Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for introducing reaction gases into a reaction chamber of an epitaxial reactor; the device (1) comprises a gas supply pipe (2) and a cooling member (3) situated at one end of the supply pipe (2) and able to cool the supply pipe (2) and thereby the gas flowing inside it.

Abstract: A susceptor (1) for epitaxial growth reactors comprises a body (2) having a lower base (3), an upper top (4) and some substantially flat side faces (5); the side faces are adapted to receive, in predetermined areas (6), substrates on which the epitaxial growth develops; body (2) is provided with edge side regions (7) defined by couples of adjacent side faces (5); along edge side regions (7) in the upper part of body (2) there are provided first ribs (8) adapted to control the flow of reaction gases along side faces (5); along edge side regions (7) in the lower part of body (2) there are provided second ribs (9) adapted to control the flow of reaction gases along side faces (5).

Abstract: A tool (7) for handling a semiconductor material wafer (100) is designed to be used in an epitaxial growth station; the tool (7) comprises a disk (20) having an upper side (21) and a lower side (22), the lower side (22) being so shaped as to get in contact with the wafer (100) only along its edge (103); the disk (20) is provided internally with a suction chamber (24) that is in communication with the outside of the disk (20) through one or more suction holes (25) and in communication with a suction duct of an arm of a robot through a suction port (26); the disk (20) entirely covers the wafer (100) and the suction holes (25) open to the lower side (22)of the disk (20), whereby, when the wafer (100) is in contact with the lower side (22) of the disk (20), it can be held by the tool (7) through suction.

Abstract: A device for handling substrates, used in an epitaxial apparatus or reactor (20) for chemical vapour deposition (CVD) onto the said substrates, comprises an internal robot (30) provided with means (60) for gripping and transporting substrates, which are in the form of semiconductor slices (24), in order to transfer them from cassettes (38, 40) containing the semiconductor slices (24) to be processed, the gripping and transportation means (60) having precisely the task of transporting the slices (24), which are present in a purging chamber (34) and supplied from a cassette (38) for storage of the said slices (24), from the purging chamber (34) into a reaction chamber (22) of the epitaxial reactor (20) and, more particularly, into seats (28a-e) formed on a flat disk-shaped susceptor (26) which is present in the reaction chamber (22) of the epitaxial reactor (20) and vice versa, from the reaction chamber (22) again passing through the purging chamber (34), to the cassettes (38, 40).

Abstract: Chemical vapor deposition epitaxial reactor comprising two reaction chambers, each provided with a susceptor, enclosed in a bell jar, to be induction heated by an induction coil supplied by a medium frequency AC generator, and generator means for providing a medium frequency power supply to the two induction coils of both the reaction chambers, wherein the means for power supplying the two induction coils are alternatively actuated, so that when one of the reaction chambers is heated the other one is purged, loaded and/or unloaded, providing however a time overlap of 1 to 10 minutes between the heating times of the two processes. A computerized controller provides to control the medium frequency generators in accordance with a dedicated software for providing an actuating method to the specific reactor.

Abstract: An epitaxial reactor with a flat disc-shaped susceptor comprises a flat, substantially tubular quartz reaction chamber (12) containing a rotatable susceptor disk (14) having a plurality of recesses (16a-h) for housing a corresponding plurality of disc-shaped wafers (18a-h) of material to be processed, a tank (26) filled with flowing coolant liquid (28) surrounding the substantially tubular chamber (12), a primary supply inductor (90) substantially in the form of a flat spiral disposed outside the reaction chamber (12) in the lower portion of the tank (26) parallel to the susceptor disc (14) and having means (118) for modifying the distance between each individual turn of the primary inductor (90) and the susceptor disc, possibly a secondary inductor (102) formed by turns disposed parallel and closely coupled to the turns of the primary inductor (90), possibly means (158) for selectively connecting each turn of the primary inductor (90) to external loads according to a known technique or for selectively closin