Kokusai Electric Corporation

Gen Li

Kenichi Suzaki

Hirohisa Yamazaki

Yuji Takebayashi

There is provided a technique that includes: (a) supplying a chlorine-containing gas to an interior of a process vessel, to which an oxide film adheres, under a first pressure; (b) exhausting the interior of the process vessel; (c) supplying an oxygen-containing gas into the process vessel; (d) exhausting the interior of the process vessel; (e) supplying the chlorine-containing gas into the process vessel under a second pressure lower than the first pressure; (f) exhausting the interior of the process vessel; (g) supplying the oxygen-containing gas into the process vessel; and (h) exhausting the interior of the process vessel, wherein the oxide film which adheres to the interior of the process vessel is removed by performing each of (a) to (h) one or more times and setting a supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas in (c) different from a supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas in (g).

Cleaning method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and substrate processing apparatus

Described herein is a technique capable of stabilizing a supply flow rate of a vaporized gas. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a vaporizer including: a vessel in which a source is stored; a first heater capable of heating the source by immersion into the source stored in the vessel; a second heater capable of heating the vessel; a first temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the source by immersion into the source; a second temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the vessel; and a controller capable of controlling the first heater based on the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor and controlling the second heater based on the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor.

Vaporizer, processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Described herein is a technique capable of stabilizing a supply flow rate of a vaporized gas. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a vaporizer including: a liquid vessel in which a liquid source is stored; a first heater capable of heating the liquid source by immersion into the liquid source stored in the liquid vessel; a second heater capable of heating the liquid vessel; a first temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the liquid source by immersion into the liquid source; a second temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the liquid vessel; and a controller capable of controlling the first heater based on the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor and controlling the second heater based on the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor.

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