Patent ID: 6576062
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
A film forming apparatus comprising:a chamber for holding substrates; a substrate holding section for holding these substrates in the chamber; a plurality of first process gas discharge sections provided in those positions facing film forming surfaces of the substrates within the chamber, for discharging a first process gas; a plurality of second process gas discharge sections provided in those positions different from those of the first process gas discharge sections within the chamber, for discharging a second process gas; a plurality of purge gas discharging sections that discharge a purge gas to a position different from that of the first and second process gas discharge sections in the chamber; a rotation mechanism for rotating the substrate holding section; and a heating section for heating the substrate, wherein the purge gas discharge sections are provided above the first and second process gas discharge sections, and wherein a shape of the outlet of the purge gas discharge section is a shower head identically to that of the outlet of the process gas discharge section.