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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hun Sang Kim, San Ramon, CA (US);

Michael D. Willwerth, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/6831 (2013.01); C23C 16/458 (2013.01); H01J 37/32715 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gas flow is described to reduce condensation with a substrate processing chuck. In one example, a workpiece holder in the chamber having a puck to carry the workpiece for fabrication processes, a top plate thermally coupled to the puck, a cooling plate fastened to and thermally coupled to the top plate, the cooling plate having a cooling channel to carry a heat transfer fluid to transfer heat from the cooling plate, a base plate fastened to the cooling plate opposite the puck, and a dry gas inlet of the base plate to supply a dry gas under pressure to a space between the base plate and the cooling plate to drive ambient air from between the base plate and the cooling plate.


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