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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Asm Nexx, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Arthur Keigler, Wellesley, MA (US);
David G. Guarnaccia, Carlisle, MA (US);
ASM NEXX, INC., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques herein provide a workpiece holder that can hold relatively flexible and thin workpieces for transport and electrochemical deposition while avoiding electroplating fluid wetting contacts or contact regions of a given workpiece. A workpiece holder frame holds a workpiece by gripping the workpiece on opposing sides of the workpiece. A flexure structure is used for clamping a given workpiece and for providing an electrical path for supplying a current to the workpiece. An elastomer covering provides sealing and insulation of the electrical flexure structure. The workpiece holder also provides tension to the workpiece to help hold the workpiece flat during processing. Each flexure structure can provide an independent electrical path to the workpiece surface.