Provided is a manufacturing device capable of effectively and sufficiently reducing an edge crown. The wafer support is used in a chemical vapor phase growth device in which an epitaxial film is grown on a main surface of a wafer using a chemical vapor deposition method, the wafer support including: a wafer mounting surface having an upper surface on which a substrate is mounted; and a wafer support portion that rises to surround a wafer to he mounted, in which a height from an apex of the wafer support portion to a main surface of the wafer mounted on the wafer mounting surface is 1 mm or more.

The present disclosure generally relates to process chambers for semiconductor processing. In one embodiment, a growth monitor for substrate processing is provided. The growth monitor includes a sensor holder and a crystal disposed in the sensor holder having a front side and a back side. An opening is formed in the sensor holder exposing a front side of the crystal. A gas inlet is disposed through the sensor holder to a plenum formed by the back side of the crystal and the sensor holder. A gas outlet is fluidly coupled to the plenum.

Embodiments of mechanisms for processing a semiconductor wafer are provided. A method for processing a wafer includes providing a wafer process apparatus. The wafer process apparatus includes a chamber and a stage positioned in the chamber for supporting the semiconductor wafer. The method also includes supplying a process gas to the semiconductor wafer via a discharged assembly that is adjacent to the stage. The discharged assembly includes a discharged passage configured without a vertical flow path section.

A system for depositing a layer on a substrate includes a processing chamber defining a gas inlet for introducing gas into the processing chamber and a gas outlet to allow the gas to exit the processing chamber. A substrate support is positioned within the processing chamber and is configured to receive a substrate. A transparent upper window includes a convex first face spaced from the substrate support to define an air gap therebetween. The upper window is positioned within the processing chamber to direct the gas from the gas inlet, through the air gap, and to the gas outlet. The first face includes a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface circumscribed within the outer surface. The outer surface has a first radius of curvature and the inner surface has a second radius of curvature that is different from the first radius of curvature.

A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor includes a resonating cavity configured to receive microwaves. A microwave transparent window positioned in the resonating cavity separates the resonating cavity into an upper zone and a plasma zone. Microwaves entering the upper zone propagate through the microwave transparent window into the plasma zone. A substrate is disposed proximate a bottom of the plasma zone opposite the microwave transparent window. A ring structure, positioned around a perimeter of the substrate in the plasma zone, includes a lower section that extends from the bottom of the resonating cavity toward the microwave transparent window and an upper section on a side of the lower section opposite the bottom of the resonating cavity. The upper section extends radially toward a central axis of the ring structure. A method of microwave plasma CVD growth of a diamond film on the substrate is also disclosed.

A liner assembly for a substrate processing system includes a first liner and a second liner. The first liner includes an annular body and an outer peripheral surface including a first fluid guide. The first fluid guide is curved about a circumferential line extending around the first liner. The second liner includes an annular body, an outer rim, an inner rim, a second fluid guide extending between the outer rim and the inner rim, and a plurality of partition walls extending outwardly from the second fluid guide. The second fluid guide is curved about the circumferential line when the first and second liners are positioned within the processing system.

A gas deposition system (1000) configured as a dual-chamber “tower” includes a frame (1140) for supporting two reaction chamber assemblies (3000), one vertically above the other. Each chamber assembly (3000) includes an outer wall assembly surrounding a hollow chamber (3070) sized to receive a single generation 4.5 (GEN 4.5) glass plate substrate through a load port. The substrate is disposed horizontally inside the hollow chamber (3070) and the chamber assembly (3000) includes removable and cleanable triangular shaped input (3150) and output (3250) plenums disposed external to the hollow chamber (3070) and configured to produce substantially horizontally directed laminar gas flow over a top surface of the substrate. Each chamber includes a cleanable and removable chamber liner assembly (6000) disposed inside the hollow chamber (3070) to contain precursor gases therein thereby preventing contamination of chamber outer walls (3010, 3020, 3030, 3040).

A reactor device for chemical vapor deposition comprises a reaction chamber having a purge gas inlet. A gas discharge channel is linked to the reaction chamber via a circumferential opening in the inner wall of the chamber. The reaction chamber is arranged such that a purge gas stream flows from the purge gas inlet to the discharge channel. The inner wall of the reaction chamber comprises means for exchanging heat with the purge gas, for example, fins.

A vapor phase growth method using a vapor phase growth apparatus including a reaction chamber, a shower plate disposed in the upper portion of the reaction chamber so as to supply a gas into the reaction chamber, and a support portion provided below the shower plate inside the reaction chamber so as to place a substrate thereon, the method includes: placing the substrate on the support portion; heating the substrate; preparing a plurality of kinds of process gases for a film formation process; preparing a mixed gas by controlling mixing ratio between a first purging gas and a second purging gas, wherein the first purging gas and the second purging gas are selected from hydrogen and inert gases, a molecular weight of the first purging gas is smaller than an average molecular weight of the plurality of kinds of process gases and a molecular weight of the second purging gas is larger than the average molecular weight of the plurality of kinds of process gases, so that the average molecular weight of the mixed gas becomes closer to the average molecular weight of the plurality of kinds of process gases than molecular weight of the first purging gas or molecular weight of the second purging gas; ejecting the plurality of kinds of process gases from an inner area of the shower plate, and the mixed gas from an outer area of the shower plate; and forming a semiconductor film on the surface of the substrate.

The present document discloses a gas inlet device (21, 21a-21k) for use in a reactor for gas treatment of a substrate. The gas inlet device comprises an inlet niche having a back wall (233), and a side wall (234, 235) extending in a downstream direction (F) from the back wall (233) towards an inlet niche opening (212), an impingement surface (243), a gas orifice (210), which is configured to direct a gas flow towards the impingement surface (243), and a taper surface (244, 245), extending downstream of the impingement surface (243), such that a flow gap (213) having, along the downstream direction (F), gradually increasing cross sectional area, is formed between the side wall (234, 235) and the taper surface (244, 245).

The document further discloses a mixing device, a gas outlet device a reactor and the use of such reactor.