Patent 7403386 was granted and assigned to NGK Insulators on July, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electrostatic chuck includes; a base made of ceramics, in which an electrode generating electrostatic attractive force is embedded; a cooling member which contains metal; a bonding material which bonds the base and the cooling member to each other; a gas providing passage which penetrates the base, the bonding material, and the cooling member; and an engagement member and a bolt member, which are fixing members mechanically fixing the base and the cooling member to each other.