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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Nobuyuki Kondou, Handa, JP;
Hideyoshi Tsuruta, Toukai, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuyuki Kondou, Handa, JP;
Hideyoshi Tsuruta, Toukai, JP;
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substrate heater is provided including a plate-shaped ceramic base having a first side defining a convex heating surface on at least a portion of which a substrate is placed, a resistance-heating element embedded in the ceramic base, and a tubular member joined to a central portion on an opposed second side of the ceramic base. The convex heating surface has a central portion and a peripheral portion, wherein the height of the heating surface decreases from the central portion toward the peripheral portion thereof.