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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1994
Shigeru Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Yoshimura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Katsumata, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyoki Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Anelva Corporation, Fuchu, JP;
Abstract
A process for forming a thin film by chemical vapor deposition which comprises repeating a substrate processing step on one or more substrates placed inside a reaction chamber by introducing a reaction gas inside the reaction chamber. The process includes a step of introducing a passivation gas or the like for passivating the surface of a thin film deposited on the fixing jig or other peripheral members between substrate processing steps. The passivation gas is, for example, an adsorbent gas or an oxidizing gas. More specifically, an example of an adsorbent gas is a mixture of an inert gas and from 0.1 to 10% of NH.sub.3 gas or SiH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2 gas, and an example of an oxidizing gas is a mixture of an inert gas and at least one selected from the group of oxygen, nitrogen, monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The inert gas may also be replaced with N.sub.2 gas.