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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jeng-Ding Tseng, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; C23C / ; F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219385 ; 219390 ; 392418 ; 118728 ; 165 61 ; 16510419 ; 438799 ;
Abstract
A heat pedestal is described for use in a physical vapor deposition/chemical vapor deposition system in which cooling gas, cooling water and heated gas are used to bring a semiconductor wafer to the desired low or high temperature. Use of the apparatus and method described leads to a very rapid transition from one temperature to another. Also achieved is a precise temperature control over a wide range yielding increased flexibility of process control.