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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Noriyuki Isobe, Toyama, JP;

Kenichi Suzaki, Toyama, JP;

Takeshi Kasai, Toyama, JP;

Yoshitaka Kawahara, Toyama, JP;

Masakazu Shimada, Toyama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/45544 (2013.01); C23C 16/403 (2013.01); C23C 16/4482 (2013.01); C23C 16/45523 (2013.01); C23C 16/46 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01L 21/0228 (2013.01); H01L 21/02178 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a technique that includes: a process chamber accommodating substrate; a storage tank including bottom portion having recess and wall portion and storing liquid precursor; a vaporizing part vaporizing the stored liquid precursor to generate precursor gas; a supply part supplying the generated precursor gas to the process chamber; a sensor disposed in the recess and detecting liquid level of the stored liquid precursor; a replenishment part replenishing the liquid precursor in the storage tank; and a controller controlling the supply part to supply the precursor gas to the process chamber to perform a substrate processing process for processing the substrate, and controlling, each time when the substrate processing process is performed a predetermined number of times, the replenishment part, based on the detected liquid level, to replenish the liquid precursor in the storage tank so that the liquid level becomes a predetermined level.


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