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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:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Joseph Yudovsky, Campbell, CA (US);

Alexander S. Polyak, Palm Coast, FL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/683 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68764 (2013.01); C23C 16/4412 (2013.01); C23C 16/4584 (2013.01); C23C 16/45551 (2013.01); H01L 21/6838 (2013.01); H01L 21/68735 (2013.01); H01L 21/68771 (2013.01); H01L 21/68792 (2013.01);
Abstract

Susceptor assemblies comprising a susceptor with a support post are described. The susceptor has a body with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a plurality of recesses therein. The support post is connected to the bottom surface of the susceptor to rotate the susceptor assembly. The support post includes support post vacuum plenum in fluid communication with a susceptor vacuum plenum in the body of the susceptor. The support post also includes a purge gas line extending through the support post to a purge gas plenum in the body of the susceptor.


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