摘要:
The present invention relates to a surface processing apparatus which performs heating processing of an object of heating which is mounted on a mounting device provided inside a process container, and which includes a plural number of lamps provided so as to oppose a rear surface of a processing surface of an object of processing, a rotating unit which has the plural number of lamps mounted to it in a ring shape, and a drive unit which drives the rotating unit. Also, the present invention relates to a processing apparatus for leading a process gas from a gas supply tube to a gas chamber partitioned inside a process container, and which blows process gas from an outlet of the gas chamber and onto an object of processing which is mounted on a mounting device provided inside the process container, and which includes a plural number of partition plates each provided with a plural number of through holes, being provided at required intervals in a direction of gas flow and inside the gas chamber.
摘要:
A cassette carrier unit for carrying a cassette, in which a plurality of substrates are housed, into and out of cassette chambers of the multi-chamber system including a hand on which the cassette is mounted. A multi-joined arm for supports the swingable hand, and a base supports the multi-joined swingable arm. The multi-joined arm includes a first shaft member rotatably attached to the hand, a second shaft member rotatably attached to the base, a third shaft member rotated associating with the first shaft member but in a direction reverse to the direction in which the first shaft member is rotated, and a fourth shaft member rotatably attached to the base and to which rotation drive force is transmitted. A first arm is rotatably attached to the first shaft member at the front end thereof and to the second shaft member at the base end thereof. A second arm is arranged substantially parallel to the first arm and fixed to the third shaft member at the front end thereof and to the fourth shaft member at the base end thereof. When the first and second arms are swung, the hand is swung in a direction reverse to the direction in which the first and second arms are swung.
摘要:
An alignment processing mechanism 10 according to the present invention includes: a conveying mechanism 11 for conveying a substrate W to be processed, an alignment mechanism 12 for aligning the substrate W conveyed by the conveying mechanism 11 to a predetermined direction, and a buffer mechanism 13 for relaying the substrate W from the conveying mechanism 11 to the alignment mechanism 12. The buffer mechanism 13 is adapted to temporarily hold the substrate W conveyed by the conveying mechanism 11, and to pass the temporarily holding substrate W to the alignment mechanism 12 based on a state of the alignment mechanism 12. According to the present invention, the alignment mechanism 12 can be used with greater efficiency in order to achieve a high speed of an alignment process.
摘要:
This thin film forming method for a solar cell forms a thin film that contains a plurality of elements on the surface of an object to be processed. A raw material solution that contains the elements is dispersed in a processing space and microparticles by an electric field, and the microparticles that are dispersed form a thin film that adheres to the surface of the object to be processed. Thus, a thin film for a solar cell element with preferable crystallinity can be formed even in an atmosphere at atmospheric pressure.
摘要:
A vacuum process system comprises: a load port on which an object to be processed is set; a common transfer chamber disposed adjacent to the load port, having an internal space set at an atmospheric pressure level, and including a first transfer device that is movable and transfers the object into/from the load port, the first transfer device being disposed within the internal space; and a process unit having one process chamber for subjecting the object to a predetermined process, and a vacuum transfer chamber connected to the process chamber, having an internal space set at a vacuum pressure level, and including a second transfer device for transferring the object into/from the process chamber, the second transfer device being disposed within the internal space. The process units are individually connected to the common transfer chamber such that the process units are substantially parallel to each other. The vacuum chamber of each process unit is connected to the common transfer chamber. Each process unit extends linearly in a direction substantially perpendicular to the common transfer chamber. The object is transferred into/from the vacuum transfer chamber by means of the first transfer device.
摘要:
A film formation method of forming a film on a fine-pattern by supplying a processing medium that is in the supercritical state in which a precursor is dissolved on a target substrate is disclosed. The film formation method includes a first process of supplying the processing medium on the target substrate, the temperature of which is set at a first temperature that is lower than a film formation minimum temperature that is the lowest temperature at which film formation takes place, and a second process of forming the film on the target substrate by raising the temperature of the target substrate from the first temperature to a second temperature that is higher than the film formation minimum temperature.
摘要:
A transfer apparatus for carrying a semiconductor wafer into a wafer cassette comprising an arm to load a semiconductor wafer thereon, a moving mechanism to move the arm to a wafer cassette, a chucking device to have a wafer attracted to the arm, and an auxiliary mechanism to push a wafer and adjust the position of the wafer to the inlet of a wafer cassette when the wafer comes into contact with the side wall of the wafer cassette.
摘要:
A cluster beam generating apparatus that generates a cluster beam includes a mixer that mixes a gas source material and a liquid source material; a nozzle that supplies a cluster beam including clusters originating from the gas source material and the liquid source material that are mixed in the mixer; and a temperature adjusting portion that adjusts a temperature of the nozzle, thereby controlling a ratio of the clusters originating from the gas source material and the clusters originating from the liquid source material in the cluster beam.
摘要:
A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, when a barrier film and a copper film are formed along a recess in an insulating film by using an alloy layer of copper and addictive metal, e.g., Mn, and copper wiring is embedded therein, reduces Mn in the copper film to suppress an increase in wiring resistance. A vacuum transfer module is connected, through a load lock chamber, to a loader module for transferring a wafer with respect to a carrier. A formic acid treatment module supplying formic acid vapor as an organic acid to the wafer and a module forming a film of Cu, e.g., by CVD are connected to the vacuum transfer module to configure an apparatus manufacturing a semiconductor. The wafer W subjected to alloy layer formation and then, e.g., to annealing is transferred into the apparatus, and treatment with formic acid is performed followed by Cu film formation.
摘要:
A ceramic heater system has a ceramic heater base having a substrate-mounting surface formed on the top surface thereof and a heater, buried in the heater base, for heating a substrate. A fluid passage is formed buried in the heater base below where the heater is buried. The heater base is cooled as a fluid whose temperature is lower than the temperature of the heater base is let flow in the fluid passage. A substrate processing apparatus has the ceramic heater system installed in a process chamber whose vacuum state can be maintained, a gas supply mechanism for feeding a gas into the process chamber, and a power supply. The substrate processing apparatus performs a heat treatment, etching and film deposition on a substrate placed in the process chamber.