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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Noriiki Masuda, Yamanashi, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gas supply mechanism includes a gas introduction member having gas inlet portions through which a gas is introduced into a processing chamber, a processing gas supply unit, a processing gas supply path, branch paths, an additional gas supply unit and an additional gas supply path. The gas inlet portions includes inner gas inlet portions for supplying the gas toward a region where a target substrate is positioned in the chamber and an outer gas inlet portion for introducing the gas toward a region outside an outermost periphery of the target substrate. The branch paths are connected to the inner gas inlet portions, and the additional gas supply path is connected to the outer gas inlet portion.