VAPOR PHASE GROWTH APPARATUS AND VAPOR PHASE GROWTH METHOD

摘要

Provided are a CVD system and a CVD process which can grow excellent compound semiconductor thin films of two or more components having least defects and which enjoy high source gas utilization efficiency and increased productivity. According to the CVD system and the CVD process, at least two kinds of source gases are introduced parallel to the surface of a substrate 11 placed in a reactor 10 to grow a compound semiconductor thin film of two or more components on the surface of the substrate 11. The CVD system contains two separators 18, 19 disposed in the reactor 11 on the upstream side of the substrate mounting section to be parallel to the surface of the substrate 11 so as to define in the reactor three parallel layers of passages consisting of a first passage 20, a second passage 21 and a third passage 22; a first CVD gas introducing pipe 22 communicating to the first passage 23; a second CVD gas introducing pipe 24 communicating to the second passage 21; and a deposition accelerating gas introducing pipe 25 communicating to the third passage 22.