Patent 7338723 was granted and assigned to NGK Insulators on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An aluminum nitride substrate comprises a planar sintered aluminum nitride body containing carbon including free carbon and a substantially planar electrode buried in the sintered aluminum nitride body. The sintered aluminum nitride body includes a work mounting portion for placing a work thereon and a base layer having the electrode buried therein. The average concentration of free carbon in the work mounting portion different from the average concentration of free carbon in the base layer.