Patent ID: 11910539
Assignee: REHM THERMAL SYSTEMS GMBH
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  B  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A process chamber for carrying out thermal processes in a manufacture of an electronic assembly having components with different dimensions forming an assembly topography comprising:
an opening, said opening having an area permitting the electronic assembly to pass through said opening;
a protective gas supply coupled to the process chamber;
controllable segments arranged along a dimension of said opening, said controllable segments having a distal end configured to independently move into the opening a predetermined distance wherein each of said controllable segments extend along a portion of the dimension; and
a controller coupled to said controllable segments, wherein said controller controls the predetermined distance each of said controllable segments move into the opening along the dimension of said opening to maintain a defined distance between the components forming the assembly topography and the distal end of said controllable segments,
whereby the area of said opening is reduced based on the assembly topography of the electronic assembly reducing escape of a protective gas within said process chamber.