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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Asm Ip Holding B.v., Almere, NL;
Inventors:
Joaquin Aguilar Santillan, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Hong Gao, San Jose, CA (US);
Shanker Kuttath, Austin, TX (US);
ChangMin Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
ASM IP Holding B.V., Almere, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/6833 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01);
Abstract
Electrostatic chucks and methods of using electrostatic chucks are disclosed. Exemplary electrostatic chucks include a ceramic body, a heating element embedded within the ceramic body, and two or more temperature measurement devices embedded within the ceramic body. Exemplary methods include measuring temperatures within the electrostatic chuck using two or more vertically spaced-apart temperature measurement devices.