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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vivek B. Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Bhaskar Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Ganesh Balasubramanian, Fremont, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein may include a heater pedestal. In an embodiment, the heater pedestal may comprise a heater pedestal body and a conductive mesh embedded in the heater pedestal. In an embodiment, the conductive mesh is electrically coupled to a voltage source In an embodiment, the heater pedestal may further comprise a support surface on the heater pedestal body. In an embodiment, the support surface comprises a plurality of pillars extending out from the heater pedestal body and arranged in concentric rings. In an embodiment pillars in an outermost concentric ring have a height that is greater than a height of pillars in an innermost concentric ring.