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Process and apparatus for heat-treating substrate having film-forming composition thereon

US6382964B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 2001
Grant dateMay 7, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/022
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Firing process and apparatus for uniformly heat-treating a substrate having a film-forming composition thereon, wherein the substrate is subjected to a first soaking step in which the substrate is held for a predetermined time in a first heating chamber whose temperature is maintained at a first value, so that the temperature within the substrate is held at the first value evenly throughout an entire mass of the substrate, and after feeding of the substrate into a second heating chamber whose temperature is maintained at a predetermined second value which is different from the first value by a predetermined difference, the substrate is subjected to a second soaking step in which the substrate is held for a second predetermined time in the second heating chamber, so that the temperature within the substrate is held at the second value evenly throughout the entire mass of the substrate.

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