US20040149723A1 - Hot plate and method of producing the same - Google Patents
Hot plate and method of producing the same Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US20040149723A1 US20040149723A1 US10/624,589 US62458903A US2004149723A1 US 20040149723 A1 US20040149723 A1 US 20040149723A1 US 62458903 A US62458903 A US 62458903A US 2004149723 A1 US2004149723 A1 US 2004149723A1
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- resistance element
- layer
- hot plate
- thickness
- dispersion
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title claims description 31
- 239000000758 substrate Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 63
- 239000006185 dispersion Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 51
- PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Nickel Chemical compound [Ni] PXHVJJICTQNCMI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 43
- 229910052759 nickel Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 21
- 238000000151 deposition Methods 0.000 claims description 20
- 239000010936 titanium Substances 0.000 claims description 20
- ZOKXTWBITQBERF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Molybdenum Chemical compound [Mo] ZOKXTWBITQBERF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 19
- 229910052750 molybdenum Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 19
- 239000011733 molybdenum Substances 0.000 claims description 19
- RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Titanium Chemical compound [Ti] RTAQQCXQSZGOHL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 18
- 229910052719 titanium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 18
- 239000000919 ceramic Substances 0.000 claims description 14
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 claims description 11
- 238000001552 radio frequency sputter deposition Methods 0.000 claims description 10
- 229910000510 noble metal Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 9
- 238000001035 drying Methods 0.000 claims description 8
- 150000004767 nitrides Chemical class 0.000 claims description 6
- 238000007639 printing Methods 0.000 claims description 5
- VYZAMTAEIAYCRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Chromium Chemical compound [Cr] VYZAMTAEIAYCRO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 4
- 229910052804 chromium Inorganic materials 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000011651 chromium Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 229920005989 resin Polymers 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000011347 resin Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 238000010304 firing Methods 0.000 claims description 3
- 239000010410 layer Substances 0.000 description 84
- PMHQVHHXPFUNSP-UHFFFAOYSA-M copper(1+);methylsulfanylmethane;bromide Chemical compound Br[Cu].CSC PMHQVHHXPFUNSP-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 24
- 235000012431 wafers Nutrition 0.000 description 18
- 230000003746 surface roughness Effects 0.000 description 17
- 238000012360 testing method Methods 0.000 description 11
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 10
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 10
- BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silver Chemical compound [Ag] BQCADISMDOOEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 9
- XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicon Chemical compound [Si] XUIMIQQOPSSXEZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- WABPQHHGFIMREM-UHFFFAOYSA-N lead(0) Chemical compound [Pb] WABPQHHGFIMREM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 229910052710 silicon Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 239000010703 silicon Substances 0.000 description 8
- 229910052709 silver Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 239000004332 silver Substances 0.000 description 8
- 238000005498 polishing Methods 0.000 description 7
- 238000004544 sputter deposition Methods 0.000 description 7
- 239000004065 semiconductor Substances 0.000 description 6
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- XLOMVQKBTHCTTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc monoxide Chemical compound [Zn]=O XLOMVQKBTHCTTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 230000000052 comparative effect Effects 0.000 description 4
- 230000007547 defect Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000012545 processing Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000005245 sintering Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000010438 heat treatment Methods 0.000 description 3
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229910000679 solder Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- KDLHZDBZIXYQEI-UHFFFAOYSA-N Palladium Chemical compound [Pd] KDLHZDBZIXYQEI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052810 boron oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- JKWMSGQKBLHBQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N diboron trioxide Chemical compound O=BOB=O JKWMSGQKBLHBQQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000009826 distribution Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000011888 foil Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910000464 lead oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000007769 metal material Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000007254 oxidation reaction Methods 0.000 description 2
- YEXPOXQUZXUXJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxolead Chemical compound [Pb]=O YEXPOXQUZXUXJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000007747 plating Methods 0.000 description 2
- BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N platinum Chemical compound [Pt] BASFCYQUMIYNBI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 230000003405 preventing effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000007650 screen-printing Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000377 silicon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000011787 zinc oxide Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000012935 Averaging Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052580 B4C Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 229910052582 BN Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- PZNSFCLAULLKQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Boron nitride Chemical compound N#B PZNSFCLAULLKQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000004642 Polyimide Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052581 Si3N4 Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 241001422033 Thestylus Species 0.000 description 1
- 239000000853 adhesive Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000001070 adhesive effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229910052782 aluminium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium Chemical compound [Al] XAGFODPZIPBFFR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N aluminium oxide Inorganic materials [O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3] PNEYBMLMFCGWSK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000011230 binding agent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000009529 body temperature measurement Methods 0.000 description 1
- INAHAJYZKVIDIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N boron carbide Chemical compound B12B3B4C32B41 INAHAJYZKVIDIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229920002301 cellulose acetate Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000004020 conductor Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000470 constituent Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910003460 diamond Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010432 diamond Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000005553 drilling Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000003822 epoxy resin Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000005530 etching Methods 0.000 description 1
- PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N gold Chemical compound [Au] PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 229910052737 gold Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010931 gold Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000011835 investigation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000007733 ion plating Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010884 ion-beam technique Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010030 laminating Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000001755 magnetron sputter deposition Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000012423 maintenance Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910044991 metal oxide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 150000004706 metal oxides Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 238000000465 moulding Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000003287 optical effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 229910052763 palladium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 235000011837 pasties Nutrition 0.000 description 1
- 230000002093 peripheral effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000005240 physical vapour deposition Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052697 platinum Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 229920000647 polyepoxide Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 229920001721 polyimide Polymers 0.000 description 1
- 238000004080 punching Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000002994 raw material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910010271 silicon carbide Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- HBMJWWWQQXIZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicon carbide Chemical compound [Si+]#[C-] HBMJWWWQQXIZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- HQVNEWCFYHHQES-UHFFFAOYSA-N silicon nitride Chemical compound N12[Si]34N5[Si]62N3[Si]51N64 HQVNEWCFYHHQES-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000002356 single layer Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 1
- MTPVUVINMAGMJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N trimethyl(1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethyl)silane Chemical compound C[Si](C)(C)C(F)(F)C(F)(F)F MTPVUVINMAGMJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 238000001771 vacuum deposition Methods 0.000 description 1
- 229910052727 yttrium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- VWQVUPCCIRVNHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N yttrium atom Chemical compound [Y] VWQVUPCCIRVNHF-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- 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
- H01L21/67005—Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
- H01L21/67011—Apparatus for manufacture or treatment
- H01L21/67098—Apparatus for thermal treatment
- H01L21/67103—Apparatus for thermal treatment mainly by conduction
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/10—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
- H05B3/12—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/10—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor
- H05B3/12—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material
- H05B3/14—Heating elements characterised by the composition or nature of the materials or by the arrangement of the conductor characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material the material being non-metallic
- H05B3/141—Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds
- H05B3/143—Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds applied to semiconductors, e.g. wafers heating
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/20—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater
- H05B3/22—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible
- H05B3/26—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base
- H05B3/265—Heating elements having extended surface area substantially in a two-dimensional plane, e.g. plate-heater non-flexible heating conductor mounted on insulating base the insulating base being an inorganic material, e.g. ceramic
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/68—Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B3/00—Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B3/68—Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates
- H05B3/74—Non-metallic plates, e.g. vitroceramic, ceramic or glassceramic hobs, also including power or control circuits
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a hot plate and a process for producing the same.
- a heating device called a hot plate is usually used.
- a hot plate has a structure a resistance element is arranged on the lower face side of a ceramic substrate.
- Such a resistance element is formed using, for example, silver paste.
- silver paste is printed on a substrate through openings in the mask by moving a squeegee in a given direction. After the mask is taken off, the printed paste layer is heated so that a resistance element having a given pattern is baked on the substrate (for example, Japanese Kokai Publication Hei 11-40330 (1999) and so on).
- FIGS. 5 ( a ) and 5 ( b ) show data obtained when a resistance element was measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter in order to demonstrate the state that distribution of the thickness of the resistance element is generated. It can be understood from FIGS. 5 ( a ) and ( b ) that the thickness dispersion is more remarkably generated in the portion perpendicular to the printing direction (that is, the direction along which the squeegee moves) than in the portion parallel to this direction.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a hot plate making it possible to heat an object to be heated uniformly, and a process for producing the hot plate.
- a subject matter of a first aspect of the present invention is a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less and preferably ⁇ 1 ⁇ m or less is formed on an insulating substrate.
- the thickness dispersion is defined as follows.
- a surface roughness curve of the surface of the resistance element is drawn with a stylus type surface roughness meter, this curve represents the thickness.
- 10 points are arbitrarily selected.
- Average thickness Tav can be obtained by averaging them.
- the maximum thickness at the measured points is defined as Tmax, and the minimum thickness at the measured points is defined as Tmin.
- Tmax ⁇ Tav The larger value between the absolute value of Tmax ⁇ Tav and that of Tmin ⁇ Tav is defined as a dispersion.
- the absolute value of Tmin ⁇ Tav is larger one, the symbol “ ⁇ ” is attached to the value of a dispersion.
- the Tmin ⁇ Tav does not exceed the average thickness Tav.
- the thickness of the resistance element is desirably from 0.5 to 500 ⁇ m, and more desirably from 1 to 10 ⁇ m.
- the surface roughness Ra of the insulating substrate surface on which a resistance element is formed is desirably 2.0 ⁇ m or less and more desirably 1 ⁇ m or less.
- the above mentioned insulating substrate is desirably a nitride ceramic substrate or a carbide ceramic substrate.
- the resistance element is desirably made of scaly noble metal powder. It is also desirable that the resistance element has a multilayer structure and the layer nearest to the substrate among a plurality of the layers constituting the resistance element is made of titanium or chromium.
- the resistance element is desirably composed of a first layer made of titanium, a second layer made of molybdenum and having a larger thickness than the first layer, on the first layer, and a third layer made of nickel and having an intermediate thickness between the thickness of the first layer and that of the second layer, on the second layer.
- the resistance element is preferably composed of a titanium layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 ⁇ m, a molybdenum layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 7.0 ⁇ m, on the titanium layer, and a nickel layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 2.5 ⁇ m on the molybdenum layer.
- a second aspect of the present invention is a process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less is formed on an insulating substrate, characterized by forming a resistance element by a film-depositing method based on a dry process.
- the resistance element is desirably formed by RF sputtering.
- the subject matter of a third present invention is a process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less is formed on an insulating substrate, which is characterized by printing a resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder and firing the paste.
- the thickness dispersion of the resistance element formed on the insulating substrate is ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less, and is smaller than that of conventional hot plates. For this reason, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element becomes small. As a result, the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element becomes small, so that an object to be heated can be uniformly heated.
- the inventors have obtained the finding from tests that by setting the surface roughness Ra of the ceramic substrate surface on which a resistance element is formed to 2.0 ⁇ m or less and desirably 1.0 ⁇ m or less, the thickness dispersion of the resistance element can be further reduced.
- the thickness dispersion of the formed resistance element becomes small.
- the resistance element becomes denser than resistance elements obtained by any film-depositing method based on a wet process, such as plating. Accordingly, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element becomes small. As a result, the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element becomes small. In short, when the production process of the present invention is carried out, a hot plate having the above mentioned superior properties can be easily and surely produced.
- a resistance element having a small thickness dispersion can be obtained by printing a resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder and firing the paste.
- the scaly noble powder is oriented when the paste is printed; therefore, the powder does not easily adhere to the mask so that the dispersion in the thickness of the resistance element becomes small.
- FIG. 1 is a general cross section view that schematically shows a hot plate unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a general bottom plain view of the hot plate according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross section view of a main portion of the hot plate according to the embodiment.
- FIGS. 4 ( a ) to ( c ) are graphs showing measurement results of the Ra values of hot plates of respective examples.
- FIGS. 5 ( a ) and ( b ) are graphs showing measurement results of the Ra values of conventional hot plates.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 embodiments of the hot plate unit of the present invention will be specifically described hereinafter.
- FIG. 1 is a cross section view that schematically shows an embodiment of the hot plate unit of the present invention.
- This hot plate unit 1 has a casing 2 and a hot plate 3 as main constituents.
- the casing 2 is a member made of a metal and having a bottom.
- the casing 2 has at its upper side an opening 4 having a circular section.
- the hot plate 3 is fitted into this opening 4 through an annular seal ring 14 .
- a lead wire pulling-out hole 7 into which lead wires 6 for supplying an electric current are inserted, is made in the outer peripheral portion of a bottom 2 a of the casing 2 . The respective lead wires 6 are pulled out from the hole to the outside of the casing 2 .
- This hot plate 3 is a hot plate for low temperature, which is a member for drying a silicon wafer W 1 at 150 to 200° C., onto which a photosensitive resin is applied.
- the hot plate 3 is made of a nitride ceramic substrate (specifically, aluminum nitride substrate) 9 which is an insulating substrate.
- a nitride ceramic substrate specifically, aluminum nitride substrate 9 which is an insulating substrate.
- aluminum nitride is selected as the material for the hot plate is that aluminum nitride has a higher thermal conductivity than other ceramics and is very advantageous for an improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat.
- nitride ceramic silicon nitride, boron nitride and the like may be used.
- carbide ceramic such as silicon carbide, titanium carbide or boron carbide may be used.
- the hot plate is for low temperature, it is unnecessary that its insulating plate is made of a ceramic.
- a resin plate such as an epoxy resin plate or a polyimide plate may be used.
- the hot plate can be used not only at low temperature but also at 200 to 800° C.
- the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride according to the present embodiment is a disk-like member having a thickness of about 1 to 100 mm, and is designed in the manner that its diameter is somewhat smaller than the outer size of the casing 2 .
- FIG. 2 is a bottom plain view showing the lower face of the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride
- FIG. 3 is a cross section view that schematically showing a part thereof.
- a resistance element 10 having a thickness distribution of ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less is made into a given pattern on the surface on which a resistance element is formed (that is, a lower face) 3 b of the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride.
- the resistance element 10 meanders on the whole of the lower face 3 b .
- the width of the pattern of the resistance element 10 is uniform and the value thereof is set to 500 ⁇ m.
- Circular pads 10 a for connecting a pin are made at both ends of the resistance element 10 and terminals pins 12 are connected thereto.
- the surface roughness Ra of the lower face of the aluminum nitride substrate 9 is desirably 2.0 ⁇ m or less, more desirably 1.0 ⁇ m or less, still more desirably 0.5 ⁇ m or less, and most desirably 0.1 ⁇ m or less. This is because the inventors have obtained the finding from tests that the thickness dispersion of the resistance element 10 can be reduced by making the surface roughness Ra of the lower face 3 b small.
- the resistance element 10 has a multilayer structure (specifically, a 3-layer structure).
- Respective layers 15 , 16 and 17 are thin metal layers made by sputtering, which is one of physical film-depositing methods. All of these thin metal layers are desirably made of a conductive metal.
- the first layer 15 is formed to adhere closely to the lower face 3 b of the aluminum nitride substrate 9 .
- the second layer 16 is formed on the first layer 15 and the third layer 17 is formed on the second layer 16 .
- the first layer 15 is a lowermost layer
- the third layer 17 is an uppermost layer
- the second layer 16 is a layer positioned in the middle of the two layers 15 and 17 .
- the first layer 15 positioned nearer to the insulating substrate 9 , among the three layers 15 , 16 and 17 constituting the resistance element 10 is desirably made of titanium or chromium. Furthermore, the first layer 15 is more preferably made of titanium having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 ⁇ m. This is because titanium has superior adhesiveness onto a nitride ceramic such as aluminum nitride and makes it possible to improve the adhesive strength as the whole of the resistance element 10 . If the titanium layer (Ti layer) which is the first layer 15 is too thin, it is feared that the adhesiveness cannot be sufficiently improved. On the other hand, if the first layer (Ti layer) 15 is too thick, the adhesiveness is suitably improved but it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise.
- the metal material making the third layer 17 is desirably nickel.
- nickel is selected are as follows. First, by coating with nickel, the surface of the resistance element 10 is prevented from being oxidized so that the dispersion in the value of resistivity can be still more reduced. Second, solder adheres easily to nickel; therefore, nickel is suitable for the case in which the nickel will be connected to pins afterward.
- the thickness of the nickel layer (Ni layer), which is the third layer, is desirable an intermediate thickness between that of the first layer 15 and that of the second layer 16 .
- the third layer is desirably formed to have a thickness within the range of 0.4 to 2.5 ⁇ m. If the nickel layer 17 is too thin, it is feared that the above mentioned surface oxidization preventing effect is insufficient. On the other hand, if the nickel layer 17 is too thick, sufficient surface oxidization preventing effect can be obtained but it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise.
- molybdenum is desirably selected.
- the reasons why molybdenum is selected are as follows. First, the adhesiveness between titanium and nickel is improved by interposition of molybdenum. Second, combination of nickel and molybdenum makes it possible to maintain the thickness of the resistance element 10 more easily than only use of nickel. Third, the specific resistance and sputtering rate of molybdenum are substantially equivalent to those of nickel.
- the molybdenum layer which is the second layer, is formed to have a larger thickness than the first layer 15 .
- the molybdenum layer is desirably formed to have a thickness within the range of 0.5 to 7.0 ⁇ m. If the molybdenum layer 16 is too thin, it is feared that the improvement in adhesiveness between the first layer 15 and the third layer 17 and the maintenance of the thickness of the resistance element 10 cannot be sufficiently attained. On the other hand, if the molybdenum layer 16 is too thick, it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise.
- the resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder is preferably made of one or more noble metal powders, an oxide and an organic vehicle.
- the noble metal is preferably one or more kind(s) selected from gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
- the oxide is preferably at least one or more kind(s) selected from lead oxide, zinc oxide, silica, boron oxide and alumna.
- As the organic vehicle cellulose acetate and the like can be used.
- the resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder is oriented when it is printed. Therefore, the paste does not adhere easily to the mask.
- the total thickness of the resistance element 10 is preferably from 1 to 500 ⁇ m. More preferably from 1 to 10 ⁇ m, still more preferably from 1 to 5 ⁇ m and most preferably from 2 to 4 ⁇ m. The reason of this is explained as follows. For instance, if the resistance element 10 is made thicker than is needed in the case of a physical film-depositing method, a total film-depositing period becomes long. As a result, it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise. On the other hand, if the resistance element 10 is too thin, the degree of the dispersion in the value of resistivity resulting from the dispersion in the thickness increases so that the performance of generating uniform heat cannot be sufficiently improved.
- the resistance element having a thickness of 10 ⁇ m or less can be formed by printing a resistance paste or RF sputtering. In the case that the thickness is over 10 ⁇ m, a method of laminating a metal foil and the like can also be adopted.
- the metal foil has a small thickness dispersion and is profitable for the present invention.
- base portions of the terminal pins 12 made of a conductive material are connected to pads 10 a at two ends of the resistance element 10 with solder. Electrical conduction is attained between each of the terminal pins 12 and the resistance element 10 .
- a socket 6 a having a lead wire 6 is fitted onto the tip of each of the terminal pins 12 . Therefore, when an electric current is supplied to the resistance element 10 through the lead wire 6 and the pin 12 , the resistance element 10 generates heat so that the whole of the hot plate 3 is heated to about 150 to 200° C.
- a sintering aid such as yttrium, a binder and so on are added to aluminum nitride powder to prepare a mixture.
- the mixture is homogeneously kneaded with a three-roll and the like to prepare a pasty kneaded product.
- This kneaded product is used as a raw material to produce a disc-like molded green product having a thickness of about 1 to 25 mm by press-molding.
- the produced green molded product is subjected to punching or drilling to form holes. In this way, non-illustrated pin-inserting holes are formed.
- the green molded product subjected to the hole-making step is dried, and subjected to pre-sintering and real sintering to sinter the product completely. In this way, the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is produced.
- the sintering step is desirably carried out with a hot press machine, and the temperature in this step is desirably set to about 1500 to 2000° C.
- the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is cut out into a circular form having a given diameter (230 mm ⁇ in the present embodiment), and this is subjected to surface polishing processing, using a buffing machine and the like.
- a diamond grindstone is used as a grindstone to polish the substrate in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of the lower face 3 b of the insulating substrate 9 is made to 1.0 ⁇ m or less. Namely, at this time, the lower face 3 b is made to a mirror plane.
- the whole of the lower face 3 b , made to the mirror plane, of the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is subjected to a film-depositing step based on a dry process.
- RF sputtering is adopted as one of film-depositing steps based on a dry process.
- a device having both a high-frequency power source and a DC power source (a FR-DC coupled type bias sputtering device) is used to perform sputtering.
- titanium, molybdenum and nickel are sputtered in this order to laminate and form thin metal layers, which are three layers, on the lower face 3 b of the substrate.
- a resist having a given pattern is formed on the thin metal layers. With the resist on, etching is performed to form the resistance element 10 having a given shape and having a thickness dispersion of ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less.
- terminals pins 12 are bonded to the respective pads 10 a through solder S 1 .
- this is fitted into the opening 4 in the casing 2 so as to complete the desired hot plate unit 1 shown in FIG. 1.
- samples 1, 2 and 3 (Examples 1, 2 and 3), when the resistance element 10 having a three-layer structure and having a pattern width of 500 ⁇ m was formed by RF sputtering, the thickness of the whole thereof was set up to 3 ⁇ m.
- the thickness of a titanium layer, which was the first layer 15 , that of a molybdenum layer, which was the second layer 16 , and that of a nickel layer, which was the third layer 17 were set up to 0.2 ⁇ m, 2.0 ⁇ m, and 0.8 ⁇ m, respectively.
- polishing was performed in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of the lower faces 3 b of the substrates 9 (the value measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter (E-RCS01A made by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.)) would be made to 0.3 ⁇ m, 0.1 ⁇ m and 0.03 ⁇ m in the samples 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
- the surface roughness Ra of the lower faces 3 b of the substrates 9 the value measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter (E-RCS01A made by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- a sample 5 (Comparative Example 1) the resistance element 10 having a thickness of 6 ⁇ m was printed and formed on the lower face 3 b of the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride, using a commonly used silver paste (Solvest PS603D, made by Tokuriki Kagaku Kenkyu-zyo). Its pattern form and pattern width were set in the same way as in Examples 1 to 3. In the surface polishing step before a film-depositing step, polishing was performed in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of the lower faces 3 b of the substrates 9 would be made to about 3.0 ⁇ m.
- Solvest PS603D made by Tokuriki Kagaku Kenkyu-zyo
- the stylus type surface roughness meter was used to measure the values of the surface roughness Ra of the resistance elements 10 in the 5 samples.
- Graphs of FIGS. 4 ( a ), 4 ( b ) and 4 ( c ) show measured data on the samples 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
- the above mentioned graphs of FIGS. 5 ( a ) and 5 ( b ) show measured data on the sample 5.
- the measured values of the samples 1 to 3 were evidently smaller than the measured value of the sample 5.
- the thickness dispersions of the resistance elements 10 of the samples 1 to 3 were ⁇ 1 ⁇ m or less, and were +0.7 ⁇ m, +0.5 ⁇ m, and ⁇ 0.3 ⁇ m, respectively.
- the thickness dispersions were far smaller than the thickness dispersion (+3.1 ⁇ m) in the resistance element 10 of the sample 5.
- the thickness dispersion of the sample 4 was +2.0 ⁇ m. It was also demonstrated that as the surface roughness Ra of the lower face 3 b of the substrate 9 was smaller, the thickness dispersion of the resistance element 10 was smaller.
- the values of Ra of the samples 1 to 5 were 0.5 ⁇ m, 0.1 ⁇ m, 0.03 ⁇ m, 0.5 ⁇ m and 2.1 ⁇ m, respectively.
- the respective samples 1 to 5 were perpendicularly cut along the thickness direction of their substrates, and the cut surfaces of the resistance elements 10 were observed with an optical microscope. As a result, the resistance elements 10 of the samples 1 to 3 had a dense structure which hardly had defects therein. On the other hand, in the samples 4 and 5 defects were partly generated in the resistance element 10 . The samples 4 and 5 were poorer than the samples 1 to 3 in denseness.
- these 5 insulating substrates 9 made of aluminum nitride were used to make hot plate units 1 .
- the semiconductor wafer W 1 which was an object to be heated, was put on each of the substrates, the wafer was actually heated.
- the semiconductor wafer W 1 a commercially available test wafer wherein temperature sensors (thermocouples) were beforehand embedded in plural positions was used.
- the hot plate 3 was heated to the set temperature (180° C. herein) by sending an electric current into the resistance element 10 .
- the temperatures at the respective positions were measured with a thermo viewer (IR-16201-0012, made by Nippon Datum. Co) and the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value thereof (the value of the dispersion in the temperature) was calculated.
- the values of the dispersion in the temperature were within 0.2° C., 0.15° C., 0.1° C., and 0.25° C. in the test wafers of the samples 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. Namely, it was demonstrated that as the surface roughness Ra of the lower face 3 b of the insulating substrate 9 was smaller, the dispersion in the temperature in the test wafer was smaller. On the other hand, the value of the dispersion in the temperature in the sample 5 was 0.4° C. or less, and was evidently poorer than the results of the samples 1 to 4.
- the thickness dispersion of the resistance element 10 formed on the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is ⁇ 3 ⁇ m or less and is smaller than conventional ones. For this reason, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element 10 is small so that the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element 10 is small. As a result, it is possible to realize the hot plate 3 that can heat the semiconductor wafer W 1 uniformly, namely, the hot plate 3 that is superior in the performance of generating uniform heat.
- a surface polishing processing step before a film-depositing step is carried out to set the surface roughness Ra of the lower face 3 b of the insulating substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride to 2.0 ⁇ m or less. Therefore, the thickness dispersion of the resistance element 10 can be still more reduced. The execution of such processing results in a greater improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat.
- the substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is used. Therefore, the influence coming from the dispersion in heat-generating temperature of the resistance element 10 can be cancelled out to some extent by high thermal conductivity of the substrate 9 itself. In other words, the selection of the substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride contributes to a greater improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat.
- the resistance element 10 having a three-layer structure made of titanium, molybdenum and nickel is formed in this hot plate 3 , the total thickness thereof, and the thickness of layers 15 , 16 and 17 are set within the above mentioned ranges. Therefore, the resistance element 10 superior in the performance of generating uniform heat, adhesiveness and so on can be formed without damaging productivity or costs.
- the resistance element 10 is formed by RF sputtering, which is one of physical film-depositing methods. For this reason, the thickness dispersion of the obtained resistance element 10 is very small.
- the resistance element 10 becomes denser as compared with film-depositing methods based on a wet process, such as plating. Thus, inner defects are not easily generated.
- the dispersion in the value of resistivity is very small so that the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element 10 becomes very small and the performance of generating uniform heat can by highly improved.
- the resistance element 10 that is not easily exfoliated can be obtained since the adhesiveness of the resistance element 10 to the insulating substrate 9 becomes very high. In short, if this production process is carried out, the above mentioned excellent hot plate 3 can be easily and surely obtained.
- the resistance element 10 is not limited to the three-layer structure, and may be two-layer structure or a multilayer structure having four or more layers.
- the resistance element 10 may be made into a monolayer structure.
- the material of the first sputtered layer 15 in the embodiment may be changed from titanium to chromium.
- the process for forming the resistance element 10 is not limited to the above mentioned manner, and may be as follows.
- a film made of a material for resists is first formed on the whole of the lower face 3 b of the aluminum nitride substrate 9 by RF sputtering.
- openings are made into a pattern at given positions of the film.
- the openings correspond to positions where the pieces of the resistance element 10 are to be formed.
- a thin metal layer is formed on the resist by RF sputtering. Thereafter, the resist that has become unnecessary is exfoliated.
- the resistance element 10 can be easily and surely formed.
- the thin metal layer constituting the resistance element 10 maybe formed by a method other than RF sputtering, for example, ECR sputtering, bipolar sputtering, magnetron sputtering and the like
- RF sputtering for example, ECR sputtering, bipolar sputtering, magnetron sputtering and the like
- the film-depositing method based on a dry process other than sputtering it is allowable to adopt, for example, a physical film-deposition method such as ion plating, a cluster ion beam process, vacuum deposition or PVD, or a chemical film-deposition method, such as CVD.
- the surface polishing processing onto the insulating substrate before the film-depositing step may be omitted if it is unnecessary.
- the product to be heated is not limited to the semiconductor wafer W 1 , and may be a product other than it.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
- Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
- Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
- Power Engineering (AREA)
- Surface Heating Bodies (AREA)
- Resistance Heating (AREA)
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a hot plate making it possible to heat an object to be heated uniformly, and the hot plate of the present invention is characterized in that a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate.
Description
- The present invention relates to a hot plate and a process for producing the same.
- In the case that, for example, a silicon wafer subjected to a photosensitive resin applying step is heated and dried in a process for producing a semiconductor, a heating device called a hot plate is usually used. Conventionally, such a hot plate has a structure a resistance element is arranged on the lower face side of a ceramic substrate. Such a resistance element is formed using, for example, silver paste. Specifically, in the state that a mask for screen printing is set up, silver paste is printed on a substrate through openings in the mask by moving a squeegee in a given direction. After the mask is taken off, the printed paste layer is heated so that a resistance element having a given pattern is baked on the substrate (for example, Japanese Kokai Publication Hei 11-40330 (1999) and so on).
- When a hot plate is used, a silicon wafer, which is an object to be heated, is put on the upper surface of the hot plate. By sending an electric current to its resistance element in this state, the resistance element generates heat to heat the whole of the silicon wafer.
- Incidentally, for a hot plate, the performance of heating a silicon wafer uniformly is required in order to reduce dispersion in temperature inside the silicon wafer to a minimum. In spite of this, the above mentioned conventional hot plate does not have the performance of generating uniform heat that satisfies a level required in recent years. In the present situation, even a cause that the performance of generating uniform heat deteriorates is not necessarily clear. Thus, in the case that the diameter of silicon wafers becomes still larger hereafter, silicon wafers having a high quality cannot be produced even if the above mentioned hot plate is used.
- Thus, the inventors made eager investigation for clearing up the cause that the performance of generating uniform heat deteriorates. As a result, the following unexpected finding has been obtained.
- Namely, in a screen printing step of silver paste, in the state that a mask is set up, a squeegee is moved to print the silver paste, and subsequently the mask is taken off from the substrate. At this time of taking off, the silver paste adheres to the mask. Thus, if the mask is taken off in the state that the drying of the paste is unfinished, a portion of the silver paste adheres to the mask. For this reason, the surface of the printed paste layer becomes rough so that dispersion in the thickness of the resistance element gets large. As a result, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element increases so that dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element increases. It has been found out that this fact is a main cause that the performance of generating uniform heat deteriorates.
- Graphs of FIGS.5(a) and 5(b) show data obtained when a resistance element was measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter in order to demonstrate the state that distribution of the thickness of the resistance element is generated. It can be understood from FIGS. 5(a) and (b) that the thickness dispersion is more remarkably generated in the portion perpendicular to the printing direction (that is, the direction along which the squeegee moves) than in the portion parallel to this direction.
- Thus, the inventors have considered that if the dispersion in the thickness of the resistance element is made small, the performance of generating uniform heat can be improved. As a result, the inventors have got the idea on the present invention as described below. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a hot plate making it possible to heat an object to be heated uniformly, and a process for producing the hot plate.
- In order to solve the above mentioned problems, a subject matter of a first aspect of the present invention is a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less and preferably ±1 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate.
- In the present specification, the thickness dispersion is defined as follows. When the surface of the insulating substrate is set to a zero point and a surface roughness curve of the surface of the resistance element is drawn with a stylus type surface roughness meter, this curve represents the thickness. Thus, along this curve, 10 points are arbitrarily selected. Average thickness Tav can be obtained by averaging them. The maximum thickness at the measured points is defined as Tmax, and the minimum thickness at the measured points is defined as Tmin. The larger value between the absolute value of Tmax−Tav and that of Tmin−Tav is defined as a dispersion. In the case that the absolute value of Tmin−Tav is larger one, the symbol “˜” is attached to the value of a dispersion. The Tmin−Tav does not exceed the average thickness Tav.
- In the first aspect of the present invention, the thickness of the resistance element is desirably from 0.5 to 500 μm, and more desirably from 1 to 10 μm. The surface roughness Ra of the insulating substrate surface on which a resistance element is formed is desirably 2.0 μm or less and more desirably 1 μm or less. The above mentioned insulating substrate is desirably a nitride ceramic substrate or a carbide ceramic substrate.
- In the first aspect of the present invention, the resistance element is desirably made of scaly noble metal powder. It is also desirable that the resistance element has a multilayer structure and the layer nearest to the substrate among a plurality of the layers constituting the resistance element is made of titanium or chromium.
- In the first aspect of the present invention, the resistance element is desirably composed of a first layer made of titanium, a second layer made of molybdenum and having a larger thickness than the first layer, on the first layer, and a third layer made of nickel and having an intermediate thickness between the thickness of the first layer and that of the second layer, on the second layer. The resistance element is preferably composed of a titanium layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 μm, a molybdenum layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 7.0 μm, on the titanium layer, and a nickel layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 2.5 μm on the molybdenum layer.
- A second aspect of the present invention is a process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate, characterized by forming a resistance element by a film-depositing method based on a dry process.
- In the second aspect of the present invention, the resistance element is desirably formed by RF sputtering.
- The subject matter of a third present invention is a process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate, which is characterized by printing a resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder and firing the paste.
- The “effect” of the present invention will be described hereinafter.
- According to the first aspect of the present invention, the thickness dispersion of the resistance element formed on the insulating substrate is ±3 μm or less, and is smaller than that of conventional hot plates. For this reason, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element becomes small. As a result, the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element becomes small, so that an object to be heated can be uniformly heated. The inventors have obtained the finding from tests that by setting the surface roughness Ra of the ceramic substrate surface on which a resistance element is formed to 2.0 μm or less and desirably 1.0 μm or less, the thickness dispersion of the resistance element can be further reduced.
- According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the case of the film-depositing method based on a dry process, the thickness dispersion of the formed resistance element becomes small. The resistance element becomes denser than resistance elements obtained by any film-depositing method based on a wet process, such as plating. Accordingly, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside the resistance element becomes small. As a result, the dispersion in the calorific value inside the resistance element becomes small. In short, when the production process of the present invention is carried out, a hot plate having the above mentioned superior properties can be easily and surely produced.
- If RF sputtering, which is one of physical film-depositing methods, is adopted in this case, the resistance element is made still denser so that inner defects are not easily generated in the resistance element. As a result, the dispersion in the value of resistivity becomes very small. Adhesiveness of the resistance element to the substrate also becomes very high so that a resistance element that is not easily exfoliated can be obtained.
- According to the third aspect of the present invention, even if a film-depositing method based on a wet process is adopted, a resistance element having a small thickness dispersion can be obtained by printing a resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder and firing the paste. The scaly noble powder is oriented when the paste is printed; therefore, the powder does not easily adhere to the mask so that the dispersion in the thickness of the resistance element becomes small.
- FIG. 1 is a general cross section view that schematically shows a hot plate unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a general bottom plain view of the hot plate according to the embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross section view of a main portion of the hot plate according to the embodiment.
- FIGS.4(a) to (c) are graphs showing measurement results of the Ra values of hot plates of respective examples.
- FIGS.5(a) and (b) are graphs showing measurement results of the Ra values of conventional hot plates.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Referring to FIGS.1 to 4, embodiments of the hot plate unit of the present invention will be specifically described hereinafter.
- FIG. 1 is a cross section view that schematically shows an embodiment of the hot plate unit of the present invention.
- This
hot plate unit 1 has acasing 2 and ahot plate 3 as main constituents. - The
casing 2 is a member made of a metal and having a bottom. Thecasing 2 has at its upper side anopening 4 having a circular section. Thehot plate 3 is fitted into thisopening 4 through anannular seal ring 14. A lead wire pulling-outhole 7, into which leadwires 6 for supplying an electric current are inserted, is made in the outer peripheral portion of a bottom 2 a of thecasing 2. Therespective lead wires 6 are pulled out from the hole to the outside of thecasing 2. - This
hot plate 3 is a hot plate for low temperature, which is a member for drying a silicon wafer W1 at 150 to 200° C., onto which a photosensitive resin is applied. Thehot plate 3 is made of a nitride ceramic substrate (specifically, aluminum nitride substrate) 9 which is an insulating substrate. The reason why aluminum nitride is selected as the material for the hot plate is that aluminum nitride has a higher thermal conductivity than other ceramics and is very advantageous for an improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat. - As the nitride ceramic, silicon nitride, boron nitride and the like may be used. Instead of the nitride ceramic, carbide ceramic such as silicon carbide, titanium carbide or boron carbide may be used.
- Also, if the hot plate is for low temperature, it is unnecessary that its insulating plate is made of a ceramic. A resin plate, such as an epoxy resin plate or a polyimide plate may be used.
- If a ceramic is used as the insulating substrate in the hot plate of the present invention, the hot plate can be used not only at low temperature but also at 200 to 800° C.
- The insulating
substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride according to the present embodiment is a disk-like member having a thickness of about 1 to 100 mm, and is designed in the manner that its diameter is somewhat smaller than the outer size of thecasing 2. - FIG. 2 is a bottom plain view showing the lower face of the insulating
substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride, and FIG. 3 is a cross section view that schematically showing a part thereof. - As shown in FIG. 2, a
resistance element 10 having a thickness distribution of ±3 μm or less is made into a given pattern on the surface on which a resistance element is formed (that is, a lower face) 3 b of the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride. In the case of this insulatingsubstrate 9, theresistance element 10 meanders on the whole of thelower face 3 b. The width of the pattern of theresistance element 10 is uniform and the value thereof is set to 500 μm.Circular pads 10 a for connecting a pin are made at both ends of theresistance element 10 and terminals pins 12 are connected thereto. - The surface roughness Ra of the lower face of the
aluminum nitride substrate 9 is desirably 2.0 μm or less, more desirably 1.0 μm or less, still more desirably 0.5 μm or less, and most desirably 0.1 μm or less. This is because the inventors have obtained the finding from tests that the thickness dispersion of theresistance element 10 can be reduced by making the surface roughness Ra of thelower face 3 b small. On the other hand, it is presumed that if the surface roughness Ra of thelower face 3 b is too large, unevenness at thelower face 3 b side of the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride influences theresistance element 10 so that unevenness is easily appeared in the upper face of theresistance element 10. - As shown in FIG. 3, the
resistance element 10 according to the present invention has a multilayer structure (specifically, a 3-layer structure).Respective layers - The
first layer 15 is formed to adhere closely to thelower face 3 b of thealuminum nitride substrate 9. Thesecond layer 16 is formed on thefirst layer 15 and thethird layer 17 is formed on thesecond layer 16. In other words, thefirst layer 15 is a lowermost layer, thethird layer 17 is an uppermost layer, and thesecond layer 16 is a layer positioned in the middle of the twolayers - In the case of the present embodiment wherein the
aluminum nitride substrate 9 is selected, thefirst layer 15 positioned nearer to the insulatingsubstrate 9, among the threelayers resistance element 10, is desirably made of titanium or chromium. Furthermore, thefirst layer 15 is more preferably made of titanium having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 μm. This is because titanium has superior adhesiveness onto a nitride ceramic such as aluminum nitride and makes it possible to improve the adhesive strength as the whole of theresistance element 10. If the titanium layer (Ti layer) which is thefirst layer 15 is too thin, it is feared that the adhesiveness cannot be sufficiently improved. On the other hand, if the first layer (Ti layer) 15 is too thick, the adhesiveness is suitably improved but it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise. - The metal material making the
third layer 17 is desirably nickel. The reasons why nickel is selected are as follows. First, by coating with nickel, the surface of theresistance element 10 is prevented from being oxidized so that the dispersion in the value of resistivity can be still more reduced. Second, solder adheres easily to nickel; therefore, nickel is suitable for the case in which the nickel will be connected to pins afterward. - In the above mentioned case, the thickness of the nickel layer (Ni layer), which is the third layer, is desirable an intermediate thickness between that of the
first layer 15 and that of thesecond layer 16. Specifically, the third layer is desirably formed to have a thickness within the range of 0.4 to 2.5 μm. If thenickel layer 17 is too thin, it is feared that the above mentioned surface oxidization preventing effect is insufficient. On the other hand, if thenickel layer 17 is too thick, sufficient surface oxidization preventing effect can be obtained but it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise. - As the metal material making the
second layer 16, molybdenum is desirably selected. The reasons why molybdenum is selected are as follows. First, the adhesiveness between titanium and nickel is improved by interposition of molybdenum. Second, combination of nickel and molybdenum makes it possible to maintain the thickness of theresistance element 10 more easily than only use of nickel. Third, the specific resistance and sputtering rate of molybdenum are substantially equivalent to those of nickel. - In the above mentioned case, it is desirable that the molybdenum layer (Mo layer), which is the second layer, is formed to have a larger thickness than the
first layer 15. Specifically, the molybdenum layer is desirably formed to have a thickness within the range of 0.5 to 7.0 μm. If themolybdenum layer 16 is too thin, it is feared that the improvement in adhesiveness between thefirst layer 15 and thethird layer 17 and the maintenance of the thickness of theresistance element 10 cannot be sufficiently attained. On the other hand, if themolybdenum layer 16 is too thick, it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise. - The resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder is preferably made of one or more noble metal powders, an oxide and an organic vehicle.
- The noble metal is preferably one or more kind(s) selected from gold, silver, platinum and palladium. The oxide is preferably at least one or more kind(s) selected from lead oxide, zinc oxide, silica, boron oxide and alumna. As the organic vehicle, cellulose acetate and the like can be used.
- The resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder is oriented when it is printed. Therefore, the paste does not adhere easily to the mask.
- The total thickness of the
resistance element 10 is preferably from 1 to 500 μm. More preferably from 1 to 10 μm, still more preferably from 1 to 5 μm and most preferably from 2 to 4 μm. The reason of this is explained as follows. For instance, if theresistance element 10 is made thicker than is needed in the case of a physical film-depositing method, a total film-depositing period becomes long. As a result, it is feared that productivity drops or costs rise. On the other hand, if theresistance element 10 is too thin, the degree of the dispersion in the value of resistivity resulting from the dispersion in the thickness increases so that the performance of generating uniform heat cannot be sufficiently improved. - The resistance element having a thickness of 10 μm or less can be formed by printing a resistance paste or RF sputtering. In the case that the thickness is over 10 μm, a method of laminating a metal foil and the like can also be adopted. The metal foil has a small thickness dispersion and is profitable for the present invention.
- As shown in FIGS.1 to 3, base portions of the terminal pins 12 made of a conductive material are connected to
pads 10 a at two ends of theresistance element 10 with solder. Electrical conduction is attained between each of the terminal pins 12 and theresistance element 10. Asocket 6 a having alead wire 6 is fitted onto the tip of each of the terminal pins 12. Therefore, when an electric current is supplied to theresistance element 10 through thelead wire 6 and thepin 12, theresistance element 10 generates heat so that the whole of thehot plate 3 is heated to about 150 to 200° C. - The following will briefly describe an example of the process for producing the
hot plate 3. - If necessary, a sintering aid such as yttrium, a binder and so on are added to aluminum nitride powder to prepare a mixture. The mixture is homogeneously kneaded with a three-roll and the like to prepare a pasty kneaded product. This kneaded product is used as a raw material to produce a disc-like molded green product having a thickness of about 1 to 25 mm by press-molding.
- The produced green molded product is subjected to punching or drilling to form holes. In this way, non-illustrated pin-inserting holes are formed. Next, the green molded product subjected to the hole-making step is dried, and subjected to pre-sintering and real sintering to sinter the product completely. In this way, the insulating
substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is produced. The sintering step is desirably carried out with a hot press machine, and the temperature in this step is desirably set to about 1500 to 2000° C. - Thereafter, the insulating
substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is cut out into a circular form having a given diameter (230 mmφ in the present embodiment), and this is subjected to surface polishing processing, using a buffing machine and the like. At this time, a diamond grindstone is used as a grindstone to polish the substrate in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of thelower face 3 b of the insulatingsubstrate 9 is made to 1.0 μm or less. Namely, at this time, thelower face 3 b is made to a mirror plane. - Subsequently, the whole of the
lower face 3 b, made to the mirror plane, of the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is subjected to a film-depositing step based on a dry process. In the present embodiment, RF sputtering is adopted as one of film-depositing steps based on a dry process. More specifically, a device having both a high-frequency power source and a DC power source (a FR-DC coupled type bias sputtering device) is used to perform sputtering. At this time, titanium, molybdenum and nickel are sputtered in this order to laminate and form thin metal layers, which are three layers, on thelower face 3 b of the substrate. Next, a resist having a given pattern is formed on the thin metal layers. With the resist on, etching is performed to form theresistance element 10 having a given shape and having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less. - Thereafter, the terminals pins12 are bonded to the
respective pads 10 a through solder S1. After thehot plate 3 is completed in this way, this is fitted into theopening 4 in thecasing 2 so as to complete the desiredhot plate unit 1 shown in FIG. 1. - The present invention will be more specifically described hereinafter.
- (Production of Samples)
- Here, according to the above mentioned process, four types of samples for tests, comprising the insulating
substrate 9 made of aluminum nitride, were produced. Insamples resistance element 10 having a three-layer structure and having a pattern width of 500 μm was formed by RF sputtering, the thickness of the whole thereof was set up to 3 μm. The thickness of a titanium layer, which was thefirst layer 15, that of a molybdenum layer, which was thesecond layer 16, and that of a nickel layer, which was thethird layer 17, were set up to 0.2 μm, 2.0 μm, and 0.8 μm, respectively. In the surface polishing step before a film-depositing step, polishing was performed in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of the lower faces 3 b of the substrates 9 (the value measured with a stylus type surface roughness meter (E-RCS01A made by Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.)) would be made to 0.3 μm, 0.1 μm and 0.03 μm in thesamples - Furthermore, to 100 parts by weight of scaly silver powder (Ag-520, made by Showei Kogyou. Co), 7.5 parts by weight of metal oxides made of lead oxide, zinc oxide, silica, boron oxide and alumina (ratios by weight were 5/55/10/25/5) was added, to prepare a paste. This was printed on am aluminum substrate and sintered at 780° C. to obtain a hot plate as a sample 4 (Example 4).
- On the other hand, in a sample 5 (Comparative Example 1) the
resistance element 10 having a thickness of 6 μm was printed and formed on thelower face 3 b of the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride, using a commonly used silver paste (Solvest PS603D, made by Tokuriki Kagaku Kenkyu-zyo). Its pattern form and pattern width were set in the same way as in Examples 1 to 3. In the surface polishing step before a film-depositing step, polishing was performed in the manner that the surface roughness Ra of the lower faces 3 b of thesubstrates 9 would be made to about 3.0 μm. - (First Comparative Test)
- According to a method known in the prior art, the stylus type surface roughness meter was used to measure the values of the surface roughness Ra of the
resistance elements 10 in the 5 samples. Graphs of FIGS. 4(a), 4(b) and 4(c) show measured data on thesamples samples 1 to 3 were evidently smaller than the measured value of the sample 5. Namely, the thickness dispersions of theresistance elements 10 of thesamples 1 to 3 were ±1μm or less, and were +0.7 μm, +0.5 μm, and −0.3 μm, respectively. It was demonstrated that these thickness dispersions were far smaller than the thickness dispersion (+3.1 μm) in theresistance element 10 of the sample 5. The thickness dispersion of thesample 4 was +2.0 μm. It was also demonstrated that as the surface roughness Ra of thelower face 3 b of thesubstrate 9 was smaller, the thickness dispersion of theresistance element 10 was smaller. The values of Ra of thesamples 1 to 5 were 0.5 μm, 0.1 μm, 0.03 μm, 0.5 μm and 2.1 μm, respectively. - (Second Comparative Test)
- The
respective samples 1 to 5 were perpendicularly cut along the thickness direction of their substrates, and the cut surfaces of theresistance elements 10 were observed with an optical microscope. As a result, theresistance elements 10 of thesamples 1 to 3 had a dense structure which hardly had defects therein. On the other hand, in thesamples 4 and 5 defects were partly generated in theresistance element 10. Thesamples 4 and 5 were poorer than thesamples 1 to 3 in denseness. - (Third Comparative Test)
- Next, these 5 insulating
substrates 9 made of aluminum nitride were used to makehot plate units 1. In the state that the semiconductor wafer W1, which was an object to be heated, was put on each of the substrates, the wafer was actually heated. As the semiconductor wafer W1, a commercially available test wafer wherein temperature sensors (thermocouples) were beforehand embedded in plural positions was used. - In this test, the
hot plate 3 was heated to the set temperature (180° C. herein) by sending an electric current into theresistance element 10. In the state that the rate of temperature increase became about zero, the temperatures at the respective positions were measured with a thermo viewer (IR-16201-0012, made by Nippon Datum. Co) and the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value thereof (the value of the dispersion in the temperature) was calculated. - As a result, the values of the dispersion in the temperature were within 0.2° C., 0.15° C., 0.1° C., and 0.25° C. in the test wafers of the
samples lower face 3 b of the insulatingsubstrate 9 was smaller, the dispersion in the temperature in the test wafer was smaller. On the other hand, the value of the dispersion in the temperature in the sample 5 was 0.4° C. or less, and was evidently poorer than the results of thesamples 1 to 4. Not only on the test wafer side but also on the side of the insulatingsubstrate 9, multipoint-temperature-measurement was performed, so that substantially the same tendency as the above was recognized. The temperature was raised to 400° C., so that the values were 7° C., 6° C., 4° C., 7°C. and 10° C. in thesamples - Accordingly, the following effects can be obtained according to the respective examples of the present embodiments.
- (1) In this
hot plate 3, the thickness dispersion of theresistance element 10 formed on the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is ±3 μm or less and is smaller than conventional ones. For this reason, the dispersion in the value of resistivity inside theresistance element 10 is small so that the dispersion in the calorific value inside theresistance element 10 is small. As a result, it is possible to realize thehot plate 3 that can heat the semiconductor wafer W1 uniformly, namely, thehot plate 3 that is superior in the performance of generating uniform heat. - (2) When this
hot plate 3 for heating a wafer is used, finally a semiconductor chip having a high quality can be effectively produced. - (3) In the respective examples of the present embodiment, a surface polishing processing step before a film-depositing step is carried out to set the surface roughness Ra of the
lower face 3 b of the insulatingsubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride to 2.0 μm or less. Therefore, the thickness dispersion of theresistance element 10 can be still more reduced. The execution of such processing results in a greater improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat. - (4) In this
hot plate 3, thesubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride is used. Therefore, the influence coming from the dispersion in heat-generating temperature of theresistance element 10 can be cancelled out to some extent by high thermal conductivity of thesubstrate 9 itself. In other words, the selection of thesubstrate 9 made of aluminum nitride contributes to a greater improvement in the performance of generating uniform heat. - (5) When the
resistance element 10 having a three-layer structure made of titanium, molybdenum and nickel is formed in thishot plate 3, the total thickness thereof, and the thickness oflayers resistance element 10 superior in the performance of generating uniform heat, adhesiveness and so on can be formed without damaging productivity or costs. - (6) In the respective Examples of the present embodiment, the
resistance element 10 is formed by RF sputtering, which is one of physical film-depositing methods. For this reason, the thickness dispersion of the obtainedresistance element 10 is very small. Theresistance element 10 becomes denser as compared with film-depositing methods based on a wet process, such as plating. Thus, inner defects are not easily generated. As a result, the dispersion in the value of resistivity is very small so that the dispersion in the calorific value inside theresistance element 10 becomes very small and the performance of generating uniform heat can by highly improved. Theresistance element 10 that is not easily exfoliated can be obtained since the adhesiveness of theresistance element 10 to the insulatingsubstrate 9 becomes very high. In short, if this production process is carried out, the above mentioned excellenthot plate 3 can be easily and surely obtained. - The embodiment of the present invention may be modified as follows.
- The
resistance element 10 is not limited to the three-layer structure, and may be two-layer structure or a multilayer structure having four or more layers. Theresistance element 10 may be made into a monolayer structure. The material of the first sputteredlayer 15 in the embodiment may be changed from titanium to chromium. - The process for forming the
resistance element 10 is not limited to the above mentioned manner, and may be as follows. A film made of a material for resists is first formed on the whole of thelower face 3 b of thealuminum nitride substrate 9 by RF sputtering. Next, openings are made into a pattern at given positions of the film. The openings correspond to positions where the pieces of theresistance element 10 are to be formed. Next, a thin metal layer is formed on the resist by RF sputtering. Thereafter, the resist that has become unnecessary is exfoliated. By this method, theresistance element 10 can be easily and surely formed. - The thin metal layer constituting the
resistance element 10 maybe formed by a method other than RF sputtering, for example, ECR sputtering, bipolar sputtering, magnetron sputtering and the like As the film-depositing method based on a dry process other than sputtering, it is allowable to adopt, for example, a physical film-deposition method such as ion plating, a cluster ion beam process, vacuum deposition or PVD, or a chemical film-deposition method, such as CVD. - The surface polishing processing onto the insulating substrate before the film-depositing step may be omitted if it is unnecessary.
- The product to be heated is not limited to the semiconductor wafer W1, and may be a product other than it.
- As described-above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a hot plate making it possible to heat an object to be heated uniformly.
- According to the production process, the performance of generating uniform heat can be improved without damaging productivity or costs.
- It is also possible to provide a resistance element superior in performance of generating uniform heat, adhesiveness and so on, without damaging productivity or costs.
Claims (12)
1. A hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate.
2. The hot plate according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness dispersion of the resistance element is ±1 μm or less.
3. The hot plate according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the thickness of said resistance element is from 0.5 to 500 μm.
4. The hot plate according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of said resistance element is from 1 to 10 μm.
5. The hot plate according to any of claims 1 to 4 , wherein said insulating substrate is at least one kind selected from a nitride ceramic, a carbide ceramic and a resin.
6. The hot plate according to any of claims 1 to 5 , wherein said resistance element is made of scaly noble metal powder.
7. The hot plate according to any of claims 1 to 6 , characterized in that said resistance element has a multilayer structure, and among a plurality of layers constituting said resistance element, the layer nearest to the substrate is made of titanium or chromium.
8. The hot plate according to any of claims 1 to 7 , characterized in that said resistance element is composed of a first layer made of titanium; a second layer made of molybdenum and having a larger thickness than said first layer, on said first layer; and a third layer made of nickel and having an intermediate thickness between the thickness of said first layer and that of said second layer, on said second layer.
9. The hot plate according to any of claims 1 to 8 , characterized in that said resistance element is composed of a titanium layer having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 μm, a molybdenum layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 7.0 μm, on said titanium layer, and a nickel layer having a thickness of 0.4 to 2.5 μm, on said molybdenum layer.
10. A process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate,
characterized by forming said resistance element by a film-depositing method based on a dry process.
11. A process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate,
characterized by forming said resistance element by RF sputtering.
12. A process for producing a hot plate wherein a resistance element having a thickness dispersion of ±3 μm or less is formed on an insulating substrate,
characterized by printing a resistance element paste made of scaly noble metal powder and firing the paste.
Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
US10/624,589 US20040149723A1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2003-07-23 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
JP12697599 | 1999-05-07 | ||
JP11-126975 | 1999-05-07 | ||
US09/926,465 US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-27 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US10/624,589 US20040149723A1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2003-07-23 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
Related Parent Applications (2)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/JP2000/002749 Division WO2000069219A1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-27 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US09/926,465 Division US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-27 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US20040149723A1 true US20040149723A1 (en) | 2004-08-05 |
Family
ID=14948542
Family Applications (2)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US09/926,465 Expired - Lifetime US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-27 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US10/624,589 Abandoned US20040149723A1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2003-07-23 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
Family Applications Before (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US09/926,465 Expired - Lifetime US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2000-04-27 | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
Country Status (3)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (2) | US6967313B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1187511A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000069219A1 (en) |
Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US20030153897A1 (en) * | 2002-02-12 | 2003-08-14 | Russo Ronald D. | Closed system drainage and infusion connector valve |
US20040084762A1 (en) * | 2000-04-13 | 2004-05-06 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate |
US20040155025A1 (en) * | 1999-08-10 | 2004-08-12 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20040217105A1 (en) * | 1999-08-10 | 2004-11-04 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Semiconductor production device ceramic plate |
US20050008835A1 (en) * | 2000-03-06 | 2005-01-13 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate |
US20050011878A1 (en) * | 2000-07-25 | 2005-01-20 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate for semiconductor manufacture/inspection apparatus, ceramic heater, electrostatic clampless holder, and substrate for wafer prober |
US20050014031A1 (en) * | 2000-02-24 | 2005-01-20 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Aluminum nitride sintered body, ceramic substrate, ceramic heater and electrostatic chuck |
US20050016987A1 (en) * | 2000-04-07 | 2005-01-27 | Ibiden, Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20050023269A1 (en) * | 2000-07-04 | 2005-02-03 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Hot plate for semiconductor producing/examining device |
US20050153826A1 (en) * | 1999-09-06 | 2005-07-14 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Carbon-containing aluminum nitride sintered body, and ceramic substrate for a semiconductor producing/examining device |
US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2005-11-22 | Ibiden Company, Ltd. | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US20050258164A1 (en) * | 2000-06-16 | 2005-11-24 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Hot plate |
US20060088692A1 (en) * | 2004-10-22 | 2006-04-27 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic plate for a semiconductor producing/examining device |
US20120205361A1 (en) * | 2011-02-15 | 2012-08-16 | Asteer Co., Ltd. | Method of Heating Plated Steel Plate |
Families Citing this family (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
ATE480126T1 (en) * | 2004-03-12 | 2010-09-15 | Panasonic Corp | HEATING ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF |
JP2008098613A (en) * | 2006-09-12 | 2008-04-24 | Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd | Flexible print circuit board |
JP2009123577A (en) * | 2007-11-16 | 2009-06-04 | Ulvac Japan Ltd | Substrate heating device |
FR2927218B1 (en) * | 2008-02-06 | 2010-03-05 | Hydromecanique & Frottement | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEATING ELEMENT BY DEPOSITING THIN LAYERS ON AN INSULATING SUBSTRATE AND THE ELEMENT OBTAINED |
CN105693287B (en) * | 2016-01-21 | 2019-02-01 | 湘潭大学 | A method of preparing pocket porous ceramic matrix titanium Electric radiant Heating Film |
Citations (18)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3576722A (en) * | 1969-03-26 | 1971-04-27 | Bendix Corp | Method for metalizing ceramics |
US3883719A (en) * | 1974-05-10 | 1975-05-13 | Gen Electric | Glass-ceramic cooktop with film heaters |
US4849605A (en) * | 1988-03-11 | 1989-07-18 | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | Heating resistor and method for making same |
US5118983A (en) * | 1989-03-24 | 1992-06-02 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Thermionic electron source |
US5151871A (en) * | 1989-06-16 | 1992-09-29 | Tokyo Electron Limited | Method for heat-processing semiconductor device and apparatus for the same |
US5442239A (en) * | 1991-04-10 | 1995-08-15 | International Business Machines Corporation | Structure and method for corrosion and stress-resistant interconnecting metallurgy |
US5554839A (en) * | 1993-03-12 | 1996-09-10 | Nippondenso Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US5560851A (en) * | 1993-11-11 | 1996-10-01 | Hoechst Ceramtec Aktiengesellschaft | Process for producing ceramic heating elements |
US5643483A (en) * | 1994-04-11 | 1997-07-01 | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater made of fused silica glass having roughened surface |
US6133557A (en) * | 1995-01-31 | 2000-10-17 | Kyocera Corporation | Wafer holding member |
US20020043530A1 (en) * | 1999-11-19 | 2002-04-18 | Yasutaka Ito | Ceramic heater |
US20020043527A1 (en) * | 1999-11-30 | 2002-04-18 | Yasutaka Ito | Ceramic heater |
US20020055021A1 (en) * | 2000-01-18 | 2002-05-09 | Takeo Niwa | Ceramic substrate and sintered aluminum nitride |
US6458444B1 (en) * | 1998-03-24 | 2002-10-01 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Ceramic substrate and polishing method thereof |
US6465763B1 (en) * | 1999-08-09 | 2002-10-15 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US6475606B2 (en) * | 2000-01-21 | 2002-11-05 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic board for apparatuses for semiconductor manufacture and inspection |
US6507006B1 (en) * | 2000-02-25 | 2003-01-14 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate and process for producing the same |
US6677557B2 (en) * | 2000-05-02 | 2004-01-13 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
Family Cites Families (16)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3579722A (en) * | 1967-06-01 | 1971-05-25 | Bayer Ag | Apparatus for continuous production of foam plastic sections |
JPS5688319A (en) * | 1979-12-19 | 1981-07-17 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | Method for forming film pattern |
JPS59165395A (en) * | 1983-03-09 | 1984-09-18 | いすゞ自動車株式会社 | Heat generating element |
DE3466195D1 (en) * | 1984-01-27 | 1987-10-22 | Toshiba Kk | Thermal head |
JPS6110893A (en) * | 1984-06-26 | 1986-01-18 | 株式会社東芝 | Heat generator |
JPS62167396U (en) * | 1986-04-11 | 1987-10-23 | ||
US4804823A (en) * | 1986-07-31 | 1989-02-14 | Kyocera Corporation | Ceramic heater |
US5112570A (en) * | 1988-04-04 | 1992-05-12 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Two-phase pressure drop reduction bwr assembly design |
JPH01315903A (en) | 1988-06-14 | 1989-12-20 | Tdk Corp | Electricaly conductive paste and chip parts |
JP2754814B2 (en) | 1989-12-12 | 1998-05-20 | 松下電器産業株式会社 | Heater element |
JPH09139278A (en) * | 1995-11-14 | 1997-05-27 | Dai Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co Ltd | Resistor paste for heater |
JP3165396B2 (en) * | 1997-07-19 | 2001-05-14 | イビデン株式会社 | Heater and manufacturing method thereof |
JP3477062B2 (en) * | 1997-12-26 | 2003-12-10 | 京セラ株式会社 | Wafer heating device |
JPH11251040A (en) * | 1998-02-27 | 1999-09-17 | Kyocera Corp | Ceramic heater and its manufacture |
US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2005-11-22 | Ibiden Company, Ltd. | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US20040035846A1 (en) | 2000-09-13 | 2004-02-26 | Yasuji Hiramatsu | Ceramic heater for semiconductor manufacturing and inspecting equipment |
-
2000
- 2000-04-27 US US09/926,465 patent/US6967313B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2000-04-27 WO PCT/JP2000/002749 patent/WO2000069219A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2000-04-27 EP EP00921046A patent/EP1187511A1/en not_active Withdrawn
-
2003
- 2003-07-23 US US10/624,589 patent/US20040149723A1/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (19)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3576722A (en) * | 1969-03-26 | 1971-04-27 | Bendix Corp | Method for metalizing ceramics |
US3883719A (en) * | 1974-05-10 | 1975-05-13 | Gen Electric | Glass-ceramic cooktop with film heaters |
US4849605A (en) * | 1988-03-11 | 1989-07-18 | Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. | Heating resistor and method for making same |
US5118983A (en) * | 1989-03-24 | 1992-06-02 | Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha | Thermionic electron source |
US5151871A (en) * | 1989-06-16 | 1992-09-29 | Tokyo Electron Limited | Method for heat-processing semiconductor device and apparatus for the same |
US5442239A (en) * | 1991-04-10 | 1995-08-15 | International Business Machines Corporation | Structure and method for corrosion and stress-resistant interconnecting metallurgy |
US5554839A (en) * | 1993-03-12 | 1996-09-10 | Nippondenso Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US5560851A (en) * | 1993-11-11 | 1996-10-01 | Hoechst Ceramtec Aktiengesellschaft | Process for producing ceramic heating elements |
US5643483A (en) * | 1994-04-11 | 1997-07-01 | Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater made of fused silica glass having roughened surface |
US6133557A (en) * | 1995-01-31 | 2000-10-17 | Kyocera Corporation | Wafer holding member |
US6458444B1 (en) * | 1998-03-24 | 2002-10-01 | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | Ceramic substrate and polishing method thereof |
US6465763B1 (en) * | 1999-08-09 | 2002-10-15 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20020043530A1 (en) * | 1999-11-19 | 2002-04-18 | Yasutaka Ito | Ceramic heater |
US20030015521A1 (en) * | 1999-11-19 | 2003-01-23 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20020043527A1 (en) * | 1999-11-30 | 2002-04-18 | Yasutaka Ito | Ceramic heater |
US20020055021A1 (en) * | 2000-01-18 | 2002-05-09 | Takeo Niwa | Ceramic substrate and sintered aluminum nitride |
US6475606B2 (en) * | 2000-01-21 | 2002-11-05 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic board for apparatuses for semiconductor manufacture and inspection |
US6507006B1 (en) * | 2000-02-25 | 2003-01-14 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate and process for producing the same |
US6677557B2 (en) * | 2000-05-02 | 2004-01-13 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
Cited By (15)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US6967313B1 (en) | 1999-05-07 | 2005-11-22 | Ibiden Company, Ltd. | Hot plate and method of producing the same |
US20040217105A1 (en) * | 1999-08-10 | 2004-11-04 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Semiconductor production device ceramic plate |
US20040155025A1 (en) * | 1999-08-10 | 2004-08-12 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20050153826A1 (en) * | 1999-09-06 | 2005-07-14 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Carbon-containing aluminum nitride sintered body, and ceramic substrate for a semiconductor producing/examining device |
US20050014031A1 (en) * | 2000-02-24 | 2005-01-20 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Aluminum nitride sintered body, ceramic substrate, ceramic heater and electrostatic chuck |
US20050008835A1 (en) * | 2000-03-06 | 2005-01-13 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate |
US20050016987A1 (en) * | 2000-04-07 | 2005-01-27 | Ibiden, Co., Ltd. | Ceramic heater |
US20040084762A1 (en) * | 2000-04-13 | 2004-05-06 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate |
US20050258164A1 (en) * | 2000-06-16 | 2005-11-24 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Hot plate |
US20050023269A1 (en) * | 2000-07-04 | 2005-02-03 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Hot plate for semiconductor producing/examining device |
US20050011878A1 (en) * | 2000-07-25 | 2005-01-20 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic substrate for semiconductor manufacture/inspection apparatus, ceramic heater, electrostatic clampless holder, and substrate for wafer prober |
US20030153897A1 (en) * | 2002-02-12 | 2003-08-14 | Russo Ronald D. | Closed system drainage and infusion connector valve |
US20060088692A1 (en) * | 2004-10-22 | 2006-04-27 | Ibiden Co., Ltd. | Ceramic plate for a semiconductor producing/examining device |
US20120205361A1 (en) * | 2011-02-15 | 2012-08-16 | Asteer Co., Ltd. | Method of Heating Plated Steel Plate |
US8772674B2 (en) * | 2011-02-15 | 2014-07-08 | Asteer Co., Ltd. | Method of heating plated steel plate |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
WO2000069219A1 (en) | 2000-11-16 |
US6967313B1 (en) | 2005-11-22 |
EP1187511A1 (en) | 2002-03-13 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US6967313B1 (en) | Hot plate and method of producing the same | |
US7071551B2 (en) | Device used to produce or examine semiconductors | |
US7084376B2 (en) | Semiconductor production device ceramic plate | |
US6891263B2 (en) | Ceramic substrate for a semiconductor production/inspection device | |
US6849938B2 (en) | Ceramic substrate for semiconductor production and inspection | |
US6964812B2 (en) | Carbon-containing aluminum nitride sintered compact and ceramic substrate for use in equipment for manufacturing or inspecting semiconductor | |
US6888106B2 (en) | Ceramic heater | |
KR20020092967A (en) | Ceramic substrate and its production method | |
US20040155025A1 (en) | Ceramic heater | |
KR20090075887A (en) | Ceramic electrostatic chuck assembly and method of making | |
US20040097359A1 (en) | Aluminum nitride sintered body, method for producing aluminum nitride sintered body, ceramic substrate and method for producing ceramic substrate | |
WO2019131611A1 (en) | Ceramic device | |
WO2001006559A1 (en) | Wafer prober | |
JP4686996B2 (en) | Heating device | |
JP4025497B2 (en) | Wafer heating device | |
JP3157070U (en) | Ceramic heater | |
JP4002409B2 (en) | Wafer heating device | |
JP3320706B2 (en) | Wafer prober, ceramic substrate used for wafer prober, and wafer prober device | |
JP2001118759A (en) | Ceramic substrate for semiconductor manufacturing and inspecting device | |
JP2001135681A (en) | Wafer prober device | |
JP2003077963A (en) | Chuck top for wafer prober | |
JP2001135682A (en) | Wafer prober and ceramic substrate to be used therefor | |
JPH10172734A (en) | Ceramic heating and manufacture thereof | |
JP2002158165A (en) | Wafer heating system | |
WO2002035603A1 (en) | Wafer prover device, and ceramic substrate used for wafer prover device |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
STCB | Information on status: application discontinuation |
Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION |