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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2020
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Tamura, Miyagi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate stage includes: a base portion having a mounting surface; an annular support configured to support a substrate; an annular partition wall configured to divide the mounting surface into an outer region and an inner region in a radial direction of the substrate; a plurality of protrusions provided on the mounting surface and configured to support the substrate with a gap left between an upper end surface of the partition wall and the substrate; an outer flow path in communication with the outer region, and configured to allow a heat transfer gas supplied to a space between the substrate and the mounting surface to flow therethrough; an inner flow path in communication with the inner region, and configured to allow the heat transfer gas to flow therethrough; and an annular diffusion portion configured to diffuse the heat transfer gas along a circumferential direction of the partition wall.