CASSETTE STRUCTURES AND RELATED METHODS FOR BATCH PROCESSING IN EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION OPERATIONS

• Main Author: PATIL, Aniketnitin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.05.2024
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

A cassette support system is disclosed and includes a pedestal assembly, with a shaft, a plurality of arms coupled to the shaft and extending radially from the shaft, wherein at least two radially adjacent arms included in the plurality of arms are separated by an angle of about 130 degrees or greater, a plurality of cassette supporting arms, with each cassette supporting arm extending from an end of an arm included in the plurality of arms, and one or more substrate support rings, wherein each substrate support ring includes a ridge defined along an inner circumference of the substrate support ring where the ridge configured to receive a substrate.