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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brian Hayes Burrows, San Jose, CA (US);

Ala Moradian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Zuoming Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Chia Cheng Chin, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/02658 (2013.01); C23C 16/4586 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing uniform heating of substrates disposed within a processing chamber is provided. The apparatus includes one or more heating coils disposed in the processing chamber. The one or more heating coils are electrically coupled to a power source using heater rods. The heater rods are coupled to a socket on a distal end opposite the connection to the heating coils. The socket includes a feedthrough and a cooling plate configured to remove contaminants, such as methane, from the area surrounding the heater rod.


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