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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2025
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yaseer Arafath Ahamed, Austin, TX (US);
Neal Ricks, San Jose, CA (US);
James D. Strassner, Austin, TX (US);
Kangkang Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of an apparatus for retaining a substrate includes a base, a pair of arms positioned adjacent to a bottom surface of the base, the pair of arms including a first arm and a second arm, and an actuator coupled to the base and the pair of arms. The actuator is configured to move the pair of arms toward and away from one another along the bottom surface of the base. In addition, the apparatus includes a first plurality of retention pads positioned on the first arm in a first arrangement and a second plurality of retention pads positioned on the second arm in a second arrangement that is different from the first arrangement.