Patent 11837574 was granted and assigned to Tokyo Electron on December, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A bonding apparatus includes a holder; a pressing member; and a curvature adjuster. The holder is configured to attract and hold a substrate to be bonded. The pressing member is configured to come into contact with a central portion of the substrate attracted to and held by the holder and press the substrate to allow the central portion of the substrate to be protruded. The curvature adjuster is configured to adjust a curvature of the substrate pressed by the pressing member.