H01L21/67781

Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method

There is provided a substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate, including: a storage part provided on an uppermost portion of the substrate processing apparatus and on which a substrate accommodation container for accommodating the substrate is placed; and a first transfer device configured to directly or indirectly deliver the substrate accommodation container between the storage part and a loading/unloading part, wherein the loading/unloading part is configured to place the substrate accommodation container thereon in the substrate processing apparatus and to load and unload the substrate into and from a processing part of the substrate processing apparatus, and the first transfer device is configured to deliver the substrate accommodation container with respect to an overhead hoist transport that moves above the substrate processing apparatus.

WAFER STORAGE BOX, WAFER TRANSFER DEVICE AND WAFER STORAGE AND TRANSFER ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME
20210391191 · 2021-12-16 ·

The disclosure provides a wafer storage box, wafer transfer device and wafer storage box and transfer assembly. The wafer storage and transfer assembly includes a chassis which is capable of translating or rotating, a sliding shaft, connecting levers, arms and at least two positioning sidewall. The chassis includes a groove. The sliding shaft can translate along the groove. The connecting levers are connected to the sliding shaft. Each arm extends from a connecting lever. The two positioning sidewall are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the chassis. Each positioning sidewall includes tracks accommodating the pins of connecting levers. The width of each of the tracks reduces from the front end of the positioning sidewall to the back end of the positioning sidewall. The wafer storage and transfer assembly can vacuum adsorb several wafers to achieve high efficiency of wafer storing and transferring.

Method and Apparatus to Increase Transfer Speed of Semiconductor Devices With Micro-Adjustment
20210375656 · 2021-12-02 ·

An apparatus for executing a direct transfer of a semiconductor device die from a first substrate to a second substrate. The apparatus includes a first substrate conveyance mechanism movable in two axes. A micro-adjustment mechanism is coupled with the first substrate conveyance mechanism and is configured to hold the first substrate and to make positional adjustments on a scale smaller than positional adjustments caused by the first substrate conveyance mechanism. The micro-adjustment mechanism includes a micro-adjustment actuator having a distal end and a first substrate holder frame that is movable via contact with the distal end of the micro-adjustment actuator. A second frame is configured to secure the second substrate such that a transfer surface is disposed facing the semiconductor device die disposed on a surface of the first substrate. A transfer mechanism is configured to press the semiconductor device die into contact with the transfer surface of the substrate.

SUBSTRATE COOLING UNIT, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

A substrate cooling unit includes a substrate holding mechanism holding a substrate horizontally, a driver that raises and lowers the substrate holding mechanism, a cooling plate having a surface facing a surface of the substrate, a laser emitter disposed at one lateral end of a space in which the substrate is raised and lowered and that emits a laser beam distributed with a width in a direction in which the substrate holding mechanism is raised and lowered and parallel to the surface of the substrate. A laser receiver disposed at the other lateral end of the space and that acquires light receiving position specifying information indicating a position at which the laser beam is received in the direction in which the substrate holding mechanism is raised and lowered. A calculator that calculates a distance between the cooling plate and the substrate based on the light receiving position specifying information.

Method for manufacturing a semiconductor on insulator type structure by layer transfer
11373898 · 2022-06-28 · ·

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor on insulator type structure by transfer of a layer from a donor substrate onto a receiver substrate, comprises: a) the supply of the donor substrate and the receiver substrate, b) the formation in the donor substrate of an embrittlement zone delimiting the layer to transfer, c) the bonding of the donor substrate on the receiver substrate, the surface of the donor substrate opposite to the embrittlement zone with respect to the layer to transfer being at the bonding interface, and d) the detachment of the donor substrate along the embrittlement zone. A step of controlled modification of the curvature of the donor substrate and/or the receiver substrate is performed before the bonding step.

SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD
20220199442 · 2022-06-23 ·

The present disclosure relates to a substrate transfer apparatus for transferring a substrate to a substrate processing apparatus in a reduced pressure atmosphere. The apparatus comprises a substrate holder to hold the substrate; and a substrate measurer, provided on the substrate holder, to measure a position of the substrate with respect to the substrate holder.

BATCH PROCESSING OVEN AND OPERATING METHODS

A batch processing oven comprising a processing chamber and a rack configured to be positioned in the processing chamber. The rack is configured to support a plurality of substrates and a plurality of panels in a stacked manner such that one or more substrates of the plurality of substrates are positioned between at least one pair of adjacent panels of the plurality panels. Vertical gaps separate each substrate of the one or more substrates from an adjacent substrate or panel on either side of the substrate.

Substrate processing system
11355384 · 2022-06-07 · ·

A substrate processing system includes a substrate loading unit which loads a plurality of substrates, a substrate transfer unit which transfers N (where N is natural number) substrates at the same time from the substrate loading unit, and a substrate processing unit including a plurality of process chambers which receives the N substrates at the same time from the substrate transfer unit and processes the received substrates where each of the process chambers includes a stage on which the N substrates are disposed and an insulation layer disposed between the N substrates.

Substrate treating apparatus and substrate transporting method
11348812 · 2022-05-31 · ·

Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate transporting method for the substrate treating apparatus. Two treating blocks are arranged so as not to be stacked, and a first treating block, an ID block, and a second treating block are linearly connected horizontally. Accordingly, the number of treatment layers is increasable while a height of the substrate treating apparatus is suppressed. The first and second treating blocks are each connected to the ID block directly. This enables suppression in step of passing a substrate through a treating block without performing any treatment on the substrate, leading to prevention of decrease in throughput. In addition, a substrate buffer is placed in the middle of the two treating blocks. The two treating blocks enable transportation of substrates W with the substrate buffer. Thus, reduction in footprint of the substrate treating apparatus is obtainable.

VERTICAL FEEDING AND WAFER INSERTING INTEGRATED MACHINE

The present invention provides a vertical feeding and wafer inserting integrated machine, comprising a rack and a silicon wafer transfer device provided on the rack; a carrying-transporting water tank for carrying and transporting silicon wafers is provided on one end of the rack; the rack is further provided with a feeding unit for conveying the silicon wafers in the carrying-transporting water tank to a silicon wafer transfer belt a wafer inserting unit for inserting the silicon wafers into wafer baskets is provided on one end, away from the feeding unit, of the silicon wafer transfer device, and a wafer basket arraying mechanism is provided on the other end of the wafer inserting unit; and a washing manipulator for transferring grouped wafer baskets to a washing procedure is further correspondingly provided on the rack.