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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2000
Zion Koren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Conor Patrick O'carroll, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuen Chun Choy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Janis Timans, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rudy Santo Tomas Cardema, San Jose, CA (US);
James Tsuneo Taoka, San Jose, CA (US);
Arieh A. Strod, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zion Koren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Conor Patrick O'Carroll, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuen Chun Choy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Janis Timans, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rudy Santo Tomas Cardema, San Jose, CA (US);
James Tsuneo Taoka, San Jose, CA (US);
Arieh A. Strod, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mattson Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating device which contains an assembly linear lamps for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The linear lamps can be placed in various configurations. In accordance with the present invention, tuning devices which are used to adjust the overall irradiance distribution of the light energy sources are included in the heating device. The tuning devices can be, for instance, are lamps or lasers.