Kokusai Electric Corporation

Hitachi-kokusai Electric Inc.

Toshiya Shimada

Hidehiro Yanai

Shin Hiyama

Tomihiro Amano

Toru Kakuda

Yukinori Aburatani

Hiroshi Ashihara

Masahiro Miyake

Kenji Shinozaki

A conventional substrate processing apparatus for generating plasma cannot generate plasma with high density and thus throughput of substrate processing is low. In order to solve this problem, provided is a substrate processing apparatus including a reaction vessel having a tubular shape and provided with a coil installed at an outer circumference thereof; a cover installed at a first end of the reaction vessel; a gas introduction port installed at the cover; a first plate installed between the gas introduction port and an upper end of the coil; a second plate installed between the first plate and the upper end of the coil; a substrate processing chamber installed at a second end of the reaction vessel; and a gas exhaust part connected to the substrate processing chamber.

Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and baffle structure of the substrate processing apparatus

The present invention increases uniformity of plasma processing in a surface to be processed of an object to be processed or increases uniformity of plasma processing between objects to be processed. There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including: a processing container; a gas supply system; an exhaust system; a plasma generating unit; a gas flow path installed between an outer wall of the processing container and the plasma generating unit, the gas flow path guiding a temperature controlling gas to flow along the outer wall of the processing container; a plurality of gas introduction holes disposed along a circumferential direction of the processing container and configured to introduce the temperature controlling gas into the gas flow path; and a gas exhaustion hole configured to exhaust the temperature controlling gas passed through the gas flow path.

Plasma processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

A substrate processing apparatus capable of increasing the life span of a lamp for heating a substrate is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a light receiving chamber for processing a substrate; a substrate support unit inside the light receiving chamber; a lamp including an electrical wire, and a seal accommodating the electrical wire to hermetically seal the lamp with a gas therein, the lamp irradiating the substrate with a light; a lamp receiving unit outside the light receiving chamber to accommodate the lamp therein, the lamp receiving unit including a lamp connector connected to the lamp to supply an electric current through the electrical wire, a heat absorption member including a material having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the seal, and a base member fixing the heat absorption member; and an external electrical wire connected to the lamp connector to supply current to the lamp connector.

Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

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Toyama, Japan

Toshiya Shimada