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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Moffatt, St. Brelade, JE;

Douglas E. Holmgren, Portland, OR (US);

Samuel C. Howells, Portland, OR (US);

Edric Tong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Bruce E. Adams, Portland, OR (US);

Jiping Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Aaron Muir Hunter, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/00 (2014.01); B23K 26/04 (2014.01); H01L 21/477 (2006.01); F27B 5/14 (2006.01); B23K 26/354 (2014.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B23K 26/06 (2014.01); B23K 26/08 (2014.01); B23K 26/12 (2014.01); H01L 21/268 (2006.01); B23K 26/0622 (2014.01); B23K 101/40 (2006.01); B23K 103/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/477 (2013.01); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/03 (2013.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B23K 26/04 (2013.01); B23K 26/0608 (2013.01); B23K 26/0622 (2015.10); B23K 26/08 (2013.01); B23K 26/127 (2013.01); B23K 26/354 (2015.10); H01L 21/268 (2013.01); B23K 2101/40 (2018.08); B23K 2103/56 (2018.08); F27B 5/14 (2013.01); H01S 3/0057 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical system that is able to reliably deliver a uniform amount of energy across an anneal region contained on a surface of a substrate. The optical system is adapted to deliver, or project, a uniform amount of energy having a desired two-dimensional shape on a desired region on the surface of the substrate. An energy source for the optical system is typically a plurality of lasers, which are combined to form the energy field.


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