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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Roger B. Fish, Bedford, MA (US);
W. Davis Lee, Newburyport, MA (US);
Assignee:
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., Gloucester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/683 (2006.01); H01T 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68742 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/6831 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus to support a substrate may include a base, a clamp portion to apply a clamping voltage to the substrate, and a displacement assembly configured to hold the clamp portion and base together in a first operating position, and to move the clamp portion with respect to the base from the first operating position to a second operating position, wherein the clamp portion and base are separate from one another in the second operating position.