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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:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoyuki Miyada, Toyama, JP;

Hajime Abiko, Toyama, JP;

Junichi Kawasaki, Toyama, JP;

Tadashi Okazaki, Toyama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 8/10 (2006.01); C23C 16/458 (2006.01); H01L 21/673 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67288 (2013.01); C23C 8/10 (2013.01); C23C 16/4587 (2013.01); H01L 21/67259 (2013.01); H01L 21/67303 (2013.01); H01L 21/67778 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein is a technique capable of detecting a substrate state without contacting the substrate. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided (a) loading a substrate retainer, where a plurality of substrates is placed, into a reaction tube; (b) processing the plurality of the substrates by supplying a gas into the reaction tube; (c) unloading the substrate retainer out of the reaction tube after the plurality of the substrates is processed; and (d) detecting the plurality of the substrates placed on the substrate retainer after the substrate retainer is rotated by a first angle with respect to a transferable position, wherein the plurality of the substrates is transferable to/from the substrate retainer in the transferable position.


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