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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Zubin Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jallepally Ravi, San Ramon, CA (US);

Cheng Cheng, San Jose, CA (US);

Peiqi Wang, Campbell, CA (US);

Kai Wu, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/458 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01); H10P 72/76 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/4585 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); C23C 16/46 (2013.01); H10P 72/7606 (2026.01);
Abstract

A shadow ring for a processing chamber, such as a semiconductor processing chamber, is an annular member including a body with a radially inwardly projecting lip. The shadow ring includes a feature that mitigates heat transfer between the lip and the rest of the body. In one example, the feature includes a plurality of apertures, each aperture extending from an upper opening at an upper surface of the shadow ring to a corresponding lower opening at a lower surface of the shadow ring. A neck between adjacent apertures creates a bottleneck that hinders conductive heat transfer.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Huang, Zubin. (2026). Apparatus and methods to promote wafer edge temperature uniformity (U.S. Patent No. 12760420). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12760420

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