Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080216742 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A substrate processing apparatus having a support for holding a wafer, a processing chamber for accommodating the wafer, a gas supply hole for supplying desired processing gas in a parallel direction to the surface to be processed of the wafer to be accommodated in said processing chamber, an adjustment plate to be arranged with facing the surface to be processed of the wafer accommodated in the foregoing processing chamber, and an exhaust means for exhausting atmosphere in said processing chamber. A substrate processing apparatus wherein distance between the surface to be processed of wafer and the center part of the adjustment plate is narrower than distance between the surface to be processed of wafer and the circumference part and the midway part of the adjustment plate, in a direction perpendicular to a supply direction of processing gas. | 09-11-2008 |
20090137128 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Semiconductor Device Producing Method - Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube to accommodate at least one substrate; at least a pair of electrodes disposed outside the reaction tube; and a dielectric member, wherein a plasma generation region is formed at least in a space between an inner wall of the reaction tube and an outer circumferential edge of the substrate, the member includes a main face extending in a radial direction of the substrate and in a substantially entire circumferential direction of the substrate in a horizontal plane parallel to a main face of the substrate, and is disposed in an outer circumferential region of the substrate, and gas activated in the plasma generation region is supplied through a surface region of the main face of the member to the substrate. | 05-28-2009 |
20090258507 | Substrate Treatment Device and Substrate Treatment Method - In order to solve the problem of contamination caused by static electricity on the surface of a substrate after plasma treatment, the invention provides a substrate treatment device comprising a standby chamber in which is arranged a transfer device for loading a substrate out of/into a cassette rack accommodating a substrate, said substrate treatment device capable of retaining said substrate transferred by the transfer device in a boat and loading, by way of a boat elevator, the boat into/out of a treatment furnace capable of applying plasma treatment to said substrate, wherein a static eliminator for eliminating static electricity of said substrate is arranged in said standby chamber. | 10-15-2009 |
20100186774 | CLEANING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a cleaning method for removing a film adhered inside a processing chamber of a substrate processing apparatus used for forming a desired film on a substrate by supplying a material gas for film formation. The method is provided with a step of supplying a halogen containing gas into the processing chamber, and a step of supplying a fluorine containing gas into the processing chamber while supplying the halogen containing gas, after starting to supply the halogen containing gas. In the step of supplying the fluorine containing gas, a supply flow volume ratio of the halogen containing gas to the entire gas supplied into the processing chamber is within a range of 20-25%. | 07-29-2010 |
20120119337 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus capable of suppressing accumulation of reaction products or decomposed matters on an inner wall of a nozzle and suppressing scattering of foreign substances in a process chamber. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber, a heating unit, a source gas supply unit, a source gas nozzle, an exhaust unit, and a control unit configured to control at least the heating unit, the source gas supply unit and the exhaust unit. The source gas nozzle is disposed at a region in the process chamber, in which a first process gas is not decomposed even under a temperature in the process chamber higher than a pyrolysis temperature of the first process gas, and the control unit supplies the first process gas into the process chamber two or more times at different flow velocities to prevent the first process gas from being mixed. | 05-17-2012 |
20130137279 | Exhaust Unit, Substrate Processing Apparatus, and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus capable of increasing a conductance of an exhaust system while preventing or suppressing an increase in footprint of an apparatus, thereby reducing a pressure thereof. The substrate processing apparatus includes a process container ( | 05-30-2013 |
20140213069 | Substrate Processing Apparatus, Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium - A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber in which a substrate is accommodated; a source gas supply system configured to supply a source gas onto the substrate; first and second reactive gas supply systems configured to supply a reactive gas onto the substrate via first and second interconnected reactive gas supply pipes, wherein a gas storage unit is installed at the second reactive gas supply pipe to store the reactive gas and the reactive gas is supplied onto the substrate via the gas storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the source gas supply system to supply the source gas onto the substrate and to control the first and second reactive gas supply systems to supply the reactive gas onto the substrate via the first and second reactive gas supply pipes. | 07-31-2014 |
20150162184 | Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes processing a substrate accommodated in a process container accommodated in a housing by supplying a process gas onto the substrate; and exhausting the process container using an exhaust system comprising a first exhaust pipe connected to the process container, the first exhaust pipe having circular or oval cross-section perpendicular to an exhausting direction thereof; and a second exhaust pipe connected to the first exhaust pipe, the second exhaust pipe having square or rectangular cross-section perpendicular to the exhausting direction, wherein at least a portion of the second exhaust pipe is disposed within the housing. | 06-11-2015 |