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Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Asm Ip Holding B.v., Almere, NL;

Inventors:

Shiva K. T. Rajavelu Muralidhar, Tempe, AZ (US);

Sam Kim, Chandler, AZ (US);

Jeffrey Barrett Robinson, Chandler, AZ (US);

James King Wilson, Jr., Gilbert, AZ (US);

Ninad Vijay Sonje, Thane, IN;

Assignee:

ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/46 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/466 (2013.01); C23C 16/4411 (2013.01); C23C 16/4586 (2013.01); H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); H01L 21/68757 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate retaining apparatus, a load lock assembly comprising the substrate retaining apparatus, and a system including the substrate retaining apparatus are disclosed. The substrate retaining apparatus can include at least one sidewall and one or more heat shields. One or more of the at least one sidewall can include a cooling fluid conduit to facilitate cooling of substrates retained by the substrate retaining apparatus. Additionally or alternatively, one or more of the at least one sidewall can include a gas conduit to provide gas to a surface of a retained substrate.


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