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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

May. 03, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Joshua Stuart Holt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Mariia Gorchichko, San Jose, CA (US);

Shubhendra Kumar Jain, Belmont, MA (US);

Archana Kumar, Mountain View, CA (US);

Benjamin D. Briggs, Merrimack, NH (US);

Ivan Bizyukov, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/00 (2026.01); H10P 72/70 (2026.01); H10P 72/72 (2026.01); H10P 72/78 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10P 72/0616 (2026.01); H10P 72/70 (2026.01); H10P 72/722 (2026.01); H10P 72/78 (2026.01); H10P 72/0428 (2026.01);
Abstract

Methods and substrate processing systems of chucking a bowed substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate processing system includes: a pedestal to support a substrate, the pedestal having a plurality of chucking regions; a warpage detection system having one or more sensors to detect warpage of the substrate; and a plurality of adjustable chucking components disposed in the pedestal corresponding with the plurality of chucking regions, wherein the plurality of adjustable chucking components are configured to facilitate applying different amounts of force, heating, or cooling to the substrate based on the warpage of the substrate.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Holt, Joshua. (2026). Methods and apparatus for chucking a bowed substrate (U.S. Patent No. 12765313). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12765313

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