Patent ID: 9659803
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: H01L

Claim:
1. A cooling assembly for a substrate support, comprising: a cooling base having a first side for contacting the substrate support and providing cooling to the substrate support; a diffuser disposed on a second side of the cooling base, wherein the diffuser defines a plurality of cooling paths for delivering a cooling fluid towards the cooling base in a parallel manner and a plurality of returning tunnels disposed therethrough delivering the cooling fluid away from the cooling base; and an inlet/outlet plate disposed under the diffuser, wherein the inlet/outlet plate provides an interface between the cooling paths of the diffuser and an inlet and the returning tunnels of the diffuser and an outlet of a cooling fluid wherein the inlet/outlet plate includes inlet adapting channels forming flow paths between a single inlet and a plurality of inlet channels in the diffuser, and outlet adapting channels forming flow paths between a single outlet and a plurality of returning tunnels in the diffuser.