Patent ID: 7488922

Claim:
A susceptor system for an apparatus for the treatment of substrates and/or wafers, provided with a treatment chamber ( 1 ) delimited by at least two walls and with at least one heating solenoid ( 9 ), comprising at least one susceptor element ( 2 , 3 ) delimited by an outer surface and made of electrically conducting material suitable for being heated by electromagnetic induction, characterized in that the at least one susceptor element ( 2 , 3 ) is hollow so as to have at least one through hole which extends in a longitudinal direction, and in that a first portion of the outer surface of the at least one susceptor element ( 2 , 3 ) is suitable for acting as a wall of the treatment chamber ( 1 ), and in that a second portion of the outer surface of the at least one susceptor element ( 2 , 3 ) is suitable for being disposed close to the heating solenoid ( 9 ).