There is provided a ceramic member for semiconductor manufacturing equipment
which is formed of an alumina-based sinter containing an yttrium-aluminum-garnet
at the amount of 3 to 50 wt %, silicon oxide at the amount of not more than 0.2
wt %, preferably 0.1 wt %, and the balance substantially alumina, wherein the sinter
has dielectric loss of not more than 410-4 particularly 2.510-4
or less in the frequency range of 10 MHz to 5 GHz. Such a member may be formed
of a ceramic sinter including an aluminum phase having mean crystal grain size
in a range of 2 to 10 m and a yttrium-aluminum-garnet phase having a mean
crystal grain size in a range of 1.5 to 5 m, wherein the ratio of the mean
crystal grain size of the alumina phase to that of the yttrium-aluminum-garnet
phase is larger than 1 and smaller than 7.