Patent ID: 6121579
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: C23C,C30B,H01L

Abstract:
A heat creating apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising:a process chamber;a support configured to support an object arranged within said process chamber;a supply system configured to supply a process gas into said process chamber;an exhaust system configured to evacuate said process chamber;a transmitting window formed within the process chamber;a heater configured to heat said object, said heater comprising,a plurality of heating sources configured to irradiate via said transmitting window said object directly or indirectly with heat rays, anda table having said heating sources arranged on the front surface thereof, each of said heating sources comprising a heating lamp and a reflecting portion;a rotation driver configured to rotate the heater and the support relative to each other;a blown gas passageway extending from the front surface to the back surface of the table and included in each of said heating sources having said heating lamps arranged therein;a cooling gas supply/discharge mechanism configured to allow a cooling gas to flow through said blown gas passageway; anda gas flow regulator arranged within the blown gas passageway and configured to prevent said cooling gas from being blown directly and locally against a part of a lamp body of the heating lamp.