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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2019
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A film-forming apparatus includes a processing container having a vacuum atmosphere therein, a stage having a heater and disposed in the processing container to load a substrate thereon, a gas discharge mechanism provided at a position to face the stage, and an exhaust part configured to exhaust an inside of the processing container. The gas discharge mechanism includes a gas intake port configured to introduce a processing gas into the processing container, a first plate-shaped member having a first opening formed in a more radially outward position than the gas intake port and a shower plate disposed between the first plate-shaped member and the stage to supply the processing gas from the first opening to a process space through a plurality of gas holes.