Patent 7045014 was granted and assigned to Applied Materials on May, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A substrate support assembly supports a substrate in a process chamber. The substrate support assembly has a support block having an electrode and an arm to hold the support block in the process chamber, the arm having a channel therethrough. The arm has a first clamp to attach to the support block and a second clamp to attach to the process chamber. A plurality of electrical conductors pass through the channel of the arm, and a ceramic insulator is between the conductors.