Patent ID: 9175908
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: F27B,H01L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a process lamp, comprising: immersing the lamp in a recess within a lamp assembly, the recess having an operating atmosphere comprising between about 1% and about 25% of an oxidizing gas, wherein a line is configured to couple air into the recess though an opening in the lamp assembly, and wherein the immersing the lamp in an operating atmosphere comprises evacuating a chamber containing the lamp, pumping helium into the chamber to a first pressure of about 15 Torr or less, pumping the oxidizing gas into the chamber to a second pressure above the first pressure, and allowing air to leak into the chamber until the chamber pressure is between about 10 Torr and about 25 Torr; and oxidizing hydrocarbons in the thermally conductive atmosphere.