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Thermoelectric-cooling temperature control apparatus for semiconductor device fabrication facility

Patent 6334311 Issued on January 1, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 23, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 511896 filed on 02/23/2000

US Classes:

62/3.2, Thermoelectric; e.g., peltier effect62/3.7Including specific circuitry or heat exchanger material

Examiners

Primary: Bennett, Henry
Assistant: Jones, Melvin

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 2-68496 JP 03/13/1990

International Class

F25B 021/02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1999-03-05 KR

Abstract

A thermoelectric-cooling temperature control apparatus for a semiconductor device fabrication facility maintains a temperature condition, such as the temperature of a wafer, stable during the fabrication process. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger having a thermoelectric cooling element which produces a Peltier Effect to cause the element to absorb and radiate heat according to current flowing through the element

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