Patent ID: 6512206
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: F27B,F27D,H01L

Abstract:
A furnace for heat treating a substrate, the furnace comprising:a heating section for heat treating the substrate as the substrate passes through the furnace, the heating section including heating coils having spacers, the spacers being disposed within individual coils of the heating coils, the heating coils providing heat to the heating section, the heating section having a mass, the mass being defined by a mass of the heating coils and a mass of the spacers; a transport mechanism having a mass, the transport mechanism being disposed within the heating section, the transport mechanism transporting the substrate through the heating section; and a processing chamber having a mass, the processing chamber being disposed within the heating section wherein the heating section mass exceeds a combined mass of the transport mechanism mass, the processing chamber mass and a mass of the substrate within the heating section.