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Support apparatus for semiconductor wafer processing

  • US 6,576,064 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/1997
  • Issued: 06/10/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for supporting a surface of a semiconductor wafer during thermal processing, comprising:

  • a support fixture comprising a plate-like member; and

    a wafer support means consisting of first and second arrays of uniformly spaced projecting points having substantially the same height above said plate-like member, wherein said first and second arrays of projecting points are disposed on said support fixture at respective first and second concentric diameters, wherein said first diameter is equal to about 10% to 70% of a diameter of the semiconductor wafer and said second diameter is equal to about 70% to 100% of the semiconductor wafer diameter, said support fixture and said wafer support means selected from the group of materials consisting of quartz, silicon carbide and graphite.

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