Heating plate with planar heater zones for semiconductor processing
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05B-003/26
F27B-005/14
F27D-011/02
H01L-023/48
H01L-023/52
출원번호
US-0943492
(2010-11-10)
등록번호
US-8546732
(2013-10-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Singh, Harmeet
출원인 / 주소
Lam Research Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
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A heating plate for a substrate support assembly in a semiconductor plasma processing apparatus, comprises multiple independently controllable planar heater zones arranged in a scalable multiplexing layout, and electronics to independently control and power the planar heater zones. Each planar heate
A heating plate for a substrate support assembly in a semiconductor plasma processing apparatus, comprises multiple independently controllable planar heater zones arranged in a scalable multiplexing layout, and electronics to independently control and power the planar heater zones. Each planar heater zone includes one or more heater elements made of an insulator-conductor composite. A substrate support assembly in which the heating plate is incorporated includes an electrostatic clamping electrode and a temperature controlled base plate. Methods for manufacturing the heating plate include bonding together ceramic sheets having planar heater zones, power supply lines, power return lines and vias.
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1. A heating plate for a substrate support assembly used to support a semiconductor substrate in a semiconductor processing apparatus, the heating plate comprising: an electrically insulating layer;planar heater zones comprising at least first, second, third and fourth planar heater zones, each comp
1. A heating plate for a substrate support assembly used to support a semiconductor substrate in a semiconductor processing apparatus, the heating plate comprising: an electrically insulating layer;planar heater zones comprising at least first, second, third and fourth planar heater zones, each comprising one or more heater element made of an insulator-conductor composite, the planar heater zones laterally distributed across the electrically insulating layer and operable to tune a spatial temperature profile on the semiconductor substrate;power supply lines comprising at least a first electrically conductive power supply line electrically connected to the first and second planar heater zones and a second electrically conductive power supply line electrically connected to the third and fourth planar heater zones;power return lines comprising at least a first electrically conductive power return line electrically connected to the first and third planar heater zones and a second electrically conductive power return line electrically connected to the second and fourth planar heater zones. 2. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the insulator-conductor composite comprises one or more insulator selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, SiO2, Si3N4, AlN and a mixture thereof, and one or more conductor selected from the group consisting of Al, Cu, Mo, W, Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, C, MoSi2, WC, SiC and a mixture thereof. 3. The heating plate of claim 2, wherein the insulator-conductor composite comprises up to 30 wt % of Al2O3 and balance of W. 4. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the planar heater zones are sized such that: (a) each planar heater zone is 0.1 to 1 cm2, or(b) each planar heater zone is 2 to 3 cm2, or(c) each planar heater zone is 1 to 15 cm2, or(d) each planar heater zone is 16 to 100 cm2. 5. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the heating plate includes 100 to 400 planar heater zones. 6. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the electrically insulating layer comprises a polymer material, a ceramic material, a fiberglass composite, or a combination thereof. 7. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the total number of the power supply lines and the power return lines is equal to or less than the total number of the planar heater zones. 8. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein a total area of the planar heater zones is from 50% to 99% of an upper surface of the heating plate. 9. The heating plate of claim 1, wherein the planar heater zones are arranged in a rectangular grid; and the planar heater zones are separated from each other by gaps at least 1 millimeter in width and at most 10 millimeters in width. 10. A substrate support assembly comprising: an electrostatic chuck (ESC) including at least one electrostatic clamping electrode configured to electrostatically clamp a semiconductor substrate on the substrate support assembly;the heating plate of claim 1; anda cooling plate attached to a lower side of the heating plate by a thermal barrier layer. 11. The substrate support assembly of claim 10, further comprising at least one primary heater layer arranged above or below and the planar heater zones of the heating plate, wherein the primary heater layer is electrically insulated from the planar heater zones, the power supply lines, and the power return lines of the heating plate; the primary heater layer includes at least one heater which provides mean temperature control of the semiconductor substrate; the planar heater zones provide radial and azimuthal temperature profile control of the semiconductor substrate, during processing thereof. 12. The substrate support assembly of claim 11, wherein the primary heater layer includes two or more heaters.
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