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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Manabu Amikura, Nirasaki, JP;
Teruo Iwata, Nirasaki, JP;
Manabu Amikura, Nirasaki, JP;
Teruo Iwata, Nirasaki, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a showerhead that supplies a source gas and a supporting gas for depositing a film into a processing vessel of a film deposition apparatus. The showerhead includes a body which is provided with a gas jetting surface (). In the showerhead body, there are defined a first diffusion chamber () that receives the source gas and diffuses the same, and a second diffusion chamber () that receives the supporting gas and diffuses the same. The gas jetting surface has source-gas jetting orifices (A) that are in communication with the first diffusion chamber, and first supporting-gas jetting orifices (B) that are in communication with the second diffusion chamber. Each of the first supporting-gas jetting orifices (B) are formed into a ring shape that adjacently surrounds a corresponding one of the source-gas jetting orifices (A).