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Granted Patent B2
US 11,889,609 · App. 17/742,446 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Annealing system and annealing method integrated with laser and microwave

Inventors: Chwung-Shan Kou (Tainan, TW); Wen-Yung Yeh (Tainan, TW)
Assignees: HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP.; FINESSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H05B6/06B23K26/20H05B6/101
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Patent No.
US 11,889,609
App. No.
17/742,446
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an annealing system integrated with laser and microwave. The annealing system is provided with a microwave system, a laser system, and a measurement and control system. The microwave system provides a microwave energy to a first area of a to-be-annealed object for annealing the first area of the to-be-annealed object. The laser system uses a laser to provide a laser energy to a second area of the to-be-annealed object for annealing the second area of the to-be-annealed object. The measurement and control system monitors and controls a power of a microwave and/or a laser. The annealing system is capable of reducing a time required for an overall annealing, and also capable of avoiding cracks or defects caused by large stress differences.

Claims (20)

1. An annealing system integrated with laser and microwave, comprising:

a microwave system, the microwave system provides a microwave energy to a first area of a to-be-annealed object for annealing the first area of the to-be-annealed object;

a laser system, the laser system provides a laser energy to a second area of the to-be-annealed object for annealing the second area of the to-be-annealed object, wherein the microwave energy provided by the microwave system is provided to the first area along a first axial direction, the laser energy provided by the laser system is provided to the second area along a second axial direction, and wherein a first time interval during which the microwave system provides the microwave energy to the first area covers a second time interval during which the laser system provides the laser energy to the second area; and

a measurement and control system, the measurement and control system comprising a temperature measuring device, a power measuring device and a control device, the temperature measuring device monitoring a temperature value of the to-be-annealed object, the power measuring device measuring a power variation of at least one of the microwave energy provided by the microwave system and the laser energy provided by the laser system, wherein the control device correspondingly adjusts a first power of the microwave system providing the microwave energy and adjusts a second power of the laser system providing the laser energy according to the temperature value and the power variation.

2. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first area comprises the second area.

3. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microwave system integrally provides the microwave energy to the first area of the to-be-annealed object, and the laser system provides the laser energy to the second area of the to-be-annealed object by scanning.

4. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an angle between the first axial direction and the second axial direction is 0 degrees or 90 degrees or 180 degrees.

5. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the laser system comprises a laser generator and a lens set, the laser generator generates a laser, and the lens set guides the laser onto the second area of the to-be-annealed object.

6. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the microwave system comprises at least one microwave generator and a resonant cavity, the microwave generator generates a microwave, and the resonant cavity guides the microwave onto the first area of the to-be-annealed object.

7. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microwave system and the laser system respectively provide the microwave energy and the laser energy from opposite sides of the to-be-annealed object.

8. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microwave system and the laser system respectively provide the microwave energy and the laser energy from a same side of the to-be-annealed object.

9. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the lens set of the laser system is coaxially disposed on the resonant cavity of the microwave system to guide the laser onto the second area of the to-be-annealed object.

10. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microwave system and the laser system respectively provide the microwave energy and the laser energy from a vertical side of the to-be-annealed object to the to-be-annealed object.

11. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the microwave system comprises two microwave generators and a resonant cavity, the two microwave generators generate two microwaves, and the resonant cavity respectively guides the two microwaves onto the first area of the to-be-annealed object from two opposite directions of the first axial direction.

12. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a microwave absorbing element, and the microwave absorbing element and the microwave system are located on opposite sides of the to-be-annealed object.

13. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the resonant cavity of the microwave system is penetrated with an opening, and the to-be-annealed object is moved positionally in the resonant cavity through the opening to receive the microwave energy.

14. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power measuring device measures a forward signal or a reflected signal of at least one of the microwave system providing the microwave energy with a microwave and the laser system providing the laser energy with a laser to obtain the power variation.

15. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power measuring device comprises measuring at least one of a forward signal and a reflected signal of the microwave system providing the microwave energy with a microwave, and at least one of a forward signal and a reflected signal of the laser system providing the laser energy with a laser.

16. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the microwave system further comprises an isolator and a matcher disposed between the microwave generator and the resonant cavity.

17. The annealing system integrated with laser and microwave as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first area or the second area is located in a depth or on a surface of the to-be-annealed object.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2026
From: FINESSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP.
Reel/Frame 073741/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2026
From: FINESSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP.
Reel/Frame 073731/0646 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2022
From: KOU, CHWUNG-SHAN; YEH, WEN-YUNG
To: HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP.; FINESSE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060187/0922 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 111117039 · May 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63302974 · Jan 25, 2022
Provisional Application 63188478 · May 14, 2021
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