Apparatus and method for forming semiconductor thin layer

摘要

A method and apparatus for forming a semiconductor thin layer on a substrate surface employs a gas outlet for supplying gas to the substrate, a rotatable holder for holding the substrate thereon such that a surface of the substrate is exposed to the gas while the substrate orbits with rotation of the holder, and a heater generates and supplies heat energy to the substrate. A cover wall extends over the surface of the substrate which is exposed to the gas. A distance between the exposed surface of the substrate and the cover wall in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the rotatable holder decreases radially outward over the substrate orbiting with rotation of the holder about a rotational axis of the holder.