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 13:
14. An electronic assembly process chamber for the manufacture of an electronic assembly comprising:
a process chamber having an opening configured to receive an electronic assembly;
a plurality of individually controllable segments placed adjacent the opening of said process chamber along a length dimension of the opening, each of said plurality of individually controllable segments having a dimension configured to partially travers the opening of said process chamber;
a detector, said detector positioned to detect a topography of an electronic assembly;
an actuator coupled to each of said plurality of individually controllable segments, said actuator configured to individually control movement of each of said plurality of individually controllable segments whereby each of said plurality of individually controllable segments selectively partially traverses the opening; and
a controller coupled to said detector and said actuator, said controller configured to receive data representative of the topography of the electronic assembly from said detector and configured to control movement of each of said plurality of individually controllable segments to selectively partially travers the opening and to come to within a selected distance of the electronic assembly based on the data representative of the topography of the electronic assembly,
whereby the opening is reduced based on the topography of the electronic assembly reducing escape of a protective gas within said process chamber.