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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:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2016
Applicant:

Component Re-engineering Company, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brent Elliot, Cupertino, CA (US);

Frank Balma, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Alexander Veytser, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael Parker, Brentwood, CA (US);

Jeff Cunha, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); C04B 37/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/19 (2006.01); B23K 35/28 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/683 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); B23K 101/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23K 1/0008 (2013.01); B23K 1/19 (2013.01); B23K 35/286 (2013.01); C04B 37/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/6833 (2013.01); H01L 21/68785 (2013.01); B23K 2201/20 (2013.01); B23K 2203/52 (2015.10);
Abstract

A method for the repair of a heater, or an electrostatic chuck, using a ceramic top layer joined with a hermetically sealed joint. The heater or electrostatic chuck may be machined down to remove a damaged top surface, and to allow for the joining of a new top surface. The new top pieces may be aluminum nitride and the pieces may be brazed with an aluminum alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the shaft of a heater or electrostatic chuck.


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