Patent ID: 11919032
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A film forming apparatus comprising:
a chamber;
an exhaust unit configured to reduce the pressure in the chamber to a predetermined vacuum level;
a holder disposed in the chamber and configured to hold a film forming target member on which a film is to be formed;
a supply unit configured to supply a film forming material containing silicon to a surface of the film forming target member;
a heat source configured to perform heating at the predetermined vacuum level to melt the supplied film forming material; and
a controller, wherein the controller is configured to control the apparatus to provide the predetermined vacuum level in the chamber by the exhaust unit during supply of the film forming material containing silicon by the supply unit and during the heating by the heat source.