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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroaki Dewa, Hokkaido, JP;

Satoshi Mizunaga, Iwate, JP;

Naohide Ito, Iwate, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/52 (2013.01); C23C 16/448 (2013.01); C23C 16/45561 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a method of supplying a liquid raw material to a gas supply device. The gas supply device includes: a storage tank that stores the liquid raw material; a heating unit that heats the liquid raw material to generate a raw material gas; a level detecting unit that detects a liquid surface level of the liquid raw material stored in the storage tank; a gas inlet and a gas outlet provided in the storage tank; and a raw material inlet provided in the storage tank. The method includes: determining whether the liquid surface level of the liquid raw material is equal to or lower than a supply target level; and repeating supply of a specified amount of liquid raw material to the storage tank a specified number of times when the liquid surface level of the liquid raw material is equal to or lower than the supply target level.


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