Patent ID: 8022377
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H01L,H01S,H05H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating excimer radiation, the apparatus comprising: a housing wall; an elongated reflector in the shape of a elongated cuboid having a semi-cylindrical cut-out along the major dimension of the elongated reflector; an elongated electrode disposed parallel to the major dimension of the elongated reflector; and a tubular body around the elongated electrode, the tubular body including an outer wall and an inner wall, wherein the tubular body has a first end extending out of the housing wall of the apparatus, and a second end extending into an interior region of the apparatus, and wherein at least one inert gas disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall, wherein the elongated reflector and the elongated electrode are configured to excite the inert gas to illuminate an excimer light, wherein the tubular body includes a partition wall, substantially adjacent to the housing wall, that separates the tubular body into a first area adjacent to the first end extending out of the housing wall from a second area adjacent to the second end extending into the interior region, and wherein the first area is filled with a gas that does not generate excimer light; wherein the elongated electrode is surrounded by the tubular body such that the elongated electrode and the elongated reflector are in separate compartments, wherein the semi-cylindrical cut-out surrounds a portion of the outer wall of the tubular body, and wherein the elongated reflector is configured to reflect the excimer light.