Hitachi-kokusai Electric Inc.

Sadao Nakashima

Takafumi Sasaki

Koei Kuribayashi

Yoshinori Imai

Iwao Nakamura

Naoto Nakamura

Ryuji Yamamoto

Yushin Takasawa

Ryota Sasajima

Kiyohiko Maeda

Kenji Kameda

Kazuhiro Morimitsu

Akihiro Sato

Keishin Yamazaki

Kenji Shirako

Jie Wang

Akira Morohashi

Masanao Fukuda

Takahiro Maeda

Tomoharu Shimada

Kenichi Ishiguro

Provided is a heat treatment apparatus that can form films having a uniform thickness on a plurality of substrates. The heat treatment apparatus comprises a process chamber configured to grow silicon carbide (SiC) films on wafers, a boat configured to hold a plurality of wafers in a state where the wafers are vertically arranged and approximately horizontally oriented so as to hold the wafers in the process chamber, a heating unit installed in the process chamber, and a gas supply nozzle configured to supply a reaction gas. The heating unit comprises a susceptor configured to cover at least a part of the boat, and a susceptor wall disposed between the boat and the susceptor.

Heat treatment apparatus

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by using a substrate processing apparatus comprises a reaction chamber configured to process a plurality of substrates stacked at predetermined intervals, wherein a first gas flow from a first gas supply inlet and a second gas flow from a second gas supply inlet are crossed with each other before these gas flows reach the substrates. The method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises: loading the plurality of substrates into the reaction chamber; supplying a silicon-containing gas and a chlorine-containing gas from the first gas supply inlet into the reaction chamber, supplying a carbon-containing gas and a reducing gas from the second gas supply inlet into the reaction chamber and supplying a dopant-containing gas into the reaction chamber from the first gas supply inlet or the second gas supply inlet; and unloading the substrates from the reaction chamber.

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

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has: carrying a substrate into a process chamber; depositing a thin film on the substrate by supplying inside the process chamber a first film deposition gas including at least one element among plural elements forming a thin film to be deposited and capable of accumulating a film solely and a second film deposition gas including at least another element among the plural elements and incapable of accumulating a film solely; carrying the substrate on which is deposited the thin film out from inside the process chamber; and removing a first sediment adhering to an interior of the process chamber and a second sediment adhering to an interior of the supply portion and having a chemical composition different from a chemical composition of the first sediment by supplying cleaning gases inside the process chamber and inside a supply portion that supplies the first film deposition gas while changing at least one of a supply flow rate, a concentration, and a type between a cleaning gas to be supplied inside the process chamber and a cleaning gas to be supplied inside the supply portion.

Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including removal of deposits from process chamber and supply portion

There are provided a substrate processing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a method of manufacturing a substrate, for growing a SiC epitaxial film at a high-temperature condition. The substrate processing apparatus comprises: a reaction chamber; a first gas supply system configured to supply at least a gas containing silicon atoms and a gas containing chlorine atoms, or a gas containing silicon and chlorine atoms; a second gas supply system configured to supply at least a reducing gas; a third gas supply system configured to supply at least a gas containing carbon atoms; a first gas supply nozzle connected to the first gas supply system or the first and third gas supply systems; a second gas supply nozzle connected to the second gas supply system or the second and third gas supply systems; and a controller configured to control the first to third gas supply systems.

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

An apparatus including a reaction chamber in which substrates are stacked; a first gas supply nozzle installed in a region in which the substrates are stacked; a second gas supply nozzle installed in a different position; a first branch nozzle installed at the first gas supply nozzle in a direction parallel to major surfaces of the substrates, a line of which is branched in a direction of the second gas supply nozzle, and including a first gas supply port; and a second branch nozzle installed at the second gas supply nozzle in the direction parallel to the major surfaces of the substrates, a line of which is branched in a direction of the first gas supply nozzle, and including a second gas supply port; wherein the first gas supply port and the second gas supply port are installed adjacent to each other in a direction that the substrates are stacked.

Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus, including a reaction tube to process a substrate therein, wherein the reaction tube includes an outer tube, an inner tube disposed inside the outer tube, and a support section to support the inner tube, the inner tube and the support section are made of quartz or silicon carbide, and a shock-absorbing member is provided between the support section and the inner tube.

Substrate processing apparatus and semiconductor device producing method

A heat-treating apparatus capable of realizing a highly precise processing maintaining a high degree of safety, and a method of producing substrates are provided. The heat-treating apparatus comprises a reaction tube for treating substrates; a manifold for supporting the reaction tube; and a heater provided surrounding the reaction tube to heat the interior of reaction tube; wherein the reaction tube and the manifold are in contact with each other as their continuous flat surfaces come in contact with each other; a cover member is provided to cover the contact portion between the reaction tube and the manifold from the outer side; and the cover member is provided with at least either a gas feed port or an exhaust port communicated with a space formed among the cover member, the reaction tube and the manifold.

Heat-treating apparatus and method of producing substrates

To prevent both slips caused by damage from projections, and slips caused by adhesive force occurring due to excessive smoothing. The heat treating apparatus includes a processing chamber for heat treating wafers and a boat for supporting the wafers in the processing chamber. The boat further includes a wafer holder in contact with the wafer and a main body for supporting the wafer holder. The wafer holder diameter is 63 to 73 percent of the wafer diameter, and the surface roughness Ra of the portion of the wafer holder in contact with the wafer is set from 1 &#x3bc;m to 1,000 &#x3bc;m. The wafer can be supported so that the amount of wafer displacement is minimal and both slips due to damage from projections on the wafer holder surface, and slips due to the adhesive force occurring because of excessive smoothing can be prevented in that state.

Heat treating apparatus

A thermal treatment apparatus, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a method for manufacturing a substrate, wherein the occurrence of slip dislocation in a substrate during heat treatment is reduced, and a high-quality semiconductor device can be manufactured, are intended to be provided. A substrate supportis formed from a main body portionand a supporting portion. In the main body portion, a plurality of placing portionsextend parallel, and supporting portionsare provided on the placing portions. A substrateis placed on the supporting portion. The supporting portionhas a smaller area than an area of a flat face of the substrate, and is formed from a silicon plate having a thickness larger than thickness of the substrate, so that deformation during heat treatment is reduced. The supporting portionis made of silicon, and a layer coated with silicon carbide (SiC) is formed on a substrate-placing face of the supporting portion

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Toyama, Japan

Sadao Nakashima