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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Lam Research Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LAM RESEARCH AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67051 (2013.01); H01L 21/67028 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67115 (2013.01); H01L 21/68785 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an apparatus and process for treating wafer-shaped articles, a spin chuck holds a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation relative to an upper surface of the spin chuck. A heating assembly comprises a housing containing at least one infrared heating element. The heating assembly is mounted above the upper surface of the spin chuck and adjacent a wafer-shaped article when mounted on the spin chuck. The housing also contains a conduit having an inlet connected to a source of cooling fluid and an outlet returning cooling fluid to the source of cooling fluid.