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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Shigeru Kasai, Nirasaki, JP;
Takashi Kakegawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Kasai, Nirasaki, JP;
Takashi Kakegawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo-To, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/455 (2006.01); C23C 15/52 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/306 (2006.01); C23C 16/06 (2006.01); C23C 16/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A film-forming apparatus of the invention is a film-forming apparatus that includes: a processing container that defines a chamber, a pedestal arranged in the chamber, on which a substrate to be processed can be placed, a showerhead provided opposite to the pedestal, which has a large number of gas-discharging holes, a gas-supplying mechanism that supplies a process gas into the chamber through the showerhead, and a showerhead-temperature controlling unit that controls a temperature of the showerhead.