Gas flow patterns and thermal uniformity in rapid thermal processing equipment

S. A. Campbell, K. L. Knutson, K. H. Ahn, J. D. Leighton, B. Liu

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Abstract

Two-dimensional simulation of a rapid thermal processing (RTP) reactor is used to determine the radiative heating and the radiative and convective cooling. The gas flow patterns are found to be a strong function of temperature. Edge losses dominate the wafer thermal nonuniformity at high temperature, while convective cooling dominates at low temperature. A peak in the stress is found under transient conditions. To validate the model, some of the results are compared to experimental data from a small custom RTP system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)921-924
Number of pages4
JournalTechnical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting
StatePublished - Dec 1990
Event1990 International Electron Devices Meeting - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: Dec 9 1990Dec 12 1990

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