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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); H01L 21/3065 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32541 (2013.01); H01J 37/3244 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32532 (2013.01); H01L 21/3065 (2013.01); H01L 22/26 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); H01J 2237/334 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat transfer plate useful in a showerhead electrode assembly of a capacitively coupled plasma processing apparatus. The heat transfer plate includes independently controllable gas volumes which may be pressurized to locally control thermal conductance between a heater member and a cooling member such that uniform temperatures may be established on a plasma exposed surface of the showerhead electrode assembly.