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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Martin Jeff Salinas, San Jose, CA (US);
David H. Quach, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Jeff Salinas, San Jose, CA (US);
David H. Quach, San Jose, CA (US);
Sokudo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least one heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a plurality of wires including at least one wire coupled to the heating element and at least one wire coupled to the temperature sensor; a shield spaced apart from and generally surrounding the lower and peripheral side surfaces of the bake plate, the shield having an interior upper surface facing the lower surface of the bake plate, an interior side surface facing the peripheral side surface of the bake plate and a lower surface opposite the interior upper surface; a patterned signal layer formed on the lower surface of the shield, wherein the plurality of wires are electrically coupled to a corresponding plurality of signal traces formed in the patterned signal layer; and a connector, electrically coupled to the plurality of signal traces in the patterned signal layer, adapted to facilitate electrical connections to the plurality of wires.