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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Itoh, Nirasaki, JP;
Takafumi Nogami, Nirasaki, JP;
Eita Yokokura, Nirasaki, JP;
Reisa Matsumoto, Nirasaki, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for cleaning a microwave plasma processing apparatus which has a processing container and a microwave radiation part, and which has a window part provided at a position where the microwave radiation part is disposed in the processing container, includes a cleaning step of adjusting a pressure to a pressure corresponding to a size of a cleaning target part, among parts within the processing container including a wall surface of the processing container, the microwave radiation part, and the window part, while supplying a cleaning gas, and performing a cleaning process using plasma of the cleaning gas.