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Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus

US6214740A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1998
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/3065
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A manufacturing apparatus for semiconductor devices comprises as a halogen scavenger a silicon ring (12) having an average surface roughness of 1-1000 .mu.m, arranged around a silicon substrate (6) on a lower electrode (3) in a reaction chamber (7); and an upper silicon element (5) as another halogen scavenger, having an average surface roughness of 1-1000 .mu.m, arranged above the silicon substrate (6). In this apparatus, C.sub.2 F.sub.6 is used as a gas to be introduced into the chamber (7) and fluorine can be effectively scavenged in the initial phase of operation, so that semiconductor devices can be aged faster than in conventional apparatus.

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