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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Shinada, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Toshima, Nirasaki, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a film forming apparatus, including: a processing chamber having a processing space in which a film forming process is performed on a substrate; a substrate support part configured to support the substrate inside the processing chamber; at least one sputtering particle emission part including a target and configured to emit sputtering particles to the substrate from the target; and at least one etching particle emission part configured to emit etching particles having an etching action with respect to the substrate, wherein the sputtering particles emitted from the at least one sputtering particle emission part are deposited on the substrate to form a film, and a portion of the film is etched by the etching particles emitted from the at least one etching particle emission part.