Patent classifications
C23C16/45572
FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND PLATE
A film forming apparatus includes a film formation chamber capable of accommodating a substrate; a gas supplier including nozzles provided in an upper portion of the film formation chamber to supply a process gas onto a film formation face of the substrate, and a cooling part suppressing a temperature increase of the process gas; a heater heating the substrate to 1500° C. or higher; and a plate opposed to a bottom face of the gas supplier, where first opening parts of the nozzles are formed, in the film formation chamber, and arranged away from the bottom face, in which the plate includes a plurality of second opening parts having a smaller diameter than the first opening parts, and arranged substantially uniformly in a plane of the plate, and a partition protruded on an opposed face to the gas supplier and separating the plane of the plate into regions.
SHOWER HEAD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS
There is a shower head through which a processing gas is supplied into an inside of a processing chamber, comprising: a cooling plate having a gas diffusion chamber, and a plurality of first through holes passing through from the gas diffusion chamber to a first surface on a processing chamber side; an upper electrode having a second surface in contact with the first surface of the cooling plate, a third surface configured to form an inner surface of the processing chamber, and a plurality of second through holes passing through from the second surface to the third surface; and a plurality of recesses formed in the first surface or the second surface and provided apart from each other, wherein one of the plurality of first through holes is connected to at least two of the plurality of second through holes via one of the plurality of recesses.
WALL-COOLED GAS-INLET ELEMENT FOR A CVD REACTOR
A gas inlet element for a CVD reactor includes a cylindrical main body, which together with an outer wall, forms a gas outlet face. The outer wall surrounds at least one gas distribution chamber. A plurality of gas outlet openings originating in the gas distribution chamber open out into the gas outlet face. A cooling device includes a plurality of cooling channels running adjacently but separately in the outer wall, and the gas outlet openings extend between the cooling channels.
CHAMBER ARCHITECTURE FOR EPITAXIAL DEPOSITION AND ADVANCED EPITAXIAL FILM APPLICATIONS
The present disclosure generally relates to a process chamber for processing of semiconductor substrates. The process chamber includes an upper lamp assembly, a lower lamp assembly, a substrate support, an upper window disposed between the substrate support and the upper lamp assembly, a lower window disposed between the lower lamp assembly and the substrate support, an inject ring, and a base ring. Each of the upper lamp assembly and the lower lamp assembly include vertically oriented lamp apertures for the placement of heating lamps therein. The inject ring includes gas injectors disposed therethrough and the base ring includes a substrate transfer passage, a lower chamber exhaust passage, and one or more upper chamber exhaust passages. The gas injectors are disposed over the substrate transfer passage and across from the lower chamber exhaust passage and the one or more upper chamber exhaust passages.
Chamber injector
Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatus for fabricating semiconductor devices. A gas injection apparatus is coupled to a first gas source and a second gas source. Gases from the first gas source and second gas source may remain separated until the gases enter a process volume in a process chamber. A coolant is flowed through a channel in the gas injection apparatus to cool the first gas and the second gas in the gas injection apparatus. The coolant functions to prevent thermal decomposition of the gases by mitigating the influence of thermal radiation from the process chamber. In one embodiment, the channel surrounds a first conduit with the first gas and a second conduit with the second gas.
Method of manufacturing semiconductor device
According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: (a) heating a substrate to a first temperature while supporting the substrate on a substrate support, and supplying a process gas into a process vessel accommodating the substrate support; (b) lowering a temperature of a low temperature structure provided in the process vessel to a second temperature lower than the first temperature by supplying an inert gas or air to a coolant flow path provided in the process vessel after (a) for a predetermined time, wherein defects occur when a cleaning gas is supplied to the low temperature structure at the first temperature; and (c) cleaning the low temperature structure by supplying the cleaning gas into the process vessel after (b).
FLOW GUIDE APPARATUSES FOR FLOW UNIFORMITY CONTROL IN PROCESS CHAMBERS
A flow guide apparatus includes an upper flow guide structure configured to receive a first gas from a remote source, and a lower flow guide structure attached to the upper flow guide structure. The upper flow guide structure and the lower flow guide structure are configured to receive at least one gas from at least one remote source. The flow guide apparatus further includes a line diffuser structure disposed between the lower flow guide structure and the upper flow guide structure. The line diffuser structure has a long axis along a length of the upper flow guide structure and a short axis. The line diffuser structure includes a plurality of through holes that are configured to approximately evenly distribute the at least one gas as it is output into a reactor.
Laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition devices and methods of use thereof
Disclosed herein are laser-assisted metal-organic chemical vapor deposition devices and methods of use thereof.
Integrated showerhead with thermal control for delivering radical and precursor gas to a downstream chamber to enable remote plasma film deposition
A substrate processing system includes a first chamber including a substrate support. A showerhead is arranged above the first chamber and is configured to filter ions and deliver radicals from a plasma source to the first chamber. The showerhead includes a heat transfer fluid plenum, a secondary gas plenum including an inlet to receive secondary gas and a plurality of secondary gas injectors to inject the secondary gas into the first chamber, and a plurality of through holes passing through the showerhead. The through holes are not in fluid communication with the heat transfer fluid plenum or the secondary gas plenum.
SHOWERHEAD THERMAL MANAGEMENT USING GAS COOLING
A temperature-controlled showerhead assembly includes a stem with cooling gas passageways and at least one process gas delivery passageway, and a back plate thermally coupled to the stem. The showerhead also includes a face plate attached to the back plate and a convective heat transfer element (CHTE) thermally coupled to the back plate. The CHTE includes a sealing cup which isolates the CHTE heat transfer structures from the process environment. The CHTE includes an internal plenum including an inlet path for receiving a flow of cooling gas via at least a first one of the plurality of cooling gas passageways, and an outlet path for removing the flow of cooling gas from the CHTE via at least a second one of the plurality of cooling gas passageways. The received flow of cooling gas is thermally coupled with a surface of the back plate.