| US 10,986,698 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for providing transient thermal profile processing on a moving substrate | ||
| Kurt A. Schroder, Coupland, TX (US); Steven C. McCool, Austin, TX (US); and Douglas K. Jackson, Austin, TX (US) | ||
| Assigned to NCC NANO, LLC, Dallas, TX (US) | ||
| Filed by NCC NANO, LLC, Dallas, TX (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 13, 2014, as Appl. No. 14/540,639. | ||
| Application 14/540,639 is a continuation of application No. 13/082,469, filed on Apr. 8, 2011, granted, now 8,907,258. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 61/321,910, filed on Apr. 8, 2010. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2015/0055943 A1, Feb. 26, 2015 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05B 3/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/10 (2006.01); H05K 3/12 (2006.01); F26B 13/10 (2006.01); F26B 3/28 (2006.01); B29C 71/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/34 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC H05B 3/009 (2013.01) [B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 35/10 (2013.01); B29C 71/02 (2013.01); F26B 3/28 (2013.01); F26B 13/10 (2013.01); H05B 1/0294 (2013.01); H05K 3/1283 (2013.01); B29C 2071/022 (2013.01); H05B 41/34 (2013.01); H05K 1/0386 (2013.01); H05K 3/125 (2013.01); H05K 2203/1545 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
| 1. 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 flashlamp controller for modifying pulse widths of multiplepulses to generate a specific waveform that controls temperatures of a first side and a second side of said substrate in a time scale according to a specific thermal profile such that said temperatures of said first and second sides of said substrate are different, wherein said flashlamp controller includes
a waveform generator; and
an encoder that sends control signals to said waveform generator to generate said specific waveform; and
a flashlamp for providing an electromagnetic pulse according to shapes and timing of said specific waveform, wherein said electromagnetic pulse is utilized to cure said thin film while said thin film is being moved in relation to said flashlamp.
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