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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Tamura, Iwate, JP;
Takahito Umehara, Iwate, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method performed by a film deposition apparatus including a process chamber and a rotary table that is disposed in the process chamber and includes a substrate-mounting surface on which a substrate is placeable. The method includes a first cleaning process of supplying a cleaning gas from above the substrate-mounting surface of the rotary table while rotating the rotary table in a first cleaning position, and a second cleaning process of supplying the cleaning gas from above the substrate-mounting surface of the rotary table while rotating the rotary table in a second cleaning position that is lower than the first cleaning position.