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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Lam Research Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Otto Lach, Treffen, AT;
Stephan Hoffmann, Finkenstein, AT;
Assignee:
LAM RESEARCH AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68728 (2013.01); H01L 21/67051 (2013.01); Y10T 279/1986 (2015.01); Y10T 279/3493 (2015.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for processing wafer-shaped articles comprises a chuck adapted to hold a wafer-shaped article of a predetermined diameter during a processing operation to be performed on the wafer-shaped article. The chuck comprises a chuck body having an outer surface that faces a wafer-shaped article when positioned on the chuck. The outer surface comprises a first electrically conductive material and the chuck body further comprises a first conductive pathway between the first conductive material and ground.