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US 2007/0163496 A1Published application
Chemical vapor deposition apparatus having a reaction chamber condition detection function and a detection method thereof
OwnerChien-Hsing Laiinventor
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Abstract
A chemical vapor deposition apparatus includes a heating holder positioned in a reaction chamber, a shower head positioned substantially parallel to and above the heating holder, and a reaction chamber condition detector electrically connected to the heating holder and the shower head. The heating holder and the shower head form a capacitor, and the reaction chamber condition detector includes a resistor connected to the capacitor in series so as to form an RC circuit.
Claims8
A method of detecting a reaction chamber condition of a chemical vapor deposition apparatus;
- the chemical vapor deposition apparatus comprising a heating holder positioned in a reaction chamber;
- a shower head positioned substantially parallel to and above the heating holder in the reaction chamber, the heating holder and the shower head forming a capacitor;
- and a reaction chamber condition detector, electrically connected to the heating holder and the shower head, comprising a resistor connected to the capacitor in series so as to form an RC circuit;
- the method comprising:
- (a) adjusting the heating holder and the shower head to a detection position;
- (b) utilizing the reaction chamber condition detector to charge and to discharge the capacitor, and calculating a detected value;
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- (c) comparing the detected value and an ideal value, if the detected value substantially equals to the ideal value, a reaction chamber condition is normal, if the detected value differs from the ideal value, the reaction chamber condition is shifted.
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