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Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Daniel Hwung, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Yuxing Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kalyanjit Ghosh, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Kaushik Alayavalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Amit Kumar Bansal, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/4557 (2013.01); H01L 21/67069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A faceplate for a processing chamber is disclosed. The faceplate has a body with a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. A flexure is formed in the body partially circumscribing the plurality of apertures. A cutout is formed through the body on a common radius with the flexure. One or more bores extend from a radially inner surface of the cutout to an outer surface of the body. A heater is disposed between flexure and the plurality of apertures. The flexure and the cutout are thermal chokes which limit heat transfer thereacross from the heater.


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