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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gwo-Chuan Tzu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kazuya Daito, Milpitas, CA (US);

Sang-Hyeob Lee, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/46 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/46 (2013.01); C23C 16/4586 (2013.01); C23C 16/45544 (2013.01); H01L 21/68742 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus for improving substrate temperature uniformity in a substrate processing chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support processing chamber may include a chamber body having a bottom portion and a sidewall having a slit valve opening to load and unload substrates, a pin lift mechanism, disposed in a pin lift mechanism opening formed in the bottom portion of the chamber body, having a plurality of substrate support pins coupled to the pin lift mechanism, a movable substrate support heater having substrate support portion and a shaft, and a cover plate disposed about the shaft of the movable substrate support, wherein the cover plate covers the pin lift mechanism and pin lift mechanism opening.


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