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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Ravinder Aggarwal, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Jeroen Stoutjesdijk, Bussum, NL;

Inventors:

Ravinder Aggarwal, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Jeroen Stoutjesdijk, Bussum, NL;

Assignee:

ASM America, Inc., Phoenix, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 2/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A semiconductor processing apparatus including a processing chamber and a plurality of radiant heat sources. The radiant heat sources heat a workpiece within the chamber. At least one of the radiant heat sources is movable during processing in an oscillatory motion along a path less than about 10 mm from a geometric center of the oscillatory motion.

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