Patents by Inventor Robert Weihing

Robert Weihing has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7842905
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a device for the thermal treatment of substrates in which the substrates are held in contact with or a small distance away from a heating plate, which is heated by a plurality of separately controllable heating elements on the side of the heating plate facing away from the substrate, the heating plate being surrounded, at least in its plane, by a frame spaced apart therefrom, and gas being conveyed, in a controlled manner, through a gap between the frame and at least one edge of the heating plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Steag Hamatech AG
    Inventors: Werner Saule, Lothar Berger, Christian Krauss, Robert Weihing
  • Publication number: 20080217319
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and a device for the thermal treatment of substrates in which the substrates are held in contact with or a small distance away from a heating plate, which is heated by a plurality of separately controllable heating elements on the side of the heating plate facing away from the substrate, the heating plate being surrounded, at least in its plane, by a frame spaced apart therefrom, and gas being conveyed, in a controlled manner, through a gap between the frame and at least one edge of the heating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Werner Saule, Lothar Berger, Christian Krauss, Robert Weihing
  • Patent number: 6858088
    Abstract: To achieve a uniform coating of a substrate, with an apparatus and a method for coating substrates, according to which the substrate is supported on a substrate holder in such a way that a substrate surface that is to be coated is exposed, and the substrate is rotated together with the substrate holder, a cover can be secured to the substrate holder and together with the substrate holder forms a sealed chamber for the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Steag Hama Tech AG
    Inventors: Peter Dress, Karl Appich, Peter Krauss, Jakob Szekeresch, Robert Weihing
  • Patent number: 6512207
    Abstract: A device and method for thermally treating substrates. A substrate is heated by a heating plate to improve thermal homogeneity. The heating plate is heated using a number of separately controlled heating elements. The temperature of the heating elements is measured and the heating process is controlled by a PID controller. In addition, the temperature of the substrate surface facing away from the heating plate is locally measured. The temperature distribution over the substrate surface is determined according to the measured temperatures and set values for the temperature of the individual heating elements are determined and transmitted to the PID controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Steag HamaTech AG
    Inventors: Peter Dress, Uwe Dietze, Jakob Szekeresch, Robert Weihing