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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:
Dec. 22, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nick Ray Linebarger, Jr., Beaverton, OR (US);

Curtis W. Bailey, West Linn, OR (US);

Easwar Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);

Devon Pelkey, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/00 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H05B 3/22 (2006.01); G01K 7/16 (2006.01); G01K 15/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); G01K 7/16 (2013.01); G01K 15/005 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); H05B 3/22 (2013.01); H01J 37/32724 (2013.01); H01J 2237/002 (2013.01); H01J 2237/24585 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01);
Abstract

A showerhead for a plasma chamber comprises a resistive heater configured to receive power to heat the showerhead of the plasma chamber, and a resistive element thermally bonded to the showerhead of the plasma chamber. The resistive element changes resistance in response to a change in temperature of the showerhead. The resistive element is encapsulated in an insulating material to electrically insulate the resistive element from the showerhead. The insulating material is a good conductor of heat. The power to the resistive heater is received based on the resistance of the resistive element.


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