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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:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Anqing Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Binh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Tam, Union City, CA (US);

Jacob W. Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);

R. Suryanarayanan Iyer, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Joseph Yudovsky, Campbell, CA (US);

Sean M. Seutter, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Anqing Cui, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Binh Tran, San Jose, CA (US);

Alexander Tam, Union City, CA (US);

Jacob W. Smith, Santa Clara, CA (US);

R. Suryanarayanan Iyer, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Joseph Yudovsky, Campbell, CA (US);

Sean M. Seutter, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/67248 (2013.01); H05B 3/68 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, reactors, and methods for heating substrates are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a stage comprising a body and a surface having an area to support a substrate, a shaft coupled to the stage, a first heating element disposed within a central region of the body of the stage, and at least second and third heating elements disposed within the body of the stage, the at least second and third heating elements each partially surrounding the first heating element and wherein the at least second and third heating elements are circumferentially adjacent to each other.


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