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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/448 (2006.01); C23C 16/44 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/4402 (2013.01); C23C 16/45546 (2013.01); C23C 16/45572 (2013.01); C23C 16/45578 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a heat treatment method, in which a substrate supporter supporting a plurality of substrates in the configuration of a shelf thereon is loaded in a vertical reaction tube surrounded by a heating mechanism and a heat treatment is performed. The method includes discharging a processing gas from a gas nozzle provided in the reaction tube to extend in a vertical direction of the substrate supporter, and supplying a temperature adjusting fluid into a flow path forming member provided to surround the gas nozzle in the reaction tube and adjusting a temperature of the processing gas in the gas nozzle.