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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Applicants:
David Setton, Danville, CA (US);
Gautam Bhattacharyya, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brett C. Richardson, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Setton, Danville, CA (US);
Gautam Bhattacharyya, San Ramon, CA (US);
Brett C. Richardson, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/326 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32119 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An insulated dielectric window assembly comprising a dielectric window of an inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus; an upper polymeric ring, and a lower polymeric ring. The upper polymeric ring insulates the outer edge of the dielectric window from a cooler ambient atmosphere and the lower polymeric ring insulates the lower surface of the dielectric window from a chamber surface supporting the window.