A vapor deposition device is provided that can correct a positional offset of a carrier in a rotation direction relative to a wafer when the vapor deposition device is viewed in a plan view. The vapor deposition device includes a load-lock chamber provided with a holder for supporting the carrier, and the carrier and the holder are provided with a correction mechanism that corrects a position of the carrier in a rotation direction when the vapor deposition device is viewed in a plan view.

Examples of a substrate transfer system include a chamber in which a plurality of through holes are formed on a side surface, a substrate transfer device provided in the chamber, and a lamp heater disposed in the chamber. The lamp heater is configured to heat an inner wall of the chamber and the substrate transfer device.

A substrate processing apparatus, includes a reaction chamber, a central processing volume within a vertically oriented central processing portion of the reaction chamber, to expose at least one substrate to self-limiting surface reactions in the central processing volume, at least two lateral extensions in the reaction chamber laterally extending from the central processing portion, and an actuator configured to reversibly move at least one substrate between the lateral extension(s) and the central processing volume.

A substrate processing apparatus, includes a reaction chamber, a central processing volume within a vertically oriented central processing portion of the reaction chamber, to expose at least one substrate to self-limiting surface reactions in the central processing volume, at least two lateral extensions in the reaction chamber laterally extending from the central processing portion, and an actuator configured to reversibly move at least one substrate between the lateral extension(s) and the central processing volume.

A laminate that improves barrier properties of an atomic layer deposition film in spite of use of a substrate made of a polymer material, and provides a gas barrier film and a method of producing the same. The laminate includes: a substrate made a polymer material; an undercoat layer disposed on at least part of a surface of the substrate and made up of an inorganic material containing Ta; and an atomic layer deposition film disposed so as to cover a surface of the undercoat layer.

According to one aspect of the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (A) creating a recipe by setting opening/closing states of a plurality of valves on a gas pattern screen; and (B) processing a substrate by performing the recipe created in (A), wherein (A) includes: (a) selecting a gas pipe on the gas pattern screen when an opening/closing state of any valve among the plurality of valves changes on the gas pattern screen; and (b) confirming opening/closing states of one or more valves connected to the gas pipe selected in (a).

A tow coating reactor system includes a reactor for receiving fiber tow, a wedge situated adjacent the reactor and configured to receive the tow at a tip end, such that as the tow moves across the wedge, the wedge spreads the tow into a plurality of sub-tows.

A tow coating reactor system includes a reactor for receiving fiber tow, a wedge situated adjacent the reactor and configured to receive the tow at a tip end, such that as the tow moves across the wedge, the wedge spreads the tow into a plurality of sub-tows.

An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a chamber having a treating space formed therein, a substrate support unit that supports the substrate in the treating space, a plate that is located to face the substrate support unit in the treating space and that has a plurality of holes formed therein, a gas supply unit that supplies gas into the treating space through the holes, and a gas exhaust unit that exhausts the gas in the treating space through the holes.

Apparatus for atomic layer deposition on a surface of a substrate includes a precursor injector head. The precursor injector head includes a precursor supply and a deposition space that in use is bounded by the precursor injector head and the substrate surface. The precursor injector head is arranged for injecting a precursor gas from the precursor supply into the deposition space for contacting the substrate surface. The apparatus is arranged for relative motion between the deposition space and the substrate in a plane of the substrate surface. The apparatus is provided with a confining structure arranged for confining the injected precursor gas to the deposition space adjacent to the substrate surface.