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公开(公告)号:US20240077298A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18457021
申请日:2023-08-28
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: G01B7/16
CPC classification number: G01B7/16
Abstract: A detection device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an elastic member, a measuring part and a detection part. The elastic member is disposed between a first member and a second member at a bonding portion where the first member and the second member are bonded and the elastic member is configured to be elastically deformable. The measuring part is configured to measure electrical characteristics at multiple locations of the elastic member. The detecting part is configured to detect deformation of the elastic member based on the electrical characteristics measured at the multiple locations by the measuring part.
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公开(公告)号:US20220139759A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17452642
申请日:2021-10-28
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L21/687 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/677
Abstract: There is provided a substrate holder. The substrate holder that holds a substrate and is installed in a device for transferring the substrate. The substrate holder includes: a ceramic main body; and a heat pipe which includes a flow path of a working fluid. The flow path is formed inside the main body.
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公开(公告)号:US20250006533A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-02
申请号:US18697729
申请日:2021-10-13
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO , Takehiro SHINDO , Tatsuru OKAMURA , Nanako SHINODA , Junpei SASAKI
IPC: H01L21/677 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/68
Abstract: This substrate conveyance method is disclosed for a conveyance device. A conveyance chamber includes a conveyance mechanism having forks, on upper and lower sides, and support a substrate. A buffer chamber is connected to the conveyance chamber, and includes: a mounting unit that mounts a substrate; and, pins that support the substrate. In the method, the conveyance mechanism, with a second substrate supported by the lower fork, is inserted into the buffer chamber in which a first substrate is mounted on the mounting unit, and the first substrate is lifted by the upper fork. In the method, the pins are raised while the first substrate is lifted by the upper fork, and the second substrate supported by the lower fork is lifted by the pins. In the method, the conveyance mechanism is removed from the buffer chamber while the second substrate is lifted by the pins.
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公开(公告)号:US20240228190A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18289525
申请日:2021-08-11
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Toshiaki KODAMA , Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: B65G47/90 , H01L21/677 , H01L21/687
CPC classification number: B65G47/905 , H01L21/677 , H01L21/68707
Abstract: In the present invention, an articulated arm is configured so that a plurality of arms are connected by rotatable joints, and by rotating the joints, the articulated arm can be extended and contracted. A detection unit detects the angle of rotation of the joints of the articulated arm, for different postures the number of which is at least the number of arms of the articulated arm. A calculation unit calculates the expansion amount of each of the plurality of arms on the basis of the angle of rotation of the joints at each of the postures detected by the detection unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20230290656A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-14
申请号:US18115238
申请日:2023-02-28
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L21/67
CPC classification number: H01L21/67201 , H01L21/67126 , H01L21/6719 , H01L21/67167
Abstract: There is an apparatus for transferring a member to be disposed in a substrate processing chamber between a substrate transfer chamber and the substrate processing chamber adjacent to each other, comprising: a valve body that is attached to and detached from an opening through which the substrate transfer chamber and the substrate processing chamber communicate and is configured to close the opening; a member holding part extending from the valve body into the substrate processing chamber when the opening is closed by the valve body, and configured to transfer the member to a preset arrangement position in the substrate processing chamber; and a moving mechanism configured to move the valve body separated from the opening in the substrate transfer chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20230170239A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17991345
申请日:2022-11-21
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Takehiro SHINDO , Dongwei LI , Lingxin JIANG , Shinya OKANO , Toshiaki KODAMA , Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L21/677 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/673
CPC classification number: H01L21/67748 , H01L21/67265 , H01L21/67333
Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a substrate to a substrate processing chamber. The apparatus comprises: a substrate transfer chamber having a floor and a side wall; a substrate transfer module comprising a holder and second magnets, and configured to be movable in the substrate transfer chamber by magnetic levitation; and a controller configured to control an operating force for moving the substrate transfer module. The controller comprises: a parameter storage configured to store at least one model parameter; a control schedule creating section configured to acquire identification information and a movement schedule, to obtain the operating force, and to output a control schedule; and a magnetic force adjusting section configured to perform feedforward control.
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公开(公告)号:US20240075633A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18457053
申请日:2023-08-28
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
CPC classification number: B25J11/0095 , B25J9/1633 , B25J13/087 , B25J15/0616
Abstract: This substrate processing apparatus is provided with: a substrate placing portion on which a substrate is placed; one or more support portions configured to support the substrate and disposed at portions of the substrate placing portion that are brought into contact with the substrate, said one or more support portions being at least partially deformed by the contact with the substrate; a detector configured to detect deformation of the support portion; and a controller configured to specify a degree of the deformation of the substrate based on the detection result of the detector.
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公开(公告)号:US20230143372A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-11
申请号:US17976280
申请日:2022-10-28
Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H05B1/02 , H01L21/67 , H01L21/677 , B08B7/00
CPC classification number: H05B1/0233 , H01L21/67265 , H01L21/67709 , B08B7/0071 , B08B7/005
Abstract: An apparatus for transferring a substrate to a substrate processing chamber is provided. The apparatus comprises: a substrate transfer chamber having a floor provided with a first magnet and a sidewall connected to the substrate processing chamber and having an opening through which a substrate is loaded into and unloaded from the substrate processing chamber; a substrate transfer module including a substrate holder configured to hold the substrate and a second magnet having a repulsive force against the first magnet, and configured to move in the substrate transfer chamber by magnetic levitation using the repulsive force; and a heating device configured to heat the substrate transfer module to release contaminants adhered to a surface of the substrate transfer module.
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公开(公告)号:US20230117258A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-20
申请号:US17962411
申请日:2022-10-07
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L21/683 , H01L21/677
Abstract: A substrate transfer method for transferring a substrate using a first transfer body and at least one second transfer body comprises transferring the substrate using the first transfer body to a predetermined first substrate reference position in a module, receiving the substrate at the first substrate reference position using the second transfer body, and transferring the substrate to a detection device by moving the second transfer body to a predetermined first transfer body reference position and detecting positional misalignment in plan view between a position of the substrate and a predetermined second substrate reference position in the detection device. Each of the first transfer body and the second transfer body floats from a bottom portion of a substrate transfer area by a magnetic force and moves in a horizontal direction while supporting the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20230019299A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-19
申请号:US17810653
申请日:2022-07-05
Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
Inventor: Wataru MATSUMOTO
IPC: H01L21/67 , H01L21/687 , B65G47/90
Abstract: A method includes: receiving a substrate on a first stage by a holder of a substrate transfer mechanism; causing the substrate to pass through a first measurement part, and measuring a first true deviation amount between the holder and the substrate at a first position; causing, when transferring the substrate toward a second stage, the substrate to pass through a second measurement part, and measuring a second true deviation amount between the holder and the substrate at a second position; reflecting a difference between the first and second true deviation amounts to a physical model to correct the physical model; calculating a position correction amount of the holder on the second stage from a thermal displacement amount of the holder at the second position; and controlling the substrate transfer mechanism based on the position correction amount to perform a position correction of the holder.
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