Patent ID: 8907258

Claim:
An apparatus for curing a thin film on a moving substrate, said apparatus comprising: a conveyance system for moving said thin film mounted on said substrate; a data processing system for allowing a user to input a desired processing level and a stack property of said thin film and substrate to design a specific thermal profile for curing said thin film; a flashlamp controller for modulating pulse widths of pulses according to said specific thermal profile, wherein said flashlamp controller includes; and a computer; an arbitrary waveform generator; and an encoder for providing trigger signals to said computer that sends control signals to said arbitrary waveform generator to generate waveforms of various shapes and timing at appropriate times for curing said thin film located on said conveyance system; a flashlamp for providing pulse-width modulated electromagnetic pulses to said thin film while said thin film is being moved in relation to said flashlamp.