Patents Assigned to MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12089296
    Abstract: A ceramic heater includes a heating element, and the ceramic heater is characterized in that connecting portions connecting concentric circumferences of the heating element included in the ceramic heater are formed such that symmetrical axes of pairs of the connecting portions do not pass through a center of the heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Won Yun, Chul Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 12040209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic chuck heater and a manufacturing method therefor and, more particularly, to an electrostatic chuck heater comprising: a ground electrode; and an electrostatic chuck electrode spaced a predetermined distance apart from the outside of the ground electrode, wherein the heater can reduce the phenomenon of rising of a wafer edge and thus can significantly reduce the temperature deviation according to positions on a heating surface of an object, such as a wafer, so as to increase the temperature uniformity of the heating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Jung, Jin Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11990322
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ceramic susceptor. The ceramic susceptor of the present disclosure may include: an insulating plate in which a RF electrode is disposed; a shaft connected to the insulating plate at one end and comprising a separator at a remaining end; a connection mount having an upper portion connected to the remaining end of the shaft; a first rod and a second rod connected to the RF electrode and penetrating the separator to extend into the connection mount; and a connection member disposed in the connection mount and connecting the first rod and the second rod extending into the connection mount to a draw-in rod, wherein the connection member may include an elastic member configured to absorb a difference in deformation due to heat among the first rod, the second rod, and the draw-in rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Haneum Bae, Jusung Lee
  • Patent number: 11963270
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ceramic susceptor. The ceramic susceptor of the present disclosure may include a ceramic plate having a heating element disposed thereon and at least one hole. The heating element may include a plurality of concentric circular patterns, each of the concentric circular patterns may include arc portions extending in a circumferential direction and a transverse portion interconnecting the arc portions, and among the arc portions of the plurality of concentric circular patterns, each of the arc portions, which face each other across the hole, may include, in a portion thereof, a protrusion protruding toward the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Hankyun Yoo, Junghyun Park, Junsung Lee
  • Patent number: 11955320
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ceramic susceptor. The ceramic susceptor of the present disclosure includes: an insulating plate on which a high-frequency electrode is disposed; a shaft connected to the insulating plate; a connection mount connected to a longitudinal end of the shaft; a first rod and a second rod, which are connected to the high-frequency electrode, pass through the longitudinal end of the shaft, and extend to the connection mount; and a connection member disposed in the connection mount, wherein the connection member connects the first rod to the second rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Sung Lee, Haneum Bae
  • Patent number: 11937345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic heater. The ceramic heater of the present invention comprises: a heater plate in which a heating element is disposed and which is made of a ceramic material; a shaft which has a tubular shape with a through-hole and is coupled to the bottom surface of the heater plate and in which a rod for supplying power to the heating element through the through-hole is received; and a continuous or discontinuous air pocket which is provided in a joint with which the heater plate and the shaft come into contact and by which the heater plate and the shaft are coupled to each other, wherein the air pocket is formed along the joining surface of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung Chul Jin
  • Patent number: 11908725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrostatic chuck heater having a bipolar structure, the electrostatic chuck heater comprising: a heater body having an internal electrode and an external electrode for selectively performing any one of an RF grounding function and an electrostatic chuck function according to a semiconductor process mode; and a heater support mounted below the heater body so as to support the heater body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Young Choi, Jun Won Seo, Ju Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11908667
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ceramic susceptor. The ceramic susceptor of the present disclosure includes: an insulating plate on which a high-frequency electrode is disposed; a shaft connected to the insulating plate; a connection mount connected to a longitudinal end of the shaft; a first rod and a second rod, which are connected to the high-frequency electrode, pass through the longitudinal end of the shaft, and extend to the connection mount; and a connection member disposed in the connection mount, wherein the connection member connects the first rod to the second rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Sung Lee, Haneum Bae
  • Patent number: 11735459
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrostatic chuck. The electrostatic chuck according to the present disclosure may include a base substrate; an electrostatic chuck plate fixed on the base substrate, the electrostatic chuck plate having an electrode therein; and an electrode part disposed in a hole in the base substrate to supply power to the electrode, wherein the electrode part may include a housing inserted into the hole in the base substrate, an electrode rod passing through the inner wall of the housing such that one end thereof is in contact with the electrode; and an elastic support body configured to support the electrode rod at multiple points on the inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Mina Cho, Jung Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11581211
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrostatic chuck with a cooling structure using a cooling gas. The electrostatic chuck comprises: an electrostatic chuck plate that includes a plurality of first cooling gas holes formed in a first region and a plurality of second cooling gas holes formed in a second region; and a base member that includes a first flow path pattern connected to the plurality of first cooling gas holes, a second flow path pattern connected to the plurality of second cooling gas holes, and an inlet moving pattern changing a position of an inlet of a cooling gas injected into the first flow path pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MICO CERAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Jeonghun Hwang, Hankyun Yoo
  • Patent number: 11508586
    Abstract: An aluminum nitride sintered body contains 1 to 5% by weight of yttrium oxide (Y2O3), 10 to 100 ppm by weight of titanium (Ti), and the balance being aluminum nitride (AlN). Accordingly, a volume resistance value and thermal conductivity at a high temperature are improved, and the generation of impurities during a semiconductor manufacturing process can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Ho Chae, Hyo Sung Park, Duck Won Ahn, Tae Hee Kang
  • Patent number: 11395377
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ceramic heater and a ceramic plate for a ceramic heater, wherein, in order to prevent crack development at a ceramic surface around an electrode part and thereby improve durability, the end of a support part for an electrode rod is spaced apart from the ceramic surface opposite thereto, and a space for placing a filler mass is provided around the end of the support part for the electrode rod, whereby force or stress applied to the ceramic surface due to the expansion of the support part or by the filler mass is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MICo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventors: Myoung Ha Park, Chul Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11309206
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electro static chuck. Disclosed is an electro static chuck which includes: a base substrate; and an electro static chuck plate fixed onto the base substrate and including a plurality of electrodes to which biases for chucking and dechucking are applied, in which the plurality of electrodes includes a spiral pattern extending from a start point of an edge of the electro static chuck plate toward an end point of a center and a rotational angle of the spiral pattern is 360°n (n is a real number of 1 to 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonghun Hwang, Hankyun Yoo, Sangbum Cho
  • Patent number: 11133202
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate heating apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to a substrate heating apparatus including a first heating element located in an inner region of the substrate heating apparatus, a second heating element located in an outer region, and a third heating element supplying current to the second heating element passing through the inner region, wherein the diameter of a wire constituting the third heating element is thicker than the diameter of a wire constituting the second heating element, thereby inhibiting the generation of an overheating region by the heating of the third heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Jung, Jin Young Choi, Yoon Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20200303205
    Abstract: An aluminum nitride sintered body contains 1 to 5% by weight of yttrium oxide (Y2O3), 10 to 100 ppm by weight of titanium (Ti), and the balance being aluminum nitride (AlN). Accordingly, a volume resistance value and thermal conductivity at a high temperature are improved, and the generation of impurities during a semiconductor manufacturing process can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: MiCo Ceramics Ltd.
    Inventors: Je Ho CHAE, Hyo Sung PARK, Duck Won AHN, Tae Hee KANG