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Emissivity independent temperature measurement systems
Assignee: Ultratech Inc
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Filing: 1992-04-17
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Granted: 1993-07-13
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Expires: 2012-04-17
Abstract
Abstract An improved contactless temperature measurement system is provided which includes a workpiece, a chamber containing the workpiece with the walls thereof being substantially transmissive to radiation at wavelengths other than a given wavelength and substantially reflective at the given wavelength to remove the dependence of the apparent or measured temperature on the workpiece emissivity variations or fluctuations.
Inventors
- 👤 James S. Nakos
- 👤 Paul E. Bakeman, Jr.
- 👤 Dale P. Hallock
- 👤 Jerome B. Lasky
- 👤 Scott L. Pennington
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 13:09
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J5/00; G01J5/0003; G01J5/0007; G01J5/02; G01J5/08; G01J5/0814; G01J5/80; G01J5/802
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A system comprising a chamber having substantially all walls made of first material and a film disposed on said first material transparent to a broad band of electromagnetic radiation and highly reflective at a given narrow band of electromagnetic radiation, said walls having a small segment thereof made of second material transparent to said given narrow band of radiation, a workpiece disposed within said chamber and spaced from the walls thereof, heat source means arranged outside said walls for producing the broad band of radiation and for directing same through said first material and said film to said workpiece, and optical pyrometer means adapted to receive from said small segment only said given narrow band of radiation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A system comprising a chamber having substantially all walls made of first material and a film disposed on said first material transparent to a broad band of electromagnetic radiation and highly reflective at a given narrow band of electromagnetic radiation, said walls having a small segment thereof made of second material transparent to said given narrow band of radiation, a workpiece disposed within said chamber and spaced from the walls thereof, heat source means arranged outside said walls for producing the broad band of radiation and for directing same through said first material and said film to said workpiece, and optical pyrometer means adapted to receive from said small segment only said given narrow band of radiation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said film includes a dielectric film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein said dielectric film is a multi-layer film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system as set forth in claim 3 wherein said multi-layer film is an oxide-nitride film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system as set forth in claim 4 wherein said oxide-nitride film includes eight layers of silicon nitride and seven layers of silicon dioxide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A system as set forth in claim 5 wherein said first material includes a layer of quartz supporting said oxide-nitride film, said silicon nitride and silicon dioxide layers being arranged alternately in a stack with one of said silicon nitride layers being contiguous to said layer of quartz.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said optical pyrometer means includes a filter tuned to said given narrow band of electromagnetic radiation and said small segment includes an optical lens.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system as set forth in claim 7 wherein said heat source means includes a plurality of lamps disposed adjacent to said chamber.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
16 words
A system as set forth in claim 8 wherein each of said lamps are tungsten-halogen lamps.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as set forth in claim 9 wherein said workpiece is a semiconductor wafer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
146 words
A contactless temperature measurement system comprising a chamber having walls made of quartz and a film disposed on said quartz tuned to be reflective at a given band of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, said walls and said film being transmissive of radiation at other wavelengths and said chamber having a segment thereof transparent to said radiation of given band of wavelengths, a workpiece disposed within said chamber and spaced from said walls and film, heat source means disposed adjacent to and outside of said chamber for generation radiation of said other wavelengths and directing said other radiation to said workpiece through said walls and film, an optical pyrometer disposed to receive from said segment said radiation of given band of wavelengths, and an optical filter tuned to said radiation at given band of wavelengths and disposed between said segment of said chamber and said optical pyrometer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
146 words
A contactless temperature measurement system comprising a chamber having walls made of quartz and a film disposed on said quartz tuned to be reflective at a given band of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, said walls and said film being transmissive of radiation at other wavelengths and said chamber having a segment thereof transparent to said radiation of given band of wavelengths, a workpiece disposed within said chamber and spaced from said walls and film, heat source means disposed adjacent to and outside of said chamber for generation radiation of said other wavelengths and directing said other radiation to said workpiece through said walls and film, an optical pyrometer disposed to receive from said segment said radiation of given band of wavelengths, and an optical filter tuned to said radiation at given band of wavelengths and disposed between said segment of said chamber and said optical pyrometer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 11 wherein said film is a dielectric film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 12 wherein said film is a multi-layer film.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 13 wherein said film is an oxide-nitride film.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 14 wherein said film includes eight layers of silicon nitride and seven layers of silicon dioxide, said silicon nitride and silicon oxide layers being alternately arranged in a stack with one of said silicon nitride layers being contiguous to said quartz.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 11 wherein said workpiece is a semiconductor wafer made of silicon.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A contactless temperature measurement system as set forth in claim 16 wherein said heat source means includes a plurality of lamps.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
127 words
A system comprising a chamber, a workpiece disposed in said chamber, heating means for applying multifrequency radiation to said workpiece, an optical pyrometer disposed to receive radiation from said workpiece at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A, and a member disposed within said chamber proximate to said workpiece that is substantially transmissive to radiation at wavelengths other than said band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A and is substantially reflective at said band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A, said member including a segment transparent to said radiation at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A and said optical pyrometer being further disposed to receive from said segment said radiation at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
127 words
A system comprising a chamber, a workpiece disposed in said chamber, heating means for applying multifrequency radiation to said workpiece, an optical pyrometer disposed to receive radiation from said workpiece at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A, and a member disposed within said chamber proximate to said workpiece that is substantially transmissive to radiation at wavelengths other than said band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A and is substantially reflective at said band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A, said member including a segment transparent to said radiation at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A and said optical pyrometer being further disposed to receive from said segment said radiation at a band of wavelengths centered at a wavelength A.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
A system as set forth in claim 18 wherein said member is a dielectric film and said heating means include a plurality of lamps.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
A system as set forth in claim 19 wherein said dielectric film is a multi-layer film made of silicon nitride and silicon dioxide and said workpiece is a semiconductor wafer.
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