HEATING APPARATUS

• US 20090159588A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NGK Insulators Limited
• Original Assignee: NGK Insulators Limited
• Inventors: Aihara, Yasufumi, Morioka, Ikuhisa, TSURUTA, Hideyoshi
• Application Number:
  US12/206,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20090159588A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/444.100
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 21/67103 mainly by conduction

Abstract

A heating apparatus 10 includes a ceramic base 11 having a heating surface 11a and provided with a resistance heating body 12 embedded therein, and a temperature adjusting member 21 fixedly fastened proximal to a back surface of the ceramic base 11. A heat conductive member 14 having a thermal conductivity higher than the ceramic base 11 is provided between the heating surface of the ceramic base 11 and the resistance heating body 12. A gas is introduced to an air gap 31 between the ceramic base 11 and the temperature adjusting member 21 while controlling the gas pressure.

Claims

1. A heating apparatus comprising:

a base composed of a ceramic, and having a heating surface on which a substrate is set;

a heating body embedded in the base;

a heat conductive member provided between the heating surface of the base and the heating body and having a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the base; and

a temperature adjusting member provided proximal to a back surface of the base, wherein

a gap is provided between the base and the temperature adjusting member, and is connectable to a gas introduction apparatus which introduces a gas to the gap while adjusting a gas pressure in the gap.

2. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base is composed of a ceramic which contains alumina as a main component.

3. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base is composed of a ceramic which contains yttrium oxide as a main component.

4. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the base is composed of a ceramic which contains aluminum nitride as a main component.

5. The heating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the heat conductive member is composed of any one of aluminum and aluminum alloy.

6. The heating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the heat conductive member is composed of any one of indium and indium alloy.

7. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the heat conductive member is about 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.

8. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the heat conductive member is formed by a thermal compression bonding.

9. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the heat conductive member serves as a high frequency electrode.

10. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the base is divided into an upper portion on which the substrate is set, and a lower portion which faces the temperature adjusting member, and

the base has a three-layer structure having the heat conductive member provided between the upper portion and the lower portion.

11. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the base comprises an electrostatic electrode provided in the upper portion of the base, and

the heating body is provided in the lower portion of the base.

12. The heating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

a fixture is disposed proximal to a circumferential portion of the base and fixedly fastened the base to the temperature adjusting member, and

an gap is provided tightly sealed between the base and the temperature adjusting member, and communicates with an outside through a gas introduction path.

13. The heating apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

a spacer is provided between the base and the temperature adjusting member which are fixedly fastened to each other by the fixture.

14. The heating apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the gas introduction apparatus is connected to the gap between the base and the temperature adjusting member, and introduces the gas while adjusting the gas pressure.

15. The heating apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

the gas introduction apparatus can select a type of the gas introduced to the air gap between the base and the temperature adjusting member.