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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Kokusai Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Kazuo Nakaya, Toyama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/52 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/45557 (2013.01); C23C 16/4412 (2013.01); C23C 16/52 (2013.01); H01L 21/67017 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67253 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a technique that includes: an exhaust line including a second pressure regulation valve; a bypass line including a first pressure regulation valve; and a pressure control controller configured to control the first pressure regulation valve and the second pressure regulation valve, and configured to: adjust an opening degree of the first pressure regulation valve to reduce a pressure in a process chamber from an atmospheric pressure to a second predetermined pressure; adjust the opening degree of the first pressure regulation valve to maintain the second predetermined pressure; adjust the opening degree of the first pressure regulation valve to reduce the pressure to a first predetermined pressure; detect the pressure; adjust an opening degree of the second pressure regulation valve to reduce the pressure to a third predetermined pressure; and adjust the opening degree of the second pressure regulation valve to maintain a processing pressure.


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