GB2540883B - System and method for clamping a work piece - Google Patents

System and method for clamping a work piece

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GB2540883B
GB2540883B GB1613425.6A GB201613425A GB2540883B GB 2540883 B GB2540883 B GB 2540883B GB 201613425 A GB201613425 A GB 201613425A GB 2540883 B GB2540883 B GB 2540883B
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clamping
work piece
piece
work
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Uehara Toshio
Mcann Peter
Herman Donnie
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Trek Inc
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Trek Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/67—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/683—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping
    • H01L21/6831—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping using electrostatic chucks
    • H01L21/6833—Details of electrostatic chucks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01G—CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE
    • H01G7/00—Capacitors in which the capacitance is varied by non-mechanical means; Processes of their manufacture
    • H01G7/02—Electrets, i.e. having a permanently-polarised dielectric
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/67—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/683—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping
    • H01L21/6831—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping using electrostatic chucks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/67—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/683—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping
    • H01L21/6835—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for supporting or gripping using temporarily an auxiliary support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2924/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2924/30—Technical effects
    • H01L2924/301—Electrical effects
    • H01L2924/3011—Impedance

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Container, Conveyance, Adherence, Positioning, Of Wafer (AREA)
  • Jigs For Machine Tools (AREA)
  • Machine Tool Sensing Apparatuses (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
GB1613425.6A 2014-02-07 2015-02-09 System and method for clamping a work piece Active GB2540883B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US201461937050P 2014-02-07 2014-02-07
PCT/US2015/015078 WO2015120419A1 (en) 2014-02-07 2015-02-09 System and method for clamping a work piece

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GB201613425D0 GB201613425D0 (en) 2017-01-04
GB2540883A GB2540883A (en) 2017-02-01
GB2540883B true GB2540883B (en) 2018-12-26

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EP (1) EP3103127B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2017512378A (enExample)
KR (1) KR102402214B1 (enExample)
CN (1) CN106165039B (enExample)
DE (1) DE112015000700T5 (enExample)
GB (1) GB2540883B (enExample)
HK (1) HK1231629A1 (enExample)
MY (1) MY174723A (enExample)
PH (1) PH12016501425B1 (enExample)
SG (1) SG11201605836SA (enExample)
WO (1) WO2015120419A1 (enExample)

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JPH04162443A (ja) * 1990-10-24 1992-06-05 Japan Synthetic Rubber Co Ltd 静電チャック装置
GB2293689A (en) * 1994-09-30 1996-04-03 Nec Corp Electrostatic chuck
US5708250A (en) * 1996-03-29 1998-01-13 Lam Resarch Corporation Voltage controller for electrostatic chuck of vacuum plasma processors
US20010018098A1 (en) * 1996-04-09 2001-08-30 Sun Hoi Cheong Steve Method of depositing particles with an electrostatic chuck
US6267839B1 (en) * 1999-01-12 2001-07-31 Applied Materials, Inc. Electrostatic chuck with improved RF power distribution
JP2002305237A (ja) * 2001-04-05 2002-10-18 Hitachi Ltd 半導体製造方法および製造装置
JP2008047564A (ja) * 2006-08-10 2008-02-28 Tokyo Electron Ltd 真空処理装置、静電チャックの診断方法及び記憶媒体
KR20090068055A (ko) * 2007-12-22 2009-06-25 주식회사 동부하이텍 반도체 제조장비의 바이폴라형 정전척
US20100271744A1 (en) * 2009-04-24 2010-10-28 Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. Asia System and method of sensing and removing residual charge from a processed wafer
US20110032654A1 (en) * 2009-08-07 2011-02-10 Mcann Peter Electrostatic Clamp Optimizer

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CN106165039B (zh) 2019-06-07
JP2017512378A (ja) 2017-05-18
SG11201605836SA (en) 2016-08-30
US20170162415A1 (en) 2017-06-08
KR20160118347A (ko) 2016-10-11
GB2540883A (en) 2017-02-01
DE112015000700T5 (de) 2016-11-24
GB201613425D0 (en) 2017-01-04
HK1231629A1 (zh) 2017-12-22
WO2015120419A1 (en) 2015-08-13
KR102402214B1 (ko) 2022-05-26
US11282732B2 (en) 2022-03-22
EP3103127A1 (en) 2016-12-14
CN106165039A (zh) 2016-11-23
EP3103127B1 (en) 2021-03-24
EP3103127A4 (en) 2017-06-28
PH12016501425A1 (en) 2017-02-06
MY174723A (en) 2020-05-10

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