摘要:
A semiconductor-processing apparatus comprises a susceptor and removable placing blocks detachably placed at a periphery of the susceptor for transferring a substrate. Retractable supporting members are provided for detaching/attaching the placing blocks from/to the susceptor.
摘要:
A semiconductor-processing apparatus comprises a susceptor and removable placing blocks detachably placed at a periphery of the susceptor for transferring a substrate. Retractable supporting members are provided for detaching/attaching the placing blocks from/to the susceptor.
摘要:
A tandem type semiconductor-processing apparatus includes: a processing section including multiple units arranged in tandem, each of which unit includes a reaction chamber and a load lock chamber with an load lock interface; a FOUP section including at least one FOUP having a wafer cassette and a front opening interface; and a mini-environment section having a single interior connected to the processing section via each load lock interface on one side of the mini-environment section and connected to the FOUP section via each front opening interface on another side of the mini-environment section opposite to the one side.
摘要:
A plasma treatment apparatus for thin-film deposition includes a reactor chamber; a pair of parallel-plate electrodes disposed inside the chamber; and a radio-frequency power supply system used for transmitting radio-frequency power to one of the parallel-plate electrodes via multiple supply points provided on the one of the parallel-electrodes. The radio-frequency power supply system includes a radio-frequency transmission unit which includes an inlet transmission path and multiple branches branched off from the inlet transmission path multiple times. Each branch is connected to the supply point and has a substantially equal characteristic impedance value.
摘要:
A wafer-processing apparatus includes: eight or ten reactors with identical capacity for processing wafers on the same plane, constituting four or five discrete units, each unit having two reactors arranged side by side with their fronts aligned in a line; a wafer-handling chamber including two wafer-handling robot arms each having at least two end-effectors; a load lock chamber; and a sequencer for performing, using the two wafer-handling robot arms, steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to any one of the units, and steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to all the other respective units in sequence while the wafers are in the one of the units.
摘要:
A wafer-processing apparatus includes: eight or ten reactors with identical capacity for processing wafers on the same plane, constituting four or five discrete units, each unit having two reactors arranged side by side with their fronts aligned in a line; a wafer-handling chamber including two wafer-handling robot arms each having at least two end-effectors; a load lock chamber; and a sequencer for performing, using the two wafer-handling robot arms, steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to any one of the units, and steps of unloading/loading processed/unprocessed wafers from/to all the other respective units in sequence while the wafers are in the one of the units.
摘要:
A substrate transfer apparatus for loading and unloading substrates in a reaction chamber, includes: an arm having a distal end which is laterally movable in a straight line direction; and end-effectors for loading and unloading substrates in a reaction chamber, which include a lower end-effector and an upper end-effector. One of the lower end-effector or the upper end-effector is movably coupled to the arm at a distal end of the arm, and the other end-effector is fixed to the movably coupled end-effector. The fixed end-effector is fixed to the movably coupled end-effector.
摘要:
A semiconductor processing apparatus includes: a reaction chamber; a susceptor disposed in the reaction chamber for placing a substrate thereon and having through-holes in an axial direction of the susceptor; lift pins slidably disposed in the respective through-holes for lifting the substrate over the susceptor; and a means for reducing contact resistance between the lift pins and the respective through-holes.
摘要:
A dual section module with mass flow controllers, for processing wafers, includes: dual process sections integrated together; at least one mass flow controller (MFC) each shared by the dual process sections and provided in a gas line branching into two gas lines, at a branching point, connected to the respective interiors of the dual process sections and arranged symmetrically between the dual process sections; and at least one mass flow controller (MFC) each unshared by the dual process sections and provided in a gas line connected to the interior of each dual process section.
摘要:
A gas-line system used for a semiconductor-manufacturing apparatus with at least two reactors, includes at least one gas source; a flow-divider means including an input port on the primary side, which receives a source gas from the gas source, and an output port on the secondary side, which outputs an inputted source gas by equally distributing it. The input port on the primary side is connected with the gas source and the output port on the secondary side is connected with the reactors; and one exhaust pump for exhausting gases within the reactors, which is connected with the reactors. It is desirable that the gas-line system is provided between the reactors and the exhaust pump, and an APC is included for controlling pressure for each reactor.