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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory F Redinbo, Campbell, CA (US);
H Peter Hey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438 16 ; 118725 ; 118667 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for depositing a film on a substrate. According to the present invention a characteristic of a substrate is determined. The substrate is then heated by heat from an upper heat source and heat from a lower heat source wherein the ratio of heat supplied from the upper heat source relative to the lower heat source is dependent upon the determined wafer characteristic.