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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2020
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiro Takezawa, Nirasaki, JP;

Daisuke Suzuki, Nirasaki, JP;

Hiroyuki Hayashi, Nirasaki, JP;

Tatsuya Miyahara, Nirasaki, JP;

Keisuke Fujita, Nirasaki, JP;

Masami Oikawa, Oshu, JP;

Sena Fujita, Nirasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 5/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/08 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/4405 (2013.01); B08B 5/00 (2013.01); B08B 9/08 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); H01L 21/02057 (2013.01); B08B 2209/08 (2013.01); H01L 21/02532 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cleaning method according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: supplying a halogen-containing gas that does not contain fluorine to an interior of a processing container that is capable of being exhausted via an exhaust pipe to perform a cleaning; and supplying a fluorine-containing gas to at least one of the interior of the processing container and an interior of the exhaust pipe to perform the cleaning after the supplying the halogen-containing gas to perform the cleaning.


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