Pedestal covers
    1.
    发明授权
    Pedestal covers 有权
    基座盖

    公开(公告)号:US08371567B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-12

    申请号:US13086010

    申请日:2011-04-13

    IPC分类号: B23Q3/00 H01L21/306 C23F1/00

    摘要: Examples of novel semiconductor processing pedestals, and apparatuses including such pedestals, are described. These pedestals are specifically configured to provide uniform heat transfer to semiconductor substrates and to reduce maintenance complexity and/or frequency. Specifically, a pedestal may include a removable cover positioned over a metal platen of the pedestal. The removable cover is configured to maintain a consistent and uniform temperature profile of its substrate-facing surface even though the platen's upper-surface, which supports the cover and is in thermal communication with the cover, may have a much less uniform temperature profile. The cover may be made from certain ceramic materials and shaped as a thin plate. These materials are resistant to the processing environments and maintain their thermal characteristics over many processing cycles. The cover can be easily removed from the platen and replaced with a new one without a need for major disassembly of the entire apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 描述新颖的半导体处理基座和包括这种基座的设备的例子。 这些基座被特别地构造成能够向半导体基板提供均匀的热传递并且降低维护复杂性和/或频率。 具体地,基座可以包括位于基座的金属台板上的可移除盖。 可拆卸的盖被配置为保持其面向基板的表面的一致和均匀的温度分布,即使支撑盖并与盖热连通的台板的上表面也可能具有不太均匀的温度分布。 盖可以由某些陶瓷材料制成并成形为薄板。 这些材料对加工环境具有耐受性,并在许多加工循环中保持其热特性。 盖子可以很容易地从压板上移除并且被新的盖子替代,而不需要整个装置的重大拆卸。

    Pedestal covers
    3.
    发明授权
    Pedestal covers 有权
    基座盖

    公开(公告)号:US08851463B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-07

    申请号:US13736410

    申请日:2013-01-08

    IPC分类号: H01B13/10 G03F7/20

    摘要: Examples of novel semiconductor processing pedestals, and apparatuses including such pedestals, are described. These pedestals are specifically configured to provide uniform heat transfer to semiconductor substrates and to reduce maintenance complexity and/or frequency. Specifically, a pedestal may include a removable cover positioned over a metal platen of the pedestal. The removable cover is configured to maintain a consistent and uniform temperature profile of its substrate-facing surface even though the platen's upper-surface, which supports the cover and is in thermal communication with the cover, may have a much less uniform temperature profile. The cover may be made from certain ceramic materials and shaped as a thin plate. These materials are resistant to the processing environments and maintain their thermal characteristics over many processing cycles. The cover can be easily removed from the platen and replaced with a new one without a need for major disassembly of the entire apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 描述新颖的半导体处理基座和包括这种基座的设备的例子。 这些基座被特别地构造成能够向半导体基板提供均匀的热传递并且降低维护复杂性和/或频率。 具体地,基座可以包括位于基座的金属台板上的可移除盖。 可拆卸的盖被配置为保持其面向基板的表面的一致和均匀的温度分布,即使支撑盖并与盖热连通的台板的上表面也可能具有不太均匀的温度分布。 盖可以由某些陶瓷材料制成并成形为薄板。 这些材料对加工环境具有耐受性,并在许多加工循环中保持其热特性。 盖子可以很容易地从压板上移除并且被更换,而不需要整个装置的重大拆卸。

    PEDESTAL COVERS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20130122431A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-16

    申请号:US13736410

    申请日:2013-01-08

    IPC分类号: H01L21/683 B23Q3/10

    摘要: Examples of novel semiconductor processing pedestals, and apparatuses including such pedestals, are described. These pedestals are specifically configured to provide uniform heat transfer to semiconductor substrates and to reduce maintenance complexity and/or frequency. Specifically, a pedestal may include a removable cover positioned over a metal platen of the pedestal. The removable cover is configured to maintain a consistent and uniform temperature profile of its substrate-facing surface even though the platen's upper-surface, which supports the cover and is in thermal communication with the cover, may have a much less uniform temperature profile. The cover may be made from certain ceramic materials and shaped as a thin plate. These materials are resistant to the processing environments and maintain their thermal characteristics over many processing cycles. The cover can be easily removed from the platen and replaced with a new one without a need for major disassembly of the entire apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 描述新颖的半导体处理基座和包括这种基座的设备的例子。 这些基座被特别地构造成能够向半导体基板提供均匀的热传递并且降低维护复杂性和/或频率。 具体地,基座可以包括位于基座的金属台板上的可移除盖。 可拆卸的盖被配置为保持其面向基板的表面的一致和均匀的温度分布,即使支撑盖并与盖热连通的台板的上表面也可能具有不太均匀的温度分布。 盖可以由某些陶瓷材料制成并成形为薄板。 这些材料对加工环境具有耐受性,并在许多加工循环中保持其热特性。 盖子可以很容易地从压板上移除并且被新的盖子替代,而不需要整个装置的重大拆卸。

    PEDESTAL COVERS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20120264051A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-18

    申请号:US13086010

    申请日:2011-04-13

    IPC分类号: G03C11/12 H01L21/477 B23Q3/00

    摘要: Examples of novel semiconductor processing pedestals, and apparatuses including such pedestals, are described. These pedestals are specifically configured to provide uniform heat transfer to semiconductor substrates and to reduce maintenance complexity and/or frequency. Specifically, a pedestal may include a removable cover positioned over a metal platen of the pedestal. The removable cover is configured to maintain a consistent and uniform temperature profile of its substrate-facing surface even though the platen's upper-surface, which supports the cover and is in thermal communication with the cover, may have a much less uniform temperature profile. The cover may be made from certain ceramic materials and shaped as a thin plate. These materials are resistant to the processing environments and maintain their thermal characteristics over many processing cycles. The cover can be easily removed from the platen and replaced with a new one without a need for major disassembly of the entire apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 描述新颖的半导体处理基座和包括这种基座的设备的例子。 这些基座被特别地构造成能够向半导体基板提供均匀的热传递并且降低维护复杂性和/或频率。 具体地,基座可以包括位于基座的金属台板上的可移除盖。 可拆卸的盖被配置为保持其面向基板的表面的一致和均匀的温度分布,即使支撑盖并与盖热连通的台板的上表面也可能具有不太均匀的温度分布。 盖可以由某些陶瓷材料制成并成形为薄板。 这些材料对加工环境具有耐受性,并在许多加工循环中保持其热特性。 盖子可以很容易地从压板上移除并且被更换,而不需要整个装置的重大拆卸。

    Laser thermal processing chuck with a thermal compensating heater module
    7.
    发明申请
    Laser thermal processing chuck with a thermal compensating heater module 有权
    激光热处理卡盘配有热​​补偿加热器模块

    公开(公告)号:US20070004232A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-01-04

    申请号:US11002043

    申请日:2004-12-01

    IPC分类号: C23C16/00

    摘要: Chuck methods and apparatus for supporting a semiconductor substrate and maintaining it at a substantially constant background temperature even when subject to a spatially and temporally varying thermal load. Chuck includes a thermal compensating heater module having a sealed chamber containing heater elements, a wick, and an alkali metal liquid/vapor. The chamber employs heat pipe principles to equalize temperature differences in the module. The spatially varying thermal load is quickly made uniform by thermal conductivity of the heater module. Heatsinking a constant amount of heat from the bottom of the heater module accommodates large temporal variations in the thermal heat load. Constant heat loss is preferably made to be at least as large as the maximum variation in the input heat load, less heat lost through radiation and convection, thus requiring a heat input through electrical heating elements. This allows for temperature control of the chuck, and hence the substrate.

    摘要翻译: 用于支撑半导体衬底并将其保持在基本上恒定的背景温度的Chuck方法和装置,即使在经受空间和时间变化的热负载时。 卡盘包括一个热补偿加热器模块,其具有包含加热元件,芯和碱金属液体/蒸气的密封腔。 该室采用热管原理来均衡模块中的温差。 空间变化的热负荷通过加热器模块的热导率快速地均匀。 从加热器模块的底部散热恒定的热量可以适应热负荷的大的时间变化。 恒定的热损失优选地至少与输入热负荷的最大变化一样大,通过辐射和对流损失的热量较少,因此需要通过电加热元件的热​​输入。 这允许卡盘的温度控制,从而允许基板的温度控制。

    Heated chuck for laser thermal processing
    8.
    发明申请
    Heated chuck for laser thermal processing 有权
    加热卡盘用于激光热处理

    公开(公告)号:US20060113290A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-01

    申请号:US11001954

    申请日:2004-12-01

    IPC分类号: B23K26/00 B23K26/02

    CPC分类号: B23K26/703

    摘要: A chuck for supporting a wafer and maintaining a constant background temperature across the wafer during laser thermal processing (LTP) is disclosed. The chuck includes a heat sink and a thermal mass in the form of a heater module. The heater module is in thermal communication with the heat sink, but is physically separated therefrom by a thermal insulator layer. The thermal insulator maintains a substantially constant power loss at least equal to the maximum power delivered by the laser, less that lost by radiation and convection. A top plate is arranged atop the heater module, supports the wafer to be processed, and provides a contamination barrier. The heater module is coupled to a power supply that is adapted to provide varying amounts of power to the heater module to maintain the heater module at the constant background temperature even when the wafer experiences a spatially and temporally varying heat load from an LTP laser beam. Thus, heat from the laser is transferred from the wafer to the heat sink via the heater module and the insulator layer. In the absence of any laser heating, heat is also transferred from the heater module to the wafer as needed to maintain the constant background temperature.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于在激光热处理(LTP)期间支撑晶片并在晶片上保持恒定的背景温度的卡盘。 卡盘包括散热器和加热器模块形式的热质量。 加热器模块与散热器热连通,但是通过绝热层在物理上与其分离。 热绝缘体保持至少等于由激光器传递的最大功率的基本恒定的功率损耗,而不是由辐射和对流损失。 顶板布置在加热器模块的顶部,支撑要处理的晶片,并提供污染屏障。 加热器模块耦合到电源,其适于向加热器模块提供变化量的功率,以将加热器模块保持在恒定的背景温度,即使当晶片经历来自LTP激光束的空间上和时间上变化的热负载时。 因此,来自激光器的热量通过加热器模块和绝缘体层从晶片传递到散热器。 在没有激光加热的情况下,根据需要也从加热器模块转移到晶片以保持恒定的背景温度。