A SiC film structure capable of providing a sealing structure. A SiC film structure for obtaining a three-dimensional SiC film by forming the SiC film in an outer circumference of a substrate using a vapor deposition type film formation method and removing the substrate, the SiC film structure including: a main body having a three-dimensional shape formed of a SiC film and having an opening for removing the substrate; and a lid configured to cover the opening.

The present invention relates to a joined component formed by friction stir welding and, more particularly, to a joined component formed in a structure in which no interface exists between flow paths formed therein.

A SiC film structure capable of providing a sealing structure. A SiC film structure for obtaining a three-dimensional SiC film by forming the SiC film in an outer circumference of a substrate using a vapor deposition type film formation method and removing the substrate, the SiC film structure including: a main body having a three-dimensional shape formed of a SiC film and having an opening for removing the substrate; and a lid configured to cover the opening.

Apparatus and methods to process one or more wafers are described. The apparatus comprises a chamber defining an upper interior region and a lower interior region. A heater assembly is on the bottom of the chamber body in the lower interior region and defines a process region. A wafer cassette assembly is inside the heater assembly and a motor is configured to move the wafer cassette assembly from the lower process region inside the heater assembly to the upper interior region.

A substrate processing apparatus, provided with a substrate carrier support to support a substrate carrier thereon. The carrier support comprises a top support surface to support the substrate carrier; a thermally insulating body of thermally insulating material; and, a primary heater to heat the carrier support. The thermally insulating body is provided at least between the support surface and the primary heater.

There is provided a technique that includes a substrate support including a support column made of metal and a plurality of supports installed at the support column and configured to support a plurality of substrates in multiple stages; a process chamber configured to accommodate the plurality of substrates supported by the substrate support; and a heater configured to heat the plurality of substrates accommodated in the process chamber, wherein the plurality of supports includes at least a contact portion configured to make contact with the plurality of substrates and made of at least one selected from the group of a metal oxide and a non-metal material.

An ESD protection composite structure includes a link layer, a progressive layer, and a composite layer. The link layer is used for disposing the ESD protection composite structure on a substrate, wherein a material of the link layer includes a metal material. The progressive layer is disposed on the link layer, wherein the material of the progressive layer includes a non-stoichiometric metal oxide material, and an oxygen concentration in the non-stoichiometric metal oxide material is increased gradually away from the substrate in a thickness direction of the progressive layer. The composite layer is disposed on the progressive layer, wherein the composite layer includes a stoichiometric metal oxide material and a non-stoichiometric metal oxide material, and a ratio of the non-stoichiometric metal oxide material and the stoichiometric metal oxide material in the composite layer may make a sheet resistance value of the composite layer 110.sup.7 /sq to 110.sup.8 /sq.

A substrate support element for a support rack for thermal treatment of a substrate is provided. The substrate support element includes a support surface for the substrate. The substrate support element is a composite body that includes a first composite component and a second composite component, whereby the first composite component has a thermal conductivity in the range of 0.5 to 40 W/(m.Math.K) and the second composite component has a thermal conductivity in the range of 70 to 450 W/(m.Math.K).

Provided are a quartz glass member with an increased exposure area, which has an increased exposure area to a film formation treatment gas as compared to a member having a flat surface and has the increased exposure area controlled so that a constant adsorption amount of the film formation treatment gas onto a surface thereof is achieved, a method for manufacturing the quartz glass member with an increased exposure area, and a blade with multiple peripheral cutting edges to be used for the method. The quartz glass member with an increased exposure area is a quartz glass member for exposure to a film formation treatment gas to be, in film formation treatment of a semiconductor substrate, placed in a reaction chamber together with the semiconductor substrate to be subjected to the film formation treatment and exposed to the film formation treatment gas, the quartz glass member including: a quartz glass member main body; and a plurality of irregularities formed on a surface of the quartz glass member main body, the exposure area of the quartz glass member to the film formation treatment gas being controlled and increased.

Provided is a wafer boat having a plurality of SiC wafers mounted on the water boat so that main surfaces of the plurality of the SiC wafers vertically face each other. The wafer boat includes a wafer support member in which a plurality of wafer shelves supporting the plurality of the SiC wafers are provided along an arrangement direction of the plurality of the SiC wafers, and a surface roughness of at least the wafer support member is equal to or larger than 2 m and equal to or smaller than 4 m at Ra value.