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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pulkit Agarwal, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Song-Moon Suh, San Jose, CA (US);

Glen Mori, Gilroy, CA (US);

Steven V. Sansoni, Livermore, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/687 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68757 (2013.01); B25J 11/0095 (2013.01); B25J 15/0014 (2013.01); H01L 21/6875 (2013.01); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of apparatus for supporting a substrate are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus for supporting a substrate includes: a support surface; and a plurality of substrate contact elements protruding from the support surface, wherein the plurality of substrate contact elements are formed of a material having a hardness less than or equal to a hardness of silicon, having a low adhesion, having a coefficient of static friction large enough to prevent sliding, having a surface roughness less than or equal to 10 Ra, and that is electrically conductive.


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