Heat treatment device of the light irradiation type and heat treatment process of the irradiation type
US6570134B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/67115
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To enable uniform heating of the wafer and to carry out heating of the guard ring with high efficiency using lamps of a light source part formed of wafer heating lamps and guard ring heating lamps, the distance between the guard ring heating lamps and the guard ring is made larger than the distance between the wafer heating lamps and the wafer. A side wall is formed with a mirror surface is located between the lamps for wafer heating and the lamps for heating the guard ring by which the light which was emitted from the guard ring heating lamps in the direction toward the wafer are reflected toward the guard ring. Furthermore, at the outer periphery of the guard ring heating lamps, a second side wall is formed which is used as a reflection surface. In addition, at the outer periphery of the guard ring, there is a second mirror by which the light emitted outward of the guard ring is focused back onto the guard ring.
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