Hot element CVD apparatus and a method for removing a deposited film

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PATENT NO 6942892
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09633002

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The present invention provides a method for efficiently and completely removing a film deposited inside a film forming chamber. In addition, the invention provides a CVD apparatus using heating element which an in-situ cleaning method can be applied and its in-situ leaning method. The removal method of this invention comprises a method for removing a film deposited inside a chamber which can be exhausted and/or on a member placed in the chamber, wherein after the chamber is exhausted, a heating element, at least the surface of which is composed of platinum, disposed in said vacuum chamber, is heated at a prescribed temperature and a cleaning gas which is decomposed and/or activated by the heating element to generate an activated species that converts the deposited film into gaseous substance is introduced into the chamber.

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JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCYSAITAMA PREFECTURE JAPAN SAITAMA

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Ishibashi, Keiji Tokyo, JP 125 2088

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