior volume of the chamber body. The faceplate may define a plurality of apertures through the faceplate. The systems may include a leveling apparatus seated on the substrate support. The leveling apparatus may include a plurality of piezoelectric pressure sensors.

Semiconductor substrate support leveling apparatus

Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor processing chamber showerheads may include forming a melted aluminum alloy composition, cooling the melted aluminum alloy composition at a rate of at least 103 K/sec to form solid aluminum alloy particles, and forming a core region of a showerhead from the solid aluminum alloy particles. The core region of the showerhead may include an inner core region and an outer core region that may be coupled together. The inner core region may define a plurality of apertures. The outer core region may define a channel that receives a heating element. The methods may include coating the core region with one of aluminum or aluminum oxide and joining a peripheral edge of the outer core region with an inner edge of a metallic annular liner. The metallic annular liner may have a lower thermal conductivity than the core region of the showerhead.

Fabrication of a high temperature showerhead

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Katherine Woo