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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2023
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Tetsuro Itoyama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Jumpei Uefuji, Kitakyushu, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An electrostatic chuck includes a ceramic dielectric substrate, a base plate, a heater part, and a bypass part. The ceramic dielectric substrate includes a substrate upper surface and a substrate lower surface. The heater part is disposed between the substrate upper surface and the substrate lower surface. The heater part includes at least one heater layer. The heater part includes a heater upper surface and a heater lower surface. The bypass part includes a first bypass portion disposed lower than the substrate lower surface. The first bypass portion including a first bypass upper surface and a first bypass lower surface. A second distance between the heater lower surface and the first bypass upper surface is greater than a first distance between the heater upper surface and the substrate upper surface.