Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for thermal treatment of semiconductors

US4472622A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
12References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 24, 1980
Grant dateSep 18, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 24, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC30B31/12
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In an apparatus for thermal treatment of semiconductors in a treating gas, a treating tube has a heating portion, an extending portion, and a sealing portion, and convection-preventing plates are disposed within a treating tube, between one end of the heating portion and the sealing portion, so as to interrupt currents of the treating gas. A heating element is arranged so that the quantities of heat generated along the heating portion are largest near a gas-discharging end of the heating portion, intermediate near a gas-discharging end thereof, and smallest therebetween. The plates are mounted to the sealing portion so as to be inserted into the treating tube when the sealing portion is attached and so as to be withdrawn from the treating tube when the sealing portion is detached. The plates may be mounted integrally to the sealing portion.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.