Provided is a technique including: a processing chamber that processes a substrate; a first gas supplier that supplies a metal-containing gas into the processing chamber; a second gas supplier that supplies a first oxygen-containing gas into the processing chamber; and an exhauster including a gas exhaust pipe and a trap that collects a component of the metal-containing gas contained in an exhaust gas using plasma, the exhauster discharging the exhaust gas from the processing chamber.

Provided is a silica glass disc in which the deformation amount thereof in heat treatment is minimized, and the surface area of a silica glass surface can be increased. There is provided a silica glass disc, including a dimple forming area in which a large number of dimples are formed on at least one of a front surface or a back surface of a silica glass body, and the dimples in the dimple forming area are regularly formed. It is preferred that the dimples be formed by a laser.

A method includes forming a film on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times, the cycle including non-simultaneously performing: (a) forming a first layer by supplying a precursor to the substrate; and (b) forming a second layer by supplying a reactant to the substrate and modifying the first layer. The (a) includes: (a-1) supplying the precursor to the substrate from a first supply part while supplying an inert gas at a first flow rate, and supplying an inert gas at a second flow rate from a second supply part; and (a-2) supplying the precursor to the substrate while supplying the inert gas at a third flow rate from the first supply part, or supplying the precursor from the first supply part while stopping the supply of the inert gas, and supplying the inert gas at a fourth flow rate from the second supply part.

There is provided a technique that includes a process container where a plurality of substrates to be processed is arranged in an inside of the process container; and a gas injector including a pipe extending along a direction in which the plurality of substrates is arranged, and configured to supply a gas into the process container, wherein the gas injector includes at least one first injection hole installed along a longitudinal direction of the pipe in a section where the plurality of substrates is arranged, and configured to supply the gas, and a plurality of second injection holes having an area smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the pipe, and installed to be opened obliquely to the longitudinal direction at a tip of the pipe.

A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes: a processing container that accommodates a substrate holder that holds a plurality of substrates in a shelf shape; a gas supply that supplies a processing gas into the processing container; and a microwave introducer that generates a plasma from the processing gas. The microwave introducer includes: a rectangular waveguide provided along a length direction of the processing container and including a plurality of slots that radiates microwaves; and a phase controller that is provided at an end of the rectangular waveguide and controls a phase of the microwaves propagating in the rectangular waveguide.

A substrate processing apparatus and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes a processing chamber; a boat configured to stack substrates; a gas nozzle including a nozzle region and a fastening region; a gas inlet including an insert portion; and an adapter coupling the gas inlet and the gas nozzle. The fastening region includes a first lower region; and a second lower region having a protruding portion protruding outwardly from an outer side surface of the first lower region. The adapter includes a lower pedestal; a lower fastening portion on the lower pedestal and contacting at least a lower surface of the protruding portion; a gasket between a portion of the lower pedestal and a portion of the lower fastening portion; an upper fastening portion contacting at least an upper surface of the protruding portion; a hole passing through the lower pedestal, the lower fastening portion, the protruding portion, and the upper fastening portion; and a fastening unit coupling the lower pedestal, the lower fastening portion, the protruding portion, and the upper fastening portion through the hole.

A method of depositing a metal-containing material is disclosed. The method can include use of cyclic deposition techniques, such as cyclic chemical vapor deposition and atomic layer deposition. The metal-containing material can include intermetallic compounds. A structure including the metal-containing material and a system for forming the material are also disclosed.

According to one aspect of a technique the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate support configured to support a substrate; a reaction tube in which the substrate support is accommodated; a heater provided around the reaction tube; and an accommodation structure provided at a side surface of the reaction tube and configured to accommodate one or both of: a gas supply nozzle provided so as to extend from an outside of the reaction tube toward an inside of the reaction tube in a horizontal direction with respect to a surface of the substrate supported by the substrate support; and a first temperature measuring structure provided so as to extend from the outside of the reaction tube toward the inside of the reaction tube in the horizontal direction with respect to the surface of the substrate supported by the substrate support.

There is provided a technique that includes: processing a substrate according to a processing condition of the substrate; collecting atmospheric pressure data in parallel with the processing of the substrate; adjusting the processing condition of the substrate using the collected atmospheric pressure data; and performing control of the substrate processing according to the processing condition.

There is provided a technique that includes: an exhauster including a casing in which a rotating body is installed; a gas supplier configured to supply an inert gas to the exhauster without passing through a process chamber; and a controller configured to be capable of controlling the gas supplier to supply the inert gas into the casing based on a temperature drop of the rotating body expected in advance in a state where a processing object is not being processed in the process chamber such that a temperature of the rotating body becomes equal to or higher than a target temperature.