IP Library Granted Patent US 10,943,806
Granted Patent B2
US 10,943,806 · App. 16/103,611 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Substrate processing apparatus, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and non- transitory computer-readable recording medium

Inventors: Kazuyuki Toyoda (Toyama, JP); Kazuhiro Yuasa (Toyama, JP); Tetsuo Yamamoto (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
H01L21/67754C23C16/46H01L21/67017H01L21/6719H01L21/67115H01L21/67167H01L21/67248H01L21/67745H01L21/67778H01L21/68742H01L21/68764H01L21/68771H01L21/68785H01L21/68792H01L21/67109
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Patent No.
US 10,943,806
App. No.
16/103,611
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate processing technique includes: a first heating device configured to heat a substrate to a first processing temperature; a first process chamber provided with the first heating device; a second heating device configured to heat the substrate to a second processing temperature utilizing microwaves, the second processing temperature being higher than the first processing temperature; a second process chamber provided with the second heating device; a substrate placement portion configured to load and unload the substrate with respect to the first process chamber and the second process chamber by placing and rotating the substrate; and a controller configured to respectively control the first heating device, the second heating device, and the substrate placement portion.

Claims (19)

1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a first heating device configured to heat a substrate to a first processing temperature;

a first process chamber provided with the first heating device;

a second heating device configured to heat the substrate to a second processing temperature utilizing microwaves, the second processing temperature being higher than the first processing temperature;

a second process chamber provided with the second heating device;

a substrate placement portion configured to load and unload the substrate with respect to the first process chamber and the second process chamber by placing and rotating the substrate; and

a controller configured to respectively control the first heating device, the second heating device, and the substrate placement portion;

wherein the substrate placement portion is made of a microwave transmitting material that transmits microwaves supplied from the second heating device.

2. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first process chamber and the second process chamber is provided in plural.

3. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate is alternately loaded into the first process chamber and the second process chamber and processed therein.

4. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate placement portion comprises:

a first substrate support pin configured to support the substrate;

a plurality of ring connected to the first substrate support pin and having a diameter larger than an outer diameter of the substrate; and

an arm connected to the plurality of ring and bonding the plurality of ring to each other.

5. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the second heating device such that the second processing temperature becomes a temperature range in which a change in carrier density of the substrate is small.

6. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the first heating device and the second heating device such that the first processing temperature is 100° C. to 450° C. and the second processing temperature is 300° C. to 700° C.

7. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a substrate rotating unit configured to rotate the substrate is provided in the second process chamber.

8. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first process chamber and the second process chamber are alternately disposed.

9. The substrate processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first process chamber and the second process chamber are disposed in parallel with each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKUSAI ELECTRIC INC.
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047875/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2018
From: TOYODA, KAZUYUKI; YUASA, KAZUHIRO; YAMAMOTO, TETSUO
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046706/0767 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016055222 · Feb 23, 2016
Related Publication 20190006218A1 · Jan 3, 2019