Patent classifications
H01L21/67742
SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM
The present disclosure provides a substrate transfer apparatus. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the substrate transfer apparatus includes: a planar motor provided in a transfer chamber and having coils arranged therein; a transfer unit movable on the planar motor; and a control unit configured to control an energization of the coils. The transfer unit includes two bases having magnets arranged thereon and configured to be movable on the planar motor, a substrate support member configured to support a substrate, and a link mechanism configured to connect the two bases and the substrate support member to each other.
Travel Robot For Moving Substrate Transfer Robot In Vacuum Chamber
A travel robot for moving a substrate transfer robot in a vacuum chamber, includes: a travel arm platform through which coupling holes are formed, wherein an elevating drive shaft is inserted into a lower space of one of the coupling holes; a first travel arm part including a (1_1)-st and a (1_2)-nd travel link arms; a second travel arm part including a (2_1)-st and a (2_2)-nd travel link arms, wherein travel driving motors and speed reducers are installed in the (1_1)-st and the (2_1)-st travel link arms; and a transfer robot coupling part engaged with the (1_2)-nd and the (2_2)-nd travel link arms, wherein a rotation driving motor built thereon is engaged with the substrate transfer robot by a rotation drive shaft.
POSITION DETECTION AND DETERMINATION DEVICE AND POSITION CALIBRATION DEVICE AND METHOD
A position detection and determination device and a position calibration device and method are provided. The position detection and determination device includes a standard positioning pin position limiting component configured to limit standard position information of a positioning pin of a load port of a silicon wafer pod; a positioning pin position detecting component configured to detect real-time position information of the positioning pin of the load port of the silicon wafer pod; and a determining module configured to obtain the standard position information and the real-time position information, and determine whether the position of the positioning pin of the load port of the silicon wafer pod is accurate or not according to the standard position information and the real-time position information.
TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A SUBSTRATE WITH THE TRANSFER ASSEMBLY
A substrate treating apparatus is provided. The substrate treating apparatus includes an atmospheric pressure transfer module provided with a first transfer robot having a first hand with a substrate placed thereon; a vacuum transfer module provided with a second transfer robot having a second hand with a substrate placed thereon; a load-lock chamber positioned between the atmospheric pressure transfer module and the vacuum transfer module, and having an inner space convertible between an atmospheric pressure and a vacuum atmosphere; a process chamber coupled to the vacuum transfer module and treating the substrate; and a ring carrier supported by the first transfer robot or the second transfer robot for a transfer of a ring member. The ring carrier comprises a plate having the ring member placed thereon and at least one leg protruding from a bottom surface of the plate and placed at the first hand or the second hand.
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD
A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber including an upper chamber and a lower chamber coupled to each other to provide a space for processing a substrate, a substrate support configured to support the substrate within the chamber, an upper supply port provided in the upper chamber and configured to supply a supercritical fluid on an upper surface of the substrate within the chamber, a recess provided in a lower surface of the upper chamber, the recess including a horizontal extension portion extending in a direction parallel with the upper surface of the substrate in a radial direction from an outlet of the upper supply port and an inclined extension portion extending obliquely at an angle from the horizontal extension portion, and a baffle member disposed within the recess between the upper supply port and the substrate.
SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM
In a substrate processing method, a rinse process using a rinse solution is performed on a development-processed photoresist pattern on a substrate. A substitution process including a first substitution step using a mixed solution of a non-polar organic solvent and a surfactant and a second substitution step using the non-polar organic solvent is performed on the substrate. The substitution process is performed a plurality of times until the rinse solution remaining on the substrate is less than a predetermined value. A supercritical fluid drying process is performed on the substrate to dry the non-polar organic solvent remaining on the substrate.
Plasma processing system and operating method of the same
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a plasma processing system, comprising: a transfer chamber, the transfer chamber including a plurality of sidewalls, each sidewall being connected with a plurality of process chambers; each process chamber including a base therein, the base including a central point; wherein at least two process chambers connected to a same sidewall form one process chamber group, wherein a first distance is provided between the central points of two bases in a first process chamber group, and a second distance is provided between the central points of two bases in a second process chamber group, the first distance being greater than the second distance; and the transfer chamber comprises a mechanical transfer device; a rotating pedestal includes two independently movable robot arms thereon, the two robot arms; and the two robot arms both include a plurality of rotating shafts and a plurality of rotating arms, wherein a remote rotating arm of each robot arm further includes an end effector for holding a substrate. The mechanical transfer device according to the present disclosure may simultaneously retrieve and place the substrate in the process chamber group with the first distance and the substrate in the process chamber group with the second distance.
Substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing apparatus includes a frame and a transport apparatus connected to the frame. The transport apparatus has an upper arm link, a forearm link rotatably coupled to the upper arm link about an elbow axis, at least a third arm link rotatably coupled to the forearm about a wrist axis, and an end effector rotatably coupled to the third arm link about a knuckle axis. A two degree of freedom drive system is operably connected to at least one of the upper arm link, the forearm link, and the third arm link for effecting extension and retraction of the end effector wherein a height of the end effector is within the stack height profile of the wrist axis so that a total stack height of the end effector and wrist axis is sized to conform within a pass through of a slot valve.
AUTOMATED CLEANING OF ROBOT ARMS OF SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS
A system includes a plurality of inlets configured to dispense a gas into an enclosure of a substrate processing system. The enclosure is separate from processing chambers of the substrate processing system that process a semiconductor substrate. The system includes a controller configured to move into the enclosure a robot arm used to transport the semiconductor substrate between the processing chambers of the substrate processing system. The controller is configured to dispense the gas into the enclosure through one or more of the inlets in response to the robot arm being moved into the enclosure of the substrate processing system.
APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE
The inventive concept provides a substrate treating apparatus. The substrate treating apparatus includes a chamber providing an inner space; a fluid supply unit configured to supply a treating fluid to the inner space; and a fluid exhaust unit configured to exhaust the treating fluid from the inner space, and wherein the fluid exhaust unit includes: an exhaust line connected to the chamber; and a pressure adjusting member installed at the exhaust line and configured to maintain a pressure of the inner space to a set pressure, and wherein the fluid supply unit includes: a fluid supply source; and a supply line provided between the fluid supply source and the chamber, and wherein at the supply line or the exhaust line a flow rate measuring member configured to measure a flow rate per unit time of the treating fluid flowing at the inner space is installed.