Substrate Processing Apparatus, Heater and Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device

    公开(公告)号:US20200173024A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16787988

    申请日:2020-02-11

    摘要: Described herein is a technique capable of reducing the time necessary for stabilizing the inner temperature of the processing furnace. A substrate processing apparatus may include: a wafer retainer configured to support a plurality of wafers; a upright cylindrical process vessel; a seal cap configured to cover an opening at a lower end of the process vessel; a first heater configured to heat an inside of the process vessel from a lateral side thereof; an insulating unit disposed between the seal cap and the wafer retainer; and a second heater facing at least one of the plurality of wafers and configured to heat the at least one of the plurality of wafers, the second heater including: a pillar penetrating centers of the seal cap and the insulating unit; an annular member connected to and concentric with the pillar; a pair of connecting parts connecting end portions of the annular member to the pillar; and an heating element disposed inside the annular member.

    SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CEILING HEATER

    公开(公告)号:US20190284696A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US16427395

    申请日:2019-05-31

    IPC分类号: C23C16/46 H01L21/67 C23C16/52

    摘要: According to the technique of the present disclosure, there is provided a substrate processing apparatus including: a reaction tube accommodating therein a plurality of substrates vertically arranged; and a first heater configured to heat an inside of the reaction tube from an upper portion of the reaction tube, wherein a heat generating amount of the first heater in a region corresponding to a low temperature portion of an upper substrate among the plurality of the substrates accommodated in the reaction tube is greater than a heat generating amount of the first heater in a region corresponding to a high temperature portion of the upper substrate.

    Substrate Processing Apparatus, Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device and Heater

    公开(公告)号:US20210313205A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17349600

    申请日:2021-06-16

    摘要: According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a configuration including: a furnace body covering a reaction chamber; a heating element divided into zones and provided in the furnace body; first temperature sensors provided for the zones such that its temperature measuring point is arranged near the heating element; second temperature sensors provided such that its temperature measuring point is provided close to a temperature measuring point of a first temperature sensor; and temperature meters provided at the zones to hold the temperature measuring points of the first and the second temperature sensors to be close to each other in a protection pipe. Each temperature meter penetrates an outer periphery of the furnace body perpendicular to a central axis of the reaction chamber such that a front end of the protection pipe is located outside the reaction tube and on a tube axis thereof.

    COOLING UNIT, HEAT INSULATING STRUCTURE, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190080941A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US16127292

    申请日:2018-09-11

    IPC分类号: H01L21/67 F27D9/00 F27B17/00

    摘要: There is provided a cooling unit, comprising: an intake pipe provided for each of a plurality of zones and configured to supply a gas for cooling a reaction tube; a control valve provided in the intake pipe and configured to adjust a flow rate of the gas; a buffer part configured to temporarily store the gas supplied from the intake pipe; and openings provided so as to blow the gas stored in the buffer part toward the reaction tube, wherein the flow rate of the gas introduced into the intake pipe is set according to vertical length ratios of the zones such that the flow rate and a flow velocity of the gas injected from the openings toward the reaction tube are adjusted by opening and closing the control valve.