Thermal measuring and testing – Emissivity determination
Patent
1994-12-23
1998-04-14
Gutierrez, Diego F. F.
Thermal measuring and testing
Emissivity determination
374126, 374128, 374130, 25033904, 250340, G01J 508, G01J 562, G01N 2500
Patent
active
057384401
ABSTRACT:
A system and method of measurement of emissivity and radiance of a wafer in a rapid thermal processing chamber enables determination of wafer temperature and control of temperature of the wafer. Mirrors enclose the chamber and reflect radiation from lamps within the chamber to heat the workpiece of interest. One or more viewing ports are provided in one of the mirrors to allow for the egress of radiant energy emitted by the wafer. The wavelength of the exiting radiation is selected by an optical filter having a passband which passes radiation at wavelengths emitted by the wafer while excluding radiation emitted by heating lamps. A chopper having surface regions differing in their reflectivity and transmissivity is positioned along an optical path of radiation propagating through the one or more ports, this resulting in a pulsation of detected radiation. The ratio of the detected intensities of the radiation pulses is used to determine wafer reflectance based on reflectivity and transmissivity of the reflective portion of the chopper. The maximum intensity of radiation is also taken as a measure of radiance. The reflectance is employed to calculate the emissivity, and the emissivity in combination with the radiance are employed to calculate the wafer temperature.
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O'Neill James Anthony
Singh Jyothi
Gutierrez Diego F. F.
International Business Machines Corp.
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