C23C16/45563

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

There is provided a technique capable of uniformly supplying a gas with respect to a surface of a substrate when the substrate is processed. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube; and a gas supply nozzle for supplying a gas to a substrate supported by a substrate support in the reaction tube along a direction parallel to a substrate surface. The gas supply nozzle is provided with a gas ejection port including an edge vicinity portion and a central portion defined along the direction parallel to the surface of the substrate. An opening dimension of the edge vicinity portion of the gas ejection port measured along a direction orthogonal to the direction parallel to the surface of the substrate is greater than an opening dimension of the central portion of the gas ejection port measured along the same direction.

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME

A substrate processing apparatus includes: configured to support a plurality of substrates; a chamber sidewall surrounding at least a side surface of the substrate support; and an upper plate including a plurality of plate portions on the substrate support and spaced apart from the substrate support. The plurality of plate portions and the substrate support collectively at least partially define a plurality of process regions between the plurality of plate portions and the substrate support and a separation between at least two process regions of the plurality of process regions. The plurality of process regions include a pretreatment process region between the pretreatment process plate portion and the substrate support and having a first height, and a deposition process region between the deposition process plate portion and the substrate support and having a second height, greater than the first height.

Substrate processing apparatus

In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a substrate processing apparatus includes: a tube assembly having an inner space in which substrates are processed and assembled by laminating a plurality of laminates, each of which includes an injection part and an exhaust hole; a substrate holder configured to support the plurality of substrates in a multistage manner in the inner space; a supply line connected to one injection part of the plurality of laminates to supply a process gas; and an exhaust line connected to one of a plurality of exhaust holes to exhaust the process gas, and the substrate processing apparatus that has a simple structure and induces a laminar flow of the process gas to uniformly supply the process gas to a top surface of the substrate.

Asymmetric injection for better wafer uniformity

A gas injector for processing a substrate includes a body having an inlet connectable to a gas source that is configured to provide a gas flow in a first direction into the inlet when processing a substrate on a substrate support disposed within a processing volume of a processing chamber, and an a gas injection channel formed in the body. The gas injection channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and configured to deliver the gas flow to an inlet of the processing chamber. The gas injection channel has a first interior surface and a second interior surface that are parallel to a second direction and a third direction. The second and third directions do not intersect a center of the substrate, and are at an angle to the first direction towards a first edge of the substrate support.

ADJUSTABLE FLUID INLET ASSEMBLY FOR A SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
20230090809 · 2023-03-23 · ·

A fluid inlet assembly for a substrate processing apparatus includes a fluid inlet pipe configured to pass through a wall of a sealed pressure vessel, a resilient element around the fluid inlet pipe outside the sealed pressure vessel coupling the fluid inlet pipe to the wall, and first and second end parts, the resilient element being coupled therebetween.

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

There is provided a technique capable of improving a step coverage performance of a film formed on a substrate. According to one aspect thereof, there is provided a substrate processing method including: (a1) supplying a first process gas such that a transfer velocity of the first process gas toward an edge region of a substrate is faster than the transfer velocity of the first process gas toward a central region of the substrate; (a2) supplying a second process gas such that a transfer velocity of the second process gas toward the central region of the substrate is faster than the transfer velocity of the second process gas toward the edge region of the substrate; and (b) supplying a reactive gas toward the substrate.

Vacuum Coating Device
20220341026 · 2022-10-27 ·

The present invention discloses a vacuum coating device, comprising: a crucible; an induction heater provided on the periphery of the crucible; a flow distribution box connected to the top of said crucible via a steam pipe. Wherein said flow distribution box is provided inside with a horizontal pressure stabilizing plate, said flow distribution box is connected on the top with a nozzle, said steam pipe is provided with a pressure regulating valve, and said pressure stabilizing plate has a multi-hole structure. The lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate is connected to a horizontal flow suppression plate, and a space is formed between the side of said flow suppression plate and the inner wall of said flow distribution box. A jet moderating zone is formed between the joint where said flow distribution box and said steam pipe are connected and the lower surface of said pressure stabilizing plate, and a jet accelerating zone is formed between the upper surface of said pressure stabilizing plate and the joint where said flow distribution box and said nozzle are connected. When the high-temperature steam reaches the low-temperature steel plate, a uniform coating can be formed on the steel plate surface.

Gas splitting by time average injection into different zones by fast gas valves
11610759 · 2023-03-21 · ·

Disclosed herein is a gas delivery assembly for processing a substrate. In one example, a processing chamber comprises a plurality of walls, a bottom, and a lid to form an interior volume. Gas nozzles provide gas into the interior volume. A substrate support is disposed in the interior volume, having a top surface that supports a substrate. A gas delivery assembly comprises a gas manifold, and is disposed outside of the processing chamber. Gas passageways extend from the gas manifold to the gas nozzles, each gas passageway having similar conductance. A controller is fluidically coupled to each of the gas passageways, and is configured to control the timing at which a first process gas flows from the gas delivery assembly through the controller into the gas manifold, and the timing at which a second process gas is injected into the gas manifold through the gas nozzles.

Plasma source and method of operating the same

A plasma source (100), comprises an outer face (10) with an aperture (14) for delivering a plasma from the aperture. A transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate (11) and the plasma source relative to each other parallel to the outer face, with a substrate surface to be processed in parallel with at least a part of the outer face that contains the aperture. First (4-1) and second tile (4-2) are arranged within a first plane of a working electrode (22) with neighbouring edges (12) bordering a first plasma collection space (6-1) and a third tile (4-3) is arranged in a second plane of the working electrode parallel to the first plane such that the third tile overlaps neighbouring edges in the first plane. At least one of the working and counter electrodes comprises a local modification (13,15) near said neighbouring edges to increase a plasma delivery to the aperture compensating for loss of plasma collection due to the neighbouring edges.

SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS

The present invention disclosed herein relates to a substrate processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a substrate processing apparatus in which a substrate is processed at a high pressure and a low pressure. The present invention discloses a substrate processing apparatus including: a process chamber (100) which has an inner space and in which an installation groove (130) is defined at a central side on a bottom surface (120); a substrate support (200) installed to be inserted into the installation groove (130) and having a top surface on which the substrate is seated; an inner lid part (300) which is installed to be movable vertically in the inner space and descends so that a portion thereof is in close contact with the bottom surface (120) adjacent to the installation groove (130) to define a sealed processing space (S2) in which the substrate support (200) is disposed therein.