Patent · US Expired

Optical path improvement, focus length change compensation, and stray light reduction for temperature measurement system of RTP tool

US6695886B1 · kind B1 · utility

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27Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 22, 2002
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67248
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a pyrometer system and comprises an elevator tube. The elevator tube comprises an inner tube and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube in telescoping arrangement and extending from a top to a bottom thereof, the arrangement defining a fluid passageway therebetween. The elevator tube further comprises a port associated with the outer tube that is operable to transmit a cooling gas therethrough into the fluid passageway. A pyrometer head is coupled to the bottom of the inner tube and is operable to transmit and receive radiation through the inner tube. The system further comprises a spider collar coupled to at least one of a top of the inner tube or outer tube, and is operable to support a work piece for thermal measurement thereof.

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