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Heat treatment apparatus

US5556275A · kind A · utility

353Cited by
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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1994
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67778
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A heat treatment apparatus comprising a holder, a hollow cylindrical cover, a flat plate, and a processing chamber. The holder holds disk-shaped objects, each having an orientation flat portion at circumference. The objects are arranged coaxially and spaced at predetermined intervals, with the orientation flat portions aligned with one another. The cover has gas ports and surrounds the objects held by the holder and is spaced from a circumference of each object by a predetermined distance. The flat plate is mounted on an inner surface of the cover and opposes the orientation flat portions of the objects. In the processing chamber, the objects held by the holder are processed by using a process gas.

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