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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Honma, Oshu, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for performing a film forming process on a substrate, includes a rotary table, a separation region including a separation gas supply configured to supply a separation gas and a main ceiling surface configured to form a separation gas gap for the separation gas, a central region including a central ceiling surface arranged around the rotation center, a rotary shaft exhaust passage made of a tubular body and connected to the rotary table to rotate the rotary table about the rotation center, the rotary shaft exhaust passage having an exhaust path formed therein, a ceiling surface side exhaust passage formed to vertically penetrate a member constituting the central region, a first exhaust port configured to exhaust the first processing gas to one of the two exhaust passages, and a second exhaust port configured to exhaust the second processing gas to the other one of the two exhaust passages.