To provide a processing system capable of measuring an actual gas flow rate in a flow controller properly without generating a deficiency such as a damage or a corrosion in a flow measuring device.
This processing system comprises a processing device for introducing a processing gas into a processing vessel 8 through different flow controllers 38A-38E interposed in a gas introduction system, and the flow measuring device. In the system, the flow measuring device is equipped with an inspection vessel 54 having a prescribed capacity interposed in an inspection passage 52 for connecting the gas introduction system to a gas exhaust system, a pressure gage 58 for detecting the pressure in the inspection vessel, a flow operation part 64 for determining the gas flow rate in the flow controllers based on the rising speed of the detection value of the pressure gage, and a flow measuring control part 62 for controlling the whole operation at the flow measuring time. When feeding a prescribed processing gas into the inspection vessel, an inert gas is fed into the inspection vessel before or after feeding the processing gas, to thereby perform purge operation.
Shimura, Kazue
Mizusawa, Kaneyoshi
Nagaoka, Hideki
Takara, Michifumi
Koo, Akira
Abe, Masaaki
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