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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isamu Mouri, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuya Tamura, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuya Ohashi, Saitama, JP;
Tadayuki Kawashima, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Matsudo, Yamanashi, JP;
Tatsuo Hatano, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A cleaning gas includes HF gas whose concentration is greater than or equal to 1 vol % and oxygen containing gas whose concentration ranges from 0.5 to 99 vol %. The oxygen containing gas includes at least one of O gas, O gas, N O gas, NO gas, CO gas and CO gas. The cleaning gas is employed to remove a deposited material generated in a vacuum treatment apparatus for producing a thin film of at least one of Ti, W, Ta, Ru, Ir, a compound thereof and an alloy thereof.