Heat treatment apparatus and method for heating substrate by light-irradiation

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PATENT NO 8835813
APP PUB NO 20130148948A1
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13759658

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A light-emission output of a flash lamp for performing a light-irradiation heat treatment on a substrate in which impurities are implanted is increased up to a target value L1 over a period of time from 1 to 100 milliseconds, is kept for 5 to 100 milliseconds within a fluctuation range of plus or minus 30% from the target value L1, and is then attenuated from the target value L1 to zero over a period of time from 1 to 100 milliseconds. That is, compared with conventional flash lamp annealing, the light-emission output of the flash lamp is increased more gradually, is kept to be constant for a certain period of time, and is then decreased more gradually. As a result, a total heat amount of a surface of the substrate increases compared with the conventional case, but a surface temperature thereof rises more gradually and then drops more gradually compared with the conventional case.

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DAINIPPON SCREEN MFG CO LTDKYOTO JAPAN KYOTO

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Kato, Shinichi Kyoto, JP 342 5182

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