Patent ID: 11913115
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:
a processing container;
an injector provided inside the processing container and having a shape extending in a longitudinal direction, the injector configured to supply a processing gas;
a holder fixed to the injector;
a windmill fixed to the holder;
a first driving-gas supplier configured to supply a driving-gas that rotates the windmill in a first direction;
a second driving-gas supplier configured to supply the driving-gas that rotates the windmill in a second direction opposite the first direction; and
a driving-gas controller configured to control the supply of the driving-gas from the first driving-gas supplier and the second driving-gas supplier,
wherein the injector is rotated about the longitudinal direction corresponding to a rotational axis by rotating the windmill through the supply of the driving-gas from at least one of the first driving-gas supplier and the second driving-gas supplier under a control of the driving-gas controller, and
wherein the at least one of the first driving-gas supplier and the second driving-gas supplier supplies the driving-gas while the rotation of the injector is stopped by two pins near the holder.