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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128336 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION A semiconductor wafer in which a carbon thin film is formed on a surface of a silicon substrate implanted with impurities is irradiated with flash light emitted from flash lamps. Absorbing the flash light causes the temperature of the carbon thin film to increase. The s... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120070136 | Transparent Reflector Plate For Rapid Thermal Processing Chamber The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for processing substrates. Embodiments of the invention include apparatuses for processing a substrate comprising a ceramic reflector plate, which may be optically transparent. The reflector plate may incl... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120008925 | TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE AND HEATING DEVICE A technology to control temperature of a large substrate to be heated. A temperature sensing device is disposed lateral to a region where a radiation heater faces a substrate to be heated inside a heating chamber. A heating device has the heating chamber, the radiation ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120003774 | RTP HEATING SYSTEM AND METHOD An RTP heating system and an RTP heating method, which can heat a photovoltaic-device intermediate product having a glass substrate, a Mo layer, and a light absorption layer in formation. The RTP heating system is composed of a chamber; a support member located in the c... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110286726 | Warmers for scented oils A warmer for scented oil is provided. The warmer includes a base, a cover removably positioned on the base, and a warming device. The cover has a substantially spherical shape with an opening at an upper apex and an open channel formed in the cover at the upper apex aro... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283895 | Holding Cabinet for Separately Heating Food Trays A food holding cabinet having one or more food-holding compartments has two or more zones in a compartment, wherein holding temperatures can be different from each other. A shelf made of glass-ceramic passes infrared energy from two or more heating elements attached to ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110262113 | MULTI-FUNCTION ROASTER SYSTEM A multi-function roaster system includes a roasting oven serving as a main body formed by two oven sidewalls to which a liftable cover is rotatably mounted. A open top grating roasting assembly is arranged at a bottom of the roasting oven. At a suitable location adjacen... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262117 | Heat Treatment Apparatus and Heat Treatment Method An object is to provide a method of activating impurity elements added to a semiconductor film, and a method of gettering, in a process of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a substrate having a low resistance to heat, such as glass, without changing the shape o... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110253482 | Device, system and method for assembling food orders A device for assembling orders of food from prepared food items having multiple sides on different sides of the device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a system including the device and a method of assembling orders of food. Each side has a plurality of side receptacles ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110253037 | VACUUM HEATING AND COOLING APPARATUS The vacuum heating and cooling apparatus can rapidly heat and cool only the substrate after film-forming treatment while maintaining high vacuum. The temperature rise of members in the chamber with time caused by accumulation of heat is suppressed, and the variation of ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249960 | Heat Source Door For A Thermal Diffusion Chamber A frame supporting a containment chamber, the containment chamber is preferably configured to enclose and confine a process chamber. A heat source module is disposed between the containment chamber and the process chamber, while a collar communicates with the process ch... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110229112 | Heating apparatus A heating apparatus contains a chamber that has a space for placing a work piece, a filament lamp that has an arc tube, and a sealing portion provided at an end of the arc tube. The heating apparatus further contains a glass tube extending through the chamber. A cooling... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222840 | Heating Configuration For Use in Thermal Processing Chambers An apparatus for heat treating semiconductor wafers is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating device which contains an assembly linear lamps for emitting light energy onto a wafer. The linear lamps can be placed in various configurations. In accordance with the pre... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110211817 | METHOD FOR HEATING PART IN PROCESSING CHAMBER OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS There is provided a method for heating a part within a processing chamber of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having a substrate in the processing chamber and performing a process on the substrate. The heating method includes generating heating lights which is ge... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110170845 | DECOY SYSTEM, NOTABLY FOR IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES The decoy system, notably for terrestrial mines or improvised explosive devices, includes: a means of producing heat energy including an air or water boiler, a means of emitting radiation in the infrared spectrum including a chamber that is fed with fluid by the product... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110171355 | FOOD WARMING CABINET A food warming cabinet keeps food warm and on display in serving trays using infrared heaters instead of hot water. The infrared heaters are located below the trays and direct IR at the trays. In an alternate embodiment, the IR heaters can also conduct heat into the tra... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110135288 | Furnace for Conditioning Preforms A furnace for conditioning preforms with several heating chambers rotating in a circle for heating one preform each with infrared radiation, and having holding devices for holding the preforms during heating, so that a section of the preform to be conditioned is essenti... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110123178 | Apparatus and Method for Enhancing the Cool Down of Radiatively Heated Substrates The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for processing substrates. Embodiments of the invention include apparatuses for processing a substrate comprising a dynamic heat sink that is substantially transparent to light from a radiant heat source, ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110114634 | RECIPROCATING OSCILLATING CONVEYOR OVEN A conveyor oven having an oven chamber with a single opening by which a food product enters and exits on a conveyor belt that is reversibly driven to convey the food product in and out of the oven chamber in a reciprocating manner. Also, the food is conveyed to a cookin... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110089166 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF WAFER SUPPORT IN THERMAL PROCESSING CHAMBER The present invention provides apparatus and methods for achieving uniform heating to a substrate during a rapid thermal process. More particularly, the present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling the temperature of an edge ring supporting a substra... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110091189 | BROILER FOR COOKING APPLIANCES A broiler assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance having an oven cavity and the broiler assembly is disposed within the oven cavity. The broiler assembly includes a reflector having first and second sides, side retainers coupled to a respective one of th... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110081137 | MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD There are provided a manufacturing apparatus and a manufacturing method for manufacturing a substrate having a dielectric film, including a heat treatment apparatus that subjects a substrate on which a raw material containing composite oxide is applied, to heat treatmen... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110076786 | Method and apparatus for controlled thermal processing A materials processing system comprises a thermal processing chamber including a heating source, a first noncontacting thermal measurement device positioned to measure temperature on a first area of the material being processed, and, a second noncontacting thermal measu... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064393 | OVEN An oven is provided for re-baking welding consumables in an efficient and improved heat distribution manner. The oven includes a first chamber having a plurality of first chamber vents positioned on at least one sidewall of the first chamber and a heating source in a se... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110059211 | Apparatus and method with individual preparation and hybrid heating for making generally flat dough based products An apparatus for making generally flat dough based products includes a supply station having at least two hoppers for holding different ingredients and respective valve mechanisms disposed below outlets of the hoppers and being operable to control the quantities of ingr... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110052159 | APPARATUS FOR UNIFORM THERMAL PROCESSING An apparatus of thermal processing is provided. A heating lamp and a reflector are disposed over a wafer and the heat flux distribution on the wafer generated by the individual heating lamp is measured and adjusted. A set of heating lamps formed by heating lamps is disp... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110034040 | LOCALIZED ANNEAL A method of forming a device is presented. The method includes providing a wafer having an active surface and dividing the wafer into a plurality of portions. The wafer is selectively processed by localized heating of a first of the plurality of portions. The wafer is t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034866 | BROADBAND INFRARED HEATING OF MEDICAL FLUIDS A system for heating a medical fluid includes a container including a fluid path including an inlet side and an outlet side. A broadband infrared radiation source including a power supply is coupled to a broadband emitter for emitting infrared radiation. The broadband e... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110019982 | Rapid thermal processing apparatus and method of manufacture of semiconductor device A rapid thermal processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber which subjects a semiconductor substrate to rapid thermal processing. A substrate support part is arranged in the processing chamber and supports the substrate. A lamp part optically irradiates the subs... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019981 | ROTARY FURNACE FOR RADIATIVE HEAT TREATMENT OF SOLIDS A rotary furnace (1) for the heat treatment of solids includes at least one rotary tube into which the solids are introduced and a first heater outside of the rotary tube that makes it possible to conduct a portion of the heat treatment in the absence of oxygen. ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110008028 | LAMP AND HEATING DEVICE Provided are a lamp and a heating device which are capable of effectively preventing a seal portion from being overheated with a simple structure. A lamp includes: a tube portion in which a filament including a coil portion is contained; a seal portion filled with a met... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008027 | COOKER AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME A cooker and a controlling method for the same are provided. A carbon heater has a wavelength bandwidth of 1.5˜2.5 μm where a radiant energy is maximum, and the carbon heater provides the radiant energy into a cavity in order to heat food disposed therein.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110002677 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL NARROWBAND, WAVELENGTH SPECIFIC COOKING, CURING, FOOD PREPARATION, AND PROCESSING A system for direct injection of selected thermal-infrared (IR) wavelength radiation or energy into food items for a wide range of processing purposes is provided. These purposes may include heating, raising or maintaining the temperature of the food articles. The syste... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100329649 | Infra-red heater assembly An infra-red heater assembly takes on the conditions that afflict buildings: bed bugs, termites, other insects, molds, bacteria, and the like, and their resulting odors, and other contaminants. The assembly includes a portable electric infra-red emitting panel system wi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322601 | ELECTRIC BROIL ELEMENT A radiant energy electric broil element for a food heating unit, including a cross-sectional geometrical configuration having a planar flattened portion with a length greater than a planar length of any other planar portion, the planar flattened portion oriented in a di... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322602 | Continuous Media Web Heater A radiant heating unit is selectively operated to move radiant heating panels to regulate heating of a continuous web of media as the web moves along a media pathway in an imaging device. The radiant heating panels in a radiant heating unit may be moved to any one of a ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100294139 | COOKER The present invention relates to a cooker. In the present invention, a carbon heater is used to cook foods in a cooking chamber and electric current applied to the carbon heater is controlled by a switching element, such that an effective wavelength range and an availab... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100282733 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS A thermal processing apparatus includes a chamber for accommodating a semiconductor wafer and a radiant fitting. The radiant fitting includes a plurality of first radiant sources having a first reflectivity positioned in a center region of the radiant fitting and a plur... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100273333 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTRATE BY LIGHT IRRADIATION A semiconductor wafer in which a carbon thin film is formed on a surface of a silicon substrate implanted with impurities is irradiated with flash light emitted from flash lamps. Absorbing the flash light causes the temperature of the carbon thin film to increase. The s... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272422 | RETORT FURNACE FOR HEAT AND/OR THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT A retort furnace designed for heat and heat and chemical treatment in protective gas atmosphere, process gas atmosphere or in vacuum, equipped with a retort with a lid, made of steel or heat-resisting or creep-resisting alloys, separating the process atmosphere from the... | 10/28/2010 |
