Abstract: Provided is a heat insulation structure used for a vertical heat treatment apparatus that performs a heat treatment on a substrate. The vertical heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing container having a double tube structure including an inner tube and an outer tube closed upward, the processing container having an opening at a lower end thereof; a gas supply section and exhaust section provided on a lower side of the processing container; a lid configured to introduce or discharge the substrate into or from the opening and to open/close the opening; and a heating section provided to cover the processing container from an outside. The heat insulation structure is provided between the inner tube and the outer tube.

Abstract: Provided is a heat insulation structure used for a vertical heat treatment apparatus that performs a heat treatment on a substrate. The vertical heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing container having a double tube structure including an inner tube and an outer tube closed upward, the processing container having an opening at a lower end thereof; a gas supply section and exhaust section provided on a lower side of the processing container; a lid configured to introduce or discharge the substrate into or from the opening and to open/close the opening; and a heating section provided to cover the processing container from an outside. The heat insulation structure is provided between the inner tube and the outer tube.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat treatment apparatus including: a heating unit that heats an inside of a processing chamber that accommodates a plurality of workpieces; a temperature drop rate model storing unit that stores a temperature drop rate model; and a heat treatment performing unit that sets the temperature drop rate model stored in the temperature drop model storing unit and sets the inside of the processing chamber to the temperature and the time represented in the temperature drop rate model. The temperature drop rate model storing unit stores a plurality of temperature drop rate models, each of which has a different temperature drop rate. The processing chamber is divided into a plurality of zones, and the temperature drop rate mode is set for each of the zones. The heat treatment performing unit sets different temperature drop rate models in a plurality of zones to heat the plurality of workpieces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat treatment apparatus including: a heating unit that heats an inside of a processing chamber that accommodates a plurality of workpieces; a temperature drop rate model storing unit that stores a temperature drop rate model; and a heat treatment performing unit that sets the temperature drop rate model stored in the temperature drop model storing unit and sets the inside of the processing chamber to the temperature and the time represented in the temperature drop rate model. The temperature drop rate model storing unit stores a plurality of temperature drop rate models, each of which has a different temperature drop rate. The processing chamber is divided into a plurality of zones, and the temperature drop rate mode is set for each of the zones. The heat treatment performing unit sets different temperature drop rate models in a plurality of zones to heat the plurality of workpieces.

Abstract: There is obtained an MOCVD oriented vaporizer which eliminates a phenomenon that thin-film materials are adhered to a portion of the vaporizer near and around a spout thereof. A carrier gas/small amount oxidizing gas supply part supplies a carrier gas, which is supplied through an internally formed gas passage and which contains a material solution, to a vaporization part; a bubble prevention/material solution supply part supplies a material for preventing generation of bubbles of the carrier gas containing the material solution, and the material solution, into the carrier gas; a solvent vaporization restricting/cooling system restricts vaporization of a solvent; and a swirl flow preventing gas supply part supplies a gas for preventing occurrence of swirl flows near a gas outlet of the vaporization part.

Abstract: It is aimed at providing a vaporization apparatus and a vaporization method capable of keeping track of a progressive condition of clogging of the apparatus. It is also aimed at providing a vaporization apparatus and a vaporization method capable of eliminating clogging prior to occurrence of complete clogging, without disassembling the apparatus. It provides a vaporization apparatus for introducing a carrier gas from one end of a gas passage and for feeding, the carrier gas including a material solution, from the other end of the gas passage to a vaporization part to thereby vaporize the material solution, characterized in that a mass flow controller (MFC) is provided at the one end of the gas passage, and means for detecting a pressure within the gas passage is provided. The vaporization apparatus is characterized in that the same is provided with means for introducing a chemical solution capable of dissolving therein matters deposited or sticked to the inside of the gas passage, into the gas passage.