Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Apparatus – Electrolytic
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Phasge, Arun S. (Department: 1753)
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Apparatus
Electrolytic
C204S280000, C204S286100, C204S297010, C204S297060, C204S297070, C204S297080, C204S297090, C204S297100, C204S297140
Reexamination Certificate
active
06939448
ABSTRACT:
Contact assemblies, electroplating machines with contact assemblies, and methods for making contact assemblies that are used in the fabrication of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can be wet-contact assemblies or dry-contact assemblies. A contact assembly for use in an electroplating system can comprise a support member and a contact system coupled to the support member. The support member, for example, can be a ring or another structure that has an inner wall defining an opening configured to allow the workpiece to move through the support member along an access path. In one embodiment, the support member is a conductive ring having a plurality of posts depending from the ring that are spaced apart from one another by gaps. The contact system can be coupled to the posts of the support member. The contact system can have a plurality of contact members projecting inwardly into the opening relative to the support member and transversely with respect to the access path. The contact members can comprise electrically conductive biasing elements, such as fingers, that have a contact site and a dielectric coating covering at least a portion of the biasing elements. The contact members can also have a raised feature configured to engage the seed-layer on the workpiece for conducting the current to the seed-layer.
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Batz, Jr. Robert W.
Chen Lin-Lin
Klocke John L.
Pedersen John M.
Perkins Coie LLP
Phasge Arun S,.
Semitool Inc.
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