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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/4405 (2013.01); C23C 16/4408 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a technique that includes removing a substance adhering to the interior of the process container by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times under a first temperature, the cycle including: (a) supplying one gas of a nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas and a fluorine-containing gas into the process container after a substrate is processed; and (b) supplying the other gas different from the one gas of the nitrogen- and hydrogen-containing gas and the fluorine-containing gas into the process container where the one gas remains.