Patent ID: 8129016

Claim:
A substrate supporting member comprising: a plate-shaped ceramic body having a surface serving as a substrate supporting surface; a plate-shaped composite material body joined to a surface of the ceramic body opposite to the substrate supporting surface with a joint material made of aluminum alloy and having a thickness of 50 to 200 μm interposed therebetween, the plate-shaped composite material body being made of porous ceramic with pores filled with metal, and the composite material body having a porosity of more than 0% and not more than 5%; and a metallic plate joined to a surface of the composite material body opposite to the surface joined to the ceramic body with a joint material made of aluminum alloy and having a thickness of 50 to 200 μm interposed therebetween, wherein either (i) the ceramic body is made of ceramic mainly composed of aluminum nitride, and the metallic plate is made of at least a metallic material selected from molybdenum and KOVAR, or (ii) the ceramic body is made of ceramic mainly composed of alumina and the metallic plate is made of at least a metallic material selected from titanium and niobium, or an alloy thereof, wherein a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the metallic plate and the ceramic body is not more than 1.0×10 −6 /K, wherein the porous ceramic of the composite material body is alumina, sialon or silicon carbide, and wherein the metallic plate has a thickness of not less than 0.2 mm and not more than 3 mm.