Patent ID: 11887884
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A substrate processing system, comprising:
a chamber body that defines a processing region and a transfer region;
a lid plate seated on the chamber body;
a liner positioned atop the lid plate;
a faceplate that is positioned atop the liner;
a substrate support disposed within the chamber body, the substrate support being vertically translatable within the chamber body between a process position and a transfer position, wherein the substrate support comprises:
a support plate comprising a heater;
a shaft that is coupled with a bottom of the support plate;
a bowl disposed about the shaft and spaced a distance below the support plate;
a plurality of metallic straps that couple the bottom of the support plate with the bowl;
a hard stop coupled with the support plate that pushes the bowl downward as the substrate support is translated to the transfer position; and
a coupling that pushes the bowl upward as the substrate support is translated to the process position, wherein: the bowl contacts a bottom surface of the liner when the substrate support is in the process position; and
the bowl is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the liner and a distal end of the at least one hard stop contacts the bowl when the substrate support is in the transfer position; and
a radio frequency source coupled with the substrate support, wherein in the process position, a closed radio frequency circuit is formed between the radio frequency source, the substrate support, the plurality of metallic straps, the liner, and the faceplate.