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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Timothy Joseph Franklin, Campbell, CA (US);

Jaeyong Cho, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Sulyman, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Xue Chang, San Jose, CA (US);

Kartik Ramaswamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Steven E. Babayan, Los Altos, CA (US);

Anwar Husain, Pleasanton, CA (US);

David Coumou, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32724 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01); H01J 2237/002 (2013.01); H01J 2237/026 (2013.01); H01J 2237/2007 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure herein include an apparatus for processing a substrate. More specifically, embodiments of this disclosure provide a substrate support assembly that includes an electrostatic chuck (ESC) assembly. The ESC assembly comprises a cooling base having a top surface and an outer diameter sidewall, an ESC having a substrate support surface, a bottom surface and an outer diameter sidewall, the bottom surface of the ESC coupled to the top surface of the cooling base by an adhesive layer. The substrate support assembly includes a blocking ring disposed around the outer diameter sidewalls of the cooling base and ESC, the blocking ring shielding an interface between the bottom surface of the ESC and the top surface of the cooling base.


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Franklin, Timothy. (2026). Replaceable electrostatic chuck outer ring for edge arcing mitigation (U.S. Patent No. 12562353). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12562353

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