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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:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2007
Applicants:

Alexander Matyushkin, San Jose, CA (US);

Dan Katz, Saratoga, CA (US);

John Holland, San Jose, CA (US);

Theodoros Panagopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael D. Willwerth, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Matyushkin, San Jose, CA (US);

Dan Katz, Saratoga, CA (US);

John Holland, San Jose, CA (US);

Theodoros Panagopoulos, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael D. Willwerth, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 11/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B05C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/6831 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); B05C 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate processing chamber comprises an electrostatic chuck comprising a ceramic puck having a substrate receiving surface and an opposing backside surface. In one version, the ceramic puck comprises a thickness of less than 7 mm. An electrode is embedded in the ceramic puck to generate an electrostatic force to hold a substrate, and heater coils in the ceramic puck allow independent control of temperatures at different heating zones of the puck. A chiller provides coolant to coolant channels in a base below the ceramic puck. A controller comprises temperature control instruction sets which set the coolant temperature in the chiller in relation prior to ramping up or down of the power levels applied to the heater.


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