Susceptor and baffle therefor

摘要

A susceptor for holding semiconductor wafers in a barrel reactor for chemical vapor deposition of material on the wafers having a baffle for reducing the amount of material deposited at the bottom of the lowest wafers held in the susceptor. The baffle includes a plate mounted on the bottom of the susceptor and a deflector for each wall of the susceptor. The deflectors each have the shape of a chordal section of a cylinder and are mounted on the plate against a respective wall of the susceptor below the lowest wafer-holding recess on that wall of the susceptor.