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Apparatus and method for measuring substrate temperature

US6007241A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J5/0003
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for measuring the temperature of a substrate in a thermal processing chamber. The substrate is suspended above a reflector to form a reflecting cavity. A probe of a temperature sensor has an input end positioned to receive radiation from the reflecting cavity and an output end optically coupled to a detector to provide a temperature reading. The temperature sensor is configured to reduce the effect that radiation which has an axis of propagation within an angle of an axis normal to the reflector, e.g., substantially normal radiation from a portion of the substrate adjacent to the input end of the probe, has on the temperature reading.

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