Light irradiation type heat treatment apparatus including oxygen analyzer and heat treatment method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11621178B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-04

    申请号:US16256760

    申请日:2019-01-24

    摘要: When pressure in a chamber is brought to atmospheric pressure and the chamber is filled with an inert gas atmosphere, the atmosphere in the chamber is sucked into an oxygen concentration analyzer through a sampling line such that oxygen concentration in the chamber is measured by the oxygen concentration analyzer. When the pressure in the chamber is reduced to less than atmospheric pressure, nitrogen gas is supplied to the oxygen concentration analyzer through an inert gas supply line simultaneously with suspending the measurement of oxygen concentration in the chamber. Even when the measurement of oxygen concentration in the chamber is suspended, reverse flow to the oxygen concentration analyzer from a gas exhaust pipe can be prevented, and the oxygen concentration analyzer can be prevented from being exposed to exhaust from the chamber. The configuration results in maintaining measurement accuracy of the oxygen concentration analyzer in a low oxygen concentration range.

    Apparatus and Methods for Roll-to-Roll (R2R) Plasma Enhanced/Activated Atomic Layer Deposition (PEALD/PAALD)

    公开(公告)号:US20230047186A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17402205

    申请日:2021-08-13

    申请人: Nano-Master, Inc.

    发明人: Birol Kuyel

    IPC分类号: C23C16/455 C23C16/48

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for roll-to-roll (R2R) atomic layer deposition (ALD). R2R ALD is accomplished by arranging precursor nozzles in A/B pairs while a flexible web substrate moves underneath the A/B pairs at a uniform speed. Nozzles A of the A/B pairs continuously flow a precursor A into the process volume of the R2R ALD chamber. The plasma enhanced/activated ALD (PEALD/PAALD) embodiments utilize electron cyclotron rotation (ECR)-enhanced hollow cathode plasma sources (HCPS) where nozzles B flow activated neutrals of precursor B into the process volume. As the flexible web moves in an R2R motion, nucleates from precursor A deposited on the surface of the substrate, and neutrals of precursor B undergo a self-limiting reaction to deposit a single atomically sized ALD film/layer. In this manner, multiple ALD layers may be deposited by each successive A/B pair in a single pass of the web. There is also a heat source underneath the web to further facilitate the ALD reaction, or to support thermal ALD embodiments.

    RADIATION SHIELD
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220375772A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17880412

    申请日:2022-08-03

    发明人: Melvin Verbaas

    摘要: A radiation shield and an assembly and a reactor including the radiation shield are disclosed. The radiation shield can be used to control heat flux from a susceptor heater assembly and thereby enable better control of temperatures across a surface of a substrate placed on a surface of the susceptor heater assembly.

    Index-gradient structures with nanovoided materials and corresponding systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11340386B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16213902

    申请日:2018-12-07

    摘要: Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to index-gradient antireflective coatings that include a differential concentration of nanovoids versus thickness of the coating. In one embodiment, an index-gradient antireflective coating may have an index of refraction that varies from a first value to that of a second material. In another embodiment, the substrate may be optically transparent, and made of, for example, polymer, glass, or ceramics. The index-gradient antireflective coating can be fabricated using a non-uniform spin-coating process, by successive thermal evaporation, or by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. In another embodiment, the spin-coating process can include multiple steps that include different concentrations of monomers to solvent, different spin-speeds, or different annealing times/temperatures. Similarly, the thermal evaporation can include multiple steps that include different concentrations of monomers, initiators, solvents, and associated processing parameters. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and materials are also disclosed.

    A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION

    公开(公告)号:US20220098725A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17426714

    申请日:2020-01-15

    申请人: Ionautics AB

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a method for chemical vapour deposition on a substrate, the method comprising a precursor step and a reactant step, wherein the precursor step comprises chemisorbing a layer of precursor molecules on the substrate (170), and wherein the reactant step comprises adding to at least part of the substrate (170) surface species able to reduce the precursor molecule, whereby at least a part of the reduced precursor molecule is deposited on the substrate (170) surface, characterized by applying by means of a voltage source (130) a positive bias to at least part of the substrate (170) surface during at least part of the reactant step, wherein the step of adding the reducing species comprises providing by means of an electron source (150) electrons as free particles, whereby during the reactant step a closed electrical circuit is formed as the free electrons are transmitted to the substrate (170) surface.

    Method and Apparatus for Fabricating Fibers and Microstructures from Disparate Molar Mass Precursors

    公开(公告)号:US20220074051A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17194839

    申请日:2021-03-08

    申请人: Dynetics, Inc.

    摘要: The disclosed methods and apparatus improve the fabrication of solid fibers and microstructures. In many embodiments, the fabrication is from gaseous, solid, semi-solid, liquid, critical, and supercritical mixtures using one or more low molar mass precursor(s), in combination with one or more high molar mass precursor(s). The methods and systems generally employ the thermal diffusion/Soret effect to concentrate the low molar mass precursor at a reaction zone, where the presence of the high molar mass precursor contributes to this concentration, and may also contribute to the reaction and insulate the reaction zone, thereby achieving higher fiber growth rates and/or reduced energy/heat expenditures together with reduced homogeneous nucleation. In some embodiments, the invention also relates to the permanent or semi-permanent recording and/or reading of information on or within fabricated fibers and microstructures. In some embodiments, the invention also relates to the fabrication of certain functionally-shaped fibers and microstructures. In some embodiments, the invention may also utilize laser beam profiling to enhance fiber and microstructure fabrication.