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Apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers

US4436985A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1982
Grant dateMar 13, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC30B33/00
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the heat treating apparatus disclosed herein, a semiconductor wafer, held in a vacuum chuck, is traversed under an infrared source in which radiant energy from a linear, high intensity lamp is focused by an elongate elliptical reflector to generate a linear target zone through which the surface of the wafer is effectively scanned by the relative motion.

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