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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

May. 16, 2014
Applicants:

Arvind Sundarrajan, San Jose, CA (US);

Jen Sern Lew, Singapore, SG;

Sriskantharajah Thirunavukarasu, Singapore, SG;

Karthik Elumalai, Bangalore, IN;

Inventors:

Arvind Sundarrajan, San Jose, CA (US);

Jen Sern Lew, Singapore, SG;

Sriskantharajah Thirunavukarasu, Singapore, SG;

Karthik Elumalai, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 23/00 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70733 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electrostatic carrier is described for carrying a substrate for handling through different processes. The carrier has a dielectric plate having a top side and a bottom side and configured to be attached on a top side of the plate to a substrate using electrostatic force, and a base plate coupled to a bottom side of the dielectric plate. Electrodes are formed on the base plate and extend across the base plate parallel to the top side of the dielectric plate. The electrodes are configured to carry an electrostatic charge and formed so that electrodes of a first charge are positioned near electrodes of a second charge. Connectors extend through the base plate to the electrodes to couple the electrodes to a source of electrostatic charge.


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