| CPC H01L 21/0228 (2013.01) [C23C 16/401 (2013.01); C23C 16/45565 (2013.01); H01L 21/02178 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A substrate processing method, comprising:
(a) loading a substrate into a process chamber;
(b) setting the substrate at a first position such that a distance between the substrate placed on a substrate support and a gas supply port of a film-forming auxiliary gas supplier is a first distance, and causing a film-forming auxiliary gas to be adsorbed onto the substrate by supplying the film-forming auxiliary gas from the film-forming auxiliary gas supplier to the substrate; and
(c) moving the substrate support to a second position such that a distance between the substrate and a gas supply port of a source gas supplier is a second distance shorter than the first distance, and forming a film of a predetermined thickness on the substrate by performing: (c-1) supplying a source gas from the source gas supplier to the substrate; (c-2) stopping a supply of the source gas; and (c-3) exhausting a residual gas from the process chamber while the substrate support is maintained at the second position.
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