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System and method for illuminating a semiconductor processing system

US6572252B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2000
Grant dateJun 3, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67005
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to illuminating an interior portion of a processing chamber in a semiconductor processing system. A fiber optic light source is operatively associated with the processing chamber to illuminate the interior of the chamber to facilitate viewing the interior of the chamber.

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