Susceptor for vapor-phase growth system
US4986215A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC23C16/4583
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A susceptor for use in a vertical vapor-phase growth system designed to heat substrates by means of heat transferred and radiated from a susceptor heated to cause vapor-phase growth on the substrates. The susceptor has a large number of spot-faced portions for receiving substrates, respectively. Each spot-faced portion has a concentrical circular ridge to define a pair of inner and outer spaces at the inner and outer sides, respectively, of the ridge, each of the inner and outer spaces having a concave bottom having a circular radial section, so that a substrate is supported by the circular ridge. Thus, the substrate is uniformly heated by means of the RF induction heat from the susceptor, so that generation of a thermal stress exceeding the critical strength of the substrate is suppressed and substantially no slip occurs. Since silicon that is formed during a vapor-phase growth reaction is deposited on the bottom of the outer space, it is possible to prevent deposition of silicon on the periphery of the reverse side of the substrate.
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