Erosion resistant electrostatic chuck with improved cooling system

An electrostatic chuck (20) for holding a substrate (40) in a process chamber (50) comprises a base (25) supporting a resilient insulator (30). The insulator (30) comprises (i) an electrode (35) embedded therein; (ii) a top surface (34) with a peripheral edge (32); and (iii) cooling grooves (45) for...

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Hauptverfasser:	SALFELDER, JOSEPH F, CAMERON, JOHN F, DESHPANDEY, CHANDRA
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC MACHINES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION MACHINE TOOLS MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An electrostatic chuck (20) for holding a substrate (40) in a process chamber (50) comprises a base (25) supporting a resilient insulator (30). The insulator (30) comprises (i) an electrode (35) embedded therein; (ii) a top surface (34) with a peripheral edge (32); and (iii) cooling grooves (45) for holding coolant in the top surface (34), the tips (125) of the cooling grooves (45) and the peripheral edge (32) of the insulator (30) defining an edge gap (130) having a width w. The width w of the edge gap (130) is sized sufficiently small that the coolant in the grooves (45) cools the perimeter (120) of the substrate (40) held on the chuck (20). The insulator (30) is sufficiently thick that when a substrate (40) is electrostatically held on the chuck (20) and coolant is held in the cooling grooves (45), the insulator (30) in the edge gap (130) resiliently conforms to the substrate (40) so that substantially no coolant leaks out from the tips (125) of the cooling grooves (45). Preferably, the coolant grooves (45) do not cut into the electrode (35).