A semiconductor fabrication facility is provided. The semiconductor fabrication facility includes a processing tool and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly is connected to the processing tool and comprises a number of transmission lines used to supply electric power or a fluid to the processing tool or remove the fluid or an exhaust gas from the processing tool. The transmission lines includes a first transmission line and a second transmission line. The first transmission line has a first temperature and the second transmission line has a second temperature. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature. The first transmission line and the second transmission line are arranged such that a thermal energy of the second transmission line is able to be transmitted to the first transmission line to change the first temperature of the first transmission line.

A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a plurality of devices, and a controller. The chamber is subjected to substrate processing. The plurality of devices execute operations related to substrate processing. The controller controls the operations of the plurality of devices. Further, the controller determines whether or not an error has occurred during performing the substrate processing in a chamber, and causes the plurality of devices to automatically execute a recovery operation corresponding to the content of the error that has occurred when the controller determines that the error has occurred and has suspended the substrate processing.

In an example, a method includes depositing a first sidewall spacer layer over a substrate having a layer stack including alternating layers of a nanosheet and a sacrificial layer, and a dummy gate formed over the layer stack, the first sidewall spacer layer formed over the dummy gate. The method includes depositing a metal-containing liner over the first sidewall spacer layer; forming a first sidewall spacer along the dummy gate by anisotropically etching the metal-containing liner and the first sidewall spacer layer; performing an anisotropic etch back process to form a plurality of vertical recesses in the layer stack; laterally etching the layer stack and form a plurality of lateral recesses between adjacent nanosheets; depositing a second sidewall spacer layer to fill the plurality of lateral recesses; and etching a portion of the second sidewall spacer layer to expose tips of the nanosheet layers.

An optical heating device includes: a chamber that accommodates a workpiece; a supporter that supports the workpiece in the chamber; a plurality of solid-state light sources emitting heating light toward a main surface of the workpiece; a plurality of reference light sources that emit reference light toward the main surface of the workpiece when power of the same power value is supplied to each of the reference light sources; a plurality of photodetectors that corresponds to the respective reference light sources, and that output signals in response to the intensity of the reference light that has been received; and a controller that executes a reference mode and a heating mode, the reference light sources and the corresponding photodetectors are arranged to face each other through the workpiece, and the photodetectors are configured to receive the reference light emitted from the reference light sources and transmitted through the workpiece.

Siemens process rod growth is controlled by measuring rod diameter by a measuring system A and measuring rod temperature by a measuring system B, the two measuring systems located at different positions outside the reactor.

Thermal monitors comprising a substrate with at least one camera position on a bottom surface thereof, a wireless communication controller and a battery. The camera has a field of view sufficient to produce an image of at least a portion of a wafer support, the image representative of the temperature within the field of view. Methods of using the thermal monitors are also described.

A carrier containing a plurality of semiconductor wafers in a lot is transported into a heat treatment apparatus. Thereafter, a recipe specifying treatment procedures and treatment conditions is set for each of the semiconductor wafers. Next, a reflectance of each of the semiconductor wafers stored in the carrier is measured. Based on the set recipe and the measured reflectance of each semiconductor wafer, a predicted attainable temperature of each semiconductor wafer at the time of flash heating treatment is calculated, and the calculated predicted attainable temperature is displayed. This allows the setting of the treatment conditions with reference to the displayed predicted attainable temperature, to thereby easily achieve the setting of the heat treatment conditions.

There is provided a drying apparatus for covering an upper surface of the substrate with an uneven pattern formed thereon with a liquid film and subsequently drying the substrate, including: a first heat transfer part whose temperature is adjusted to a first temperature, wherein a first heat is transferred between the first heat transfer part and the substrate by a first temperature difference; a second heat transfer part whose temperature is adjusted to a second temperature different from the first temperature, wherein a second heat is transferred between the second heat transfer part and the substrate by a second temperature difference; and a controller configured to control the first temperature and the second temperature and to control a surface tension distribution of the liquid film so as to control an agglomeration of the liquid film.

An example semiconductor processing system may include a chamber body having sidewalls and a base. The processing system may also include a substrate support extending through the base of the chamber body. The substrate support may include a support platen configured to support a semiconductor substrate, and a shaft coupled with the support platen. The processing system may further include a plate coupled with the shaft of the substrate support. The plate may have an emissivity greater than 0.5. In some embodiments, the plate may include a radiation shied disposed proximate the support platen. In some embodiments, the plate may include a pumping plate disposed proximate the base of the chamber body. In some embodiments, the emissivity of the plate may range between about 0.5 and about 0.95.

A plasma processing apparatus including: a chamber configured to provide a space for processing a substrate; a substrate stage configured to support the substrate within the chamber and including a first electrode, the first electrode configured to receive a first radio frequency signal; a second electrode disposed on an upper portion of the chamber to face the first electrode, the second electrode configured to receive a second radio frequency signal; a gas supply unit configured to supply a process gas onto the substrate within the chamber; and a thermal control unit configured to circulate a heat transfer medium through a first fluid passage provided in the first electrode and a second fluid passage provided in the second electrode to maintain the first and second electrodes at the same temperature.