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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Murata, Toyama, JP;
Tetsuya Kosugi, Toyama, JP;
Masaaki Ueno, Toyama, JP;
Masashi Sugishita, Toyama, JP;
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus including a vertical reaction container; an insulating wall formed of an insulating material and including a reaction container accommodation chamber for accommodating the reaction container therein; a heater installed in an inner wall of the reception container reception chamber on the insulating wall; an air circulation channel installed vertically in a sidewall of the insulating wall; a blower for distributing air upward or downward in the air circulation channel; intake valves for communicating the air circulation channel with the air; and exhaust valves for communicating the air circulation channel with an equipment exhaust system. In a temperature elevating process and a temperature lowering process, the intake valves and the exhaust valves are switched.