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Processing method and apparatus

US5203958A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 24, 1991
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67109
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A processing method includes the steps of placing an object to be processed on a susceptor arranged in a hermetic container, preliminarily introducing a small amount of heat transfer medium gas to a gap between the object to be processed and the susceptor while evacuating the gap, introducing the heat transfer medium gas to the gap until a pressure thereof reaches a predetermined value while controlling the pressure thereof by controlling an evacuation amount from the gap, and processing the object to be processed.

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