Plane light source unit and radiant heating furnace including same

摘要

Disclosed herein is a plane light source unit comprising a plurality of lamps disposed closely with each other in proximity to a mirror with the longitudinal axes of the lamps extending parallelly in a plane. Each of the lamps comprises an elongated sealed tubular body and a filament formed of alternating non-luminous portions and luminous portions and provided within the tubular body along the longitudinal axis of the tubular body. A radiant heating furnace comprising the above plane light source unit and a cooling system therefor is also disclosed. The plane light source unit and a radiant heating furnace incorporating the same light source unit can irradiate light onto a region of a large area with a uniform irradiation energy density. They are suitable for heat treatment of semiconductor wafers.