摘要:
A laser medium comprises a solid-state host material (12) and dopant species (14) provided within the solid-state host material (12). A first portion of the dopant species (14a) has a first valence state, and a second portion (14b) of the dopant species has a second valence state. In an embodiment, a concentration of the first portion (14a) of the dopant species decreases radially with increasing distance from a center of the medium, and a concentration of the second portion (14b) of the dopant species increases radially with increasing distance from the center (A) of the medium. The laser medium (12) further comprises impurities within the solid-state host material, the impurities converting the first portion of the dopant species having the first valence state into the second portion of dopant species having the second valence state. For example, a Yb:YAG laser crystal may be treated by hot water, resulting in converting part of the laser active Yb 3+ ions into laser inactive Yb 2+ ions. The transverse laser active ion dopant profile results in promoting only one transverse mode in the laser resonator without an aperture.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a heating system and a method for heating a deposition reactor or an oxidation reactor which is particularly suited for low pressure chemical vapour deposition or oxidation. The present invention provides a heating system for heating the reactor in which a plurality of wafers is held perpendicularly to the reactant gas flowing direction which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the reactor, so as to enable a deposition or oxidation reaction, wherein said heating system is adapted to change the reactor temperature during the process. Further the invention provides a method for heating a reactor in which a plurality of wafers is held perpendicularly to the reactant gas flowing direction, so as to enable a reaction, wherein the reactor temperature is changed during the process. Prefereably, each of a plurality of reactor zones, into which the reactor is divided in a direction parallel to the reactant gas flowing direction, is heated at a different temperature profile indicating the temperature of this specific zone versus time. Thereby, the in plane uniformity of deposited or oxidized layers can be largely improved.
摘要:
Apparatus for processing a substrate (44) comprising; a susceptor (382) for supporting a substrate (44); an upper heat source (351) spaced above the susceptor; a lower heat source (352) spaced below the susceptor; and a controller (390) providing power to said heat sources at a selected ratio between said sources, said controller being configured to vary said ratio during a high temperature processing cycle of a substrate to thereby vary the ratio of the heat provided by the heat sources during the cycle. A method of maintaining uniform temperature of a semiconductor wafer during high temperature processing is also disclosed.
摘要:
A vertical rapid thermal processing (RTP) system (10) is provided, comprising a vertical process chamber (20) extending along a longitudinal axis (X), and a movable platform (32) disposed within the process chamber and having a support surface upon which one or more substrates such as semiconductor wafers (W) may be mounted for processing. A temperature control subsystem (56, 58, 60) establishes a continuous temperature gradient within the vertical process chamber along the longitudinal axis. The temperature control subsystem comprises a plurality of chamber sidewall heating elements (24) located at different vertical positions along the longitudinal axis. Each of the plurality of heating elements is controlled independently of the other of the plurality of heating elements. The plurality of longitudinally oriented heating elements provides an active sidewall heating mechanism which results in a consistent and continuous temperature gradient within the chamber, independent of the position of the wafer within the chamber or the number of wafers which have been processed.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of monitoring a process of growing a thin film of silicon dioxide doped with phosphorus, comprising growing a sample thin film by the growing process to be monitored on the surface of a substrate; and determining the relative phosphorus concentration of the thin film. In the present invention, to enable simpler determination of phosphorus concentration more rapidly and more accurately than previously, the sample thin film is grown on a substrate made of a material containing no silicon, whereby it is possible to measure the intensity of the fluorescent radiation of both phosphorus and silicon separately by an X-ray fluorescence method and to determine the proportional amount of phosphorus in the thin film as the ratio of the measured intensities. The method is calibrated by preparing standard films having equal phosphorus/silicon ratios on the same substrate material.
摘要:
A temperature control system for a thermal reactor (10) includes multiple temperature controllers each employing one or more dynamic models optimized for a given temperature range, each temperature range exclusive of the temperature ranges of the other controllers. Additionally, the control system employs enhanced ramp trajectory logic and a virtual temperature sensor in the event of hardware failure of the corresponding non-virtual temperature sensor (36, 42). Upon detecting a temperature sensor failure, the control system automatically substitutes a virtual temperature sensor in place of the actual temperature sensor (36, 42). Additionally, control logic is provided which detects failure of the heating elements (30) and switches the control mode accordingly.
摘要:
A system and method for processing a workpiece in a thermal processing furnace by measuring the temperature of the workpiece in the thermal processing furnace, and based upon an intended temperature profile and the measured temperature of the workpiece, moving the workpiece through the furnace to heat process the workpiece generally according to the intended temperature profile.
摘要:
A system for controlling a thermal reactor (10) is disclosed that characterizes the thermal reactor (10) with a reactor model that indicates behavior of the thermal reactor (10) and of a load (12) contained in the thermal reactor (10) and that accounts for interaction among a set of heating zones of the thermal reactor (10). An online reactor model (30) is then determined that estimates the thermal behavior of the load (12) based upon an online input power to the thermal reactor (10) and upon an online temperature indication from the thermal reactor (10). A time varying temperature and reactant flow recipe is determined that minimizes end of run parameters on the load (12). A multi-variable controller (32) is employed to minimize temperature deviations of the load (12) from a predetermined temperature recipe or time varying trajectory.