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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2003
Applicants:

Yasumi Sago, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuaki Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Takuji Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Masayoshi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasumi Sago, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuaki Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;

Takuji Okada, Tokyo, JP;

Masayoshi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This application discloses the structure of an ESC stage where a chucking electrode is sandwiched by a moderation layer and a covering layer. The moderation layer and the covering layer have the thermal expansion coefficients between the dielectric plate and the chucking electrode. This application also discloses optimum total thickness of the ESC stage, optimum volume ratio of composite which the moderation layer is made of, and an optimum range of the thermal expansion coefficient of the composite. This application further discloses a substrate processing apparatus for carrying out a process onto a substrate as the substrate is maintained at a temperature higher than room temperature, comprising the electrostatic chucking stage for holding the substrate during the process.


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