Patent ID: 7513063

Claim:
A substrate processing apparatus comprising a substrate holder for holding a substrate and a gas emitting device arranged to face said substrate holder in a process chamber equipped with a gas introduction device connected to said gas emitting device and an exhaust device, to process a substrate with a gas emitted from said gas emitting device toward the substrate or its reaction product, wherein at least one of said substrate holder and said gas emitting device has a heat exchanger, comprising, a first plate, a second plate facing said first plate, a fluid channel wall having no end, the fluid channel wall arranged between said first plate and said second plate to form a fluid channel for a fluid, an introduction port for introducing said fluid into said fluid channel, a discharge port for discharging said fluid from said fluid channel, a discontinuous first fin having a plurality of substantially aligned first fin segments extending in an arcuate shape, a gap of a first length extending between adjacent ones of the first fin segments, said discontinuous first fin being disposed on said first plate and inside said fluid channel along said fluid channel, and a height of the discontinuous first fin being less than the distance between said two plates; and a discontinuous second fin having a plurality of substantially aligned second fin segments extending in an arcuate shape, a gap of a second length extending between adjacent ones of the second fin segments, said discontinuous second fin being disposed on said second plate and inside said fluid channel along said fluid channel, and a height of said discontinuous second fin being less than the distance between said two plates, wherein said discharge port is formed in one of the gaps.