Wafer support system

A wafer support system comprising a segmented susceptor having top and bottom sections and gas flow passages therethrough. A plurality of spacers projecting from a recess formed in the top section of the susceptor support a wafer in spaced relationship with respect to the recess. A sweep gas is intr...

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Hauptverfasser:	JEUGD CORNELIUS A. VAN DER, JACOBS LOREN R, GLENN HARTMANN, GOODMAN MATTHEW, VYNE ROBERT M, WENGERT JOHN F, FOSTER DERRICK W, LAYTON JASON M, HALPIN MICHAEL W, HAWKINS MARK R, VAN BILSEN FRANK B. M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF SINGLE CRYSTALS OR A HOMOGENEOUSPOLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE APPARATUS THEREFOR BAKERS' OVENS BAKING BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL CRYSTAL GROWTH DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES EDIBLE DOUGHS ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS GRINDING HUMAN NECESSITIES INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING METALLURGY MULTI-STEP PROCESSES FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLICMATERIAL INVOLVING AT LEAST ONE PROCESS PROVIDED FOR IN CLASSC23 AND AT LEAST ONEPROCESS COVERED BY SUBCLASS C21D OR C22F OR CLASS C25 NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE PERFORMING OPERATIONS POLISHING PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITHDEFINED STRUCTURE REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITHDEFINED STRUCTURE SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION TRANSPORTING UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL ORUNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A wafer support system comprising a segmented susceptor having top and bottom sections and gas flow passages therethrough. A plurality of spacers projecting from a recess formed in the top section of the susceptor support a wafer in spaced relationship with respect to the recess. A sweep gas is introduced to the bottom section of the segmented susceptor and travels through the gas flow passages to exit in at least one circular array of outlets in the recess and underneath the spaced wafer. The sweep gas travels radially outward between the susceptor and wafer to prevent back-side contamination of the wafer. The gas is delivered through a hollow drive shaft and into a multi-armed susceptor support underneath the susceptor. The support arms conduct the sweep gas from the drive shaft to the gas passages in the segmented susceptor. The gas passages are arranged to heat the sweep gas prior to delivery underneath the wafer. Short purge channels may be provided to deliver some of the sweep gas to regions surrounding the spacers to cause a continuous flow of protective purge gas around the spacers. A common bottom section may cooperate with a plurality of different top sections to form segmented susceptors suitable for supporting various sized wafers.