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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:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Richard O. Collins, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Errol Antonio C. Sanchez, Tracy, CA (US);

David K. Carlson, San Jose, CA (US);

Mehmet Tugrul Samir, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 25/12 (2006.01); C23C 14/50 (2006.01); C23C 16/48 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C30B 25/12 (2013.01); C23C 14/50 (2013.01); C23C 16/4583 (2013.01); C23C 16/481 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments described herein generally relate to a susceptor support for supporting a susceptor in a deposition process. The susceptor support includes a shaft, a plate with a first major surface coupled to the shaft, and a support element extending from a second major surface of the plate. The plate may be made of a material that is optically transparent to the radiation energy from a plurality of energy sources disposed below the plate. The plate may have a thickness that is small enough to minimize radiation transmission loss and large enough to be thermally and mechanically stable to support the susceptor during processing. The thickness of the plate may range from about 2 mm to about 20 mm.


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