Patent ID: 8217313
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: F27B,G03F,H01L

Abstract:
1. A heating apparatus comprising: a heating chamber that heats a substrate placed in the heating chamber with a heat plate opposing the substrate; a gas stream forming portion that creates a gas stream along a top surface of the substrate in the heating chamber; a pair of first plate members respectively located between a first inner side wall of the heating chamber and a first substrate edge opposing the first inner side wall, and between a second inner side wall of the heating chamber and a second substrate edge opposing the second inner side wall; and a second plate member located at an upstream position along the gas stream in relation to the substrate, wherein the pair of the first plate members and the second plate member are integrated, wherein the pair of the first plate members has substantially the same thickness as that of the substrate and is positioned at substantially the same level as that of the substrate, and wherein the pair of the first plate members are parallel to each other and the second plate member connects the pair of the first plate members so as to provide a U-shaped opened out portion.