Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-18
2005-10-18
Fuqua, Shawntina (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
C219S448140, C219S465100, C219S466100, C219S468100, C219S390000, C392S416000, C118S724000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06956186
ABSTRACT:
An objective of the present invention is to provide a ceramic heater making it possible to heat an object to be heated, such as a silicon wafer, evenly. The ceramic heater of the present invention is a ceramic heater having and a resistance heating element formed on the surface of the ceramic substrate or inside the ceramic substrate, wherein: said ceramic heater is equipped with: a temperature-measuring means measuring the temperature of said ceramic substrate and an object to be heated; a control unit supplying electric power to said heating element; a memory unit memorizing the temperature data measured by said temperature-measuring means; and an operation unit calculating electric power required for said heating element from said temperature, said ceramic heater being constituted such that said heating element is divided into at least 2 or more circuits and different electric power is supplied to each of the circuits of said resistance heating element.
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Hiramatsu Yasuji
Ito Yasutaka
Fuqua Shawntina
Ibiden Co. Ltd.
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