Patent ID: 8601976
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
1. A gas supply system for semiconductor manufacturing facilities employing a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method, wherein the gas supply system comprises: (a) a main gas supply line that supplies a source gas to a reactor; (b) a vent gas supply line disposed to evacuate the source gas; (c) a plurality of gas supply mechanisms disposed in a middle of both of the main gas supply line and the vent gas supply line; (d) a first pressure type flow-rate control system disposed on an inlet side of the main gas supply line, wherein the first pressure type flow-rate control system includes an orifice, and a predetermined amount of flow of a first carrier gas is supplied to the main gas supply line while the first pressure type flow-rate control system controls flow rate of the first carrier gas; and (e) a second pressure control system disposed on an inlet side of the vent gas supply line, wherein a second carrier gas having a predetermined pressure is supplied to the vent gas supply line while the second pressure control system performs a pressure adjustment, wherein a first gas pressure of the main gas supply line detected downstream from the orifice of the first pressure type flow-rate control system and a second gas pressure of the vent gas supply line are compared with each other, and the second gas pressure of the vent gas supply line is adjusted by the second pressure control system so that a difference between the first gas pressure and the second gas pressure becomes zero, wherein the first pressure type flow-rate control system disposed on the main gas supply line further comprises i. a first control valve provided with a first valve drive unit; ii. the orifice, wherein the orifice is disposed on a downstream side from the first control valve; iii. a first pressure detector disposed between the first control valve and an upstream side from the orifice; iv. a second pressure detector disposed on a downstream side from the orifice; and v. a first control circuit unit, wherein the first control circuit unit calculates a flow rate Q of gas flowing through the orifice based on a pressure signal sent from the first pressure detector, and the first control circuit unit calculates a difference Y between a set flow rate Qs input from an outside source and the flow rate Q calculated based on the pressure signal, and then the first control circuit unit inputs the difference Y to the first valve drive unit of the first control valve, and the first control circuit unit controllably opens or closes the first control valve in a direction in which the difference Y becomes zero; and the second pressure control system disposed on the vent gas supply line comprises i. a second control valve provided with a second valve drive unit; ii. a third pressure detector disposed on a downstream side therefrom; and iii. a second control circuit unit to which a detection pressure signal of the third pressure detector and a detection pressure signal of the second pressure detector disposed on the downstream side from the orifice of the first pressure type flow-rate control system are input, the second control circuit unit calculates a difference between the detection pressure signals and then inputs a signal X corresponding to the difference to the second valve drive unit, and the second control circuit unit controllably opens or closes the second control valve in a direction in which the difference X becomes zero, and a gas pressure of the vent gas supply line is adjustable so that the difference X in pressure between the main gas supply line and the vent gas supply line becomes zero.