摘要 |
A cooled window assembly for a thermal processing chamber, wherein an object in the chamber is heated by a radiation source outside the chamber emitting radiation that includes infrared radiation. The assembly includes upper and lower transparent plates defining passages therebetween. A cooling fluid flows through the passages, which fluid is substantially transparent to the infrared radiation, such that the infrared radiation from the source passes through the plates and through the fluid in the passages to heat the object. The upper plate is substantially thicker than the lower plate, thus providing the window with mechanical strength sufficient withstand atmospheric pressure when the chamber is evacuated.
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