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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Ronald R. Stevens, San Ramon, CA (US);
Eric Shero, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ravinder K. Aggarwal, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Michael W. Halpin, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
ASM America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A reactor chamber is positioned between a top array of heat lamps and a bottom array of heat lamps. At least one of the heat lamps forming the top and bottom arrays features a segmented filament such that power output along the length of the heat lamp differs. In one configuration, the heat lamp has a pair of high energy output regions spaced from each other by a lower energy output region. In some configurations, at least one of the heat lamps forming the top and bottom arrays is non-linear, such as U-shaped. In further configurations, a non-linear heat lamp has a segmented filament with segments or areas of different winding density.