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Semiconductor processing system

US6120605A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 5, 1998
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC23C16/4401
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A single wafer processing type of a semiconductor processing system is provided so as to achieve that residual particles inside a reactor thereof are efficiently removed and a gas injected into the reactor is uniformly flowed over a wafer in a wide range of the gas flow rate. The semiconductor processing system includes gas flow adjusting means (28, 29, 30) having a slit (30) communicated with an exhaust port (35) for pumping out a gas injected into a reactor (10) from the reactor (10). The slit (30) is provided annularly around a circumference of a wafer (34) and positioned below a position of the wafer (34), and a width of the slit (30) is narrowed about the exhaust port (35).

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