Embodiment
Embodiment 1
(see figure 1) in first kind of embodiment of the present invention, first atmosphere transmit district 8 and comprise at least two substrate load port ones and a monobasal conveyer 2a.Second atmosphere transmits district 10 and comprises substrate mounting table 3, one monobasal conveyers 4a and a sliding axle 5.Substrate mounting table 3 is arranged on second atmosphere and transmits a side that transmits district 8 in the district 10 near first atmosphere.Substrate mounting table 3 can be the combination [seeing Fig. 2 (a) and Fig. 2 (b)] of substrate orientation device 15 and substrate cooling bench 16, and promptly the orlop of substrate mounting table 3 is substrate orientation devices 15, is one or more substrate cooling benches 16 above the substrate orientation device 15.Sliding axle 5 is linearly to be arranged between two short limits that second atmosphere transmits district 10, and to transmit district 8 vertical with first atmosphere.Second atmosphere transmits district 10 and has the rectangle base, and short one side is transmitted district 8 with first atmosphere and is connected; Long both sides are connected with at least two monobasal PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9.The maximum quantity that second atmosphere transmits district's 10 PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9 that can connect depends on that second atmosphere transmits the length in district 10.The length that second atmosphere transmits district 10 is long more, and PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 quantity that it can connect are many more.PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can be adjacent to be arranged in the side that second atmosphere transmits district 10, also can relatively be arranged in the both sides that second atmosphere transmits district 10.Each PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 comprises a surge chamber 11 and a process chamber 12, distributes before and after being, and the surge chamber 11 that wherein is provided with monobasal conveyer 6a is positioned at the front end of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, and is connected with second atmosphere transmission district 10.Surge chamber 11 comprises a monobasal conveyer 6a.Each process chamber 12 can hold a substrate 7, and to this substrate 7 implementing process processing.The above-mentioned surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit 10 in district, and 11 of process chamber 12 and surge chambers are respectively equipped with gate valve 13 and 14.
In this embodiment, during general operation, the monobasal conveyer 2a in [a] first atmosphere transmission district 8 is sent to a substrate 7 second atmosphere usually and transmits on the substrate mounting table of distinguishing in 10 3 from the substrate box that substrate load port one is placed, or carries out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15.[b] second atmosphere transmits the monobasal conveyer 4a in district 10 from substrate mounting table 3, or mounting substrate 7 on the substrate orientation device 15, slides to the port of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 along sliding axle 5 then.When [c] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the monobasal conveyer 4a in second atmosphere transmission district 10 is delivering substrate 7 stretching, extensions and is entering in the surge chamber 11, unloads carried base board 7 then to the monobasal conveyer 6a of surge chamber 11.The gate valve 13 that [d] surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 cuts out, when surge chamber 11 is evacuated to certain air pressure, gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened, and monobasal conveyer 6a is delivering substrate 7 stretching, extensions and entering (see figure 3)s in the process chamber 12.After the unloading infrabasal plate 7, monobasal conveyer 6a is retracted into surge chamber 11 in process chamber 12.[e] begins substrate 7 implementing process are processed in process chamber 12 after the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cuts out.After processes was finished, the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened [f], and monobasal conveyer 6a stretches and enters in the process chamber 12, loads finished substrate 7, is retracted into surge chamber 11.[g] after the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cut out, surge chamber 11 began filling gass, and the pressure of surge chamber 11 rises.When [h] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the monobasal conveyer 4a stretching, extension that second atmosphere transmits district 10 enters in the surge chamber 11, on the monobasal conveyer 6a of surge chamber 11, finished substrate 7 is loaded on it, is retracted into second atmosphere then and transmits in the district 10.The monobasal conveyer 4a that [i] loading finished substrate 7 slides near substrate mounting table 3 along sliding axle 5, then finished substrate 7 is offloaded on the substrate cooling bench 16.[j] is last, and the monobasal conveyer 2a that first atmosphere transmits district 8 is sent to the finished substrate 7 on the substrate cooling bench 16 in the substrate box of placing on the substrate load port one.So far, equipment has been finished once the processes to semiconductor substrate.When equipment carries a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, first atmosphere that comprises at equipment transmits district 8, second atmosphere transmits district 10, with the process that repeats above-mentioned [a]-[j] in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9,9 pairs of semiconductor substrate 7 implementing process processing of a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules of can simultaneously parallel use equipment carrying.
Embodiment 2
(see figure 4) in second kind of embodiment of the present invention, first atmosphere transmit district 8 and comprise at least two substrate load port ones and a double-basis substrate transfer device 2b.This double-basis substrate transfer device 2b comprises two mechanical arms, can deliver and transmit two substrates 7 simultaneously.Second atmosphere transmits district 10 and comprises two substrate mounting table 3, one double-basis substrate transfer devices 4b and a sliding axle 5.These two substrate mounting tables 3 are arranged on second atmosphere and transmit sides of distinguishing close first atmosphere transmission district 8 in 10, adjacent arrangement, and it is parallel with first atmosphere transmission district 8 to be a straight line, and vertical with sliding axle 5.Substrate mounting table 3 can be the combination (see figure 2) of substrate orientation device 15 and substrate cooling bench 16, and promptly the orlop of substrate mounting table 3 is substrate orientation devices 15, is one or more substrate cooling benches 16 above the substrate orientation device.Double-basis substrate transfer device 4b comprises two mechanical arms, can deliver and transmit two substrates 7 simultaneously.Sliding axle 5 is linearly to be arranged between two short limits that second atmosphere transmits district 10, and to transmit district 8 vertical with first atmosphere.Second atmosphere transmits the district and has the rectangle base, and short one side is transmitted district 8 with first atmosphere and is connected; Long both sides are connected with at least two PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9.The maximum quantity that second atmosphere transmits district's 10 PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9 that can connect depends on that second atmosphere transmits the length in district 10.The length that second atmosphere transmits district 10 is long more, and PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 quantity that it can connect are many more.PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can be adjacent to be arranged in the side that second atmosphere transmits district 10, also can relatively be arranged in the both sides that second atmosphere transmits district 10.Each PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 comprises a surge chamber 11 and a process chamber 12, distributes before and after being, and surge chamber wherein is positioned at the front end of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, and is connected with second atmosphere transmission district 10.Surge chamber comprises a double-basis substrate transfer device 6b.Double-basis substrate transfer device 6b comprises two mechanical arms, and two mechanical arms are arranged at the two ends of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b, is that the axle center is symmetrical distribution with the base of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b.The action of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b is fairly simple, two mechanical arms can stretch to process chamber direction straight line, enter process chamber 12 by gate valve 14, therefore can transmit two substrates 7 simultaneously to process chamber 12 with two mechanical arms, or fetch two substrates 7 simultaneously from process chamber 12, also can be in process chamber 12 two substrates 7 of loading and unloading simultaneously.Double-basis substrate transfer device 6b does not do the function that moves up and down.The process chamber 12 of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can hold two substrates 7 simultaneously, and to the implementing process processing simultaneously of these two substrates, is double-basis plate PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module therefore.
In this embodiment, during general operation, the double-basis substrate transfer device 2b that has two mechanical arms that [a] first atmosphere transmits district 8 takes out two substrates 7 respectively usually from the substrate box that substrate load port one is placed, delivering two substrates 7 then and returning back to 10 1 sides towards second atmosphere transmission district, one of them substrate 7 is sent to second atmosphere to be transmitted on one of them substrate mounting table 3 of distinguishing in 10, or carry out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15, another substrate 7 is sent to second atmosphere transmits on another substrate mounting table 3 of distinguishing in 10, or carry out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15.[b] second atmosphere transmits the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that has two mechanical arms in district 10 respectively from two substrate mounting tables 3, or load two substrates 7 on two substrate orientation devices 15, delivering two substrates 7 then and sliding to the port of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 along sliding axle 5.When [c] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that second atmosphere transmits district 10 is delivering two substrates 7 and is stretching and enter in the surge chamber 11, respectively two substrates 7 is offloaded to then on the both arms of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b of surge chamber 11.The gate valve 13 that [d] surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 cuts out, when surge chamber 11 is evacuated to certain air pressure, gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened, and two mechanical arms of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b are delivering 7 stretching, extensions of two substrates and entering (see figure 5)s in the process chamber 12.Under the unloading after two substrates 7, two mechanical arms of double-basis substrate transfer device 6b are retracted into surge chamber 11 in process chamber 12.[e] after the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cut out, beginning was simultaneously to two substrate 7 implementing process processing in process chamber 12.After processes was finished, the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened [f], and double-basis substrate transfer device 6b stretches and enters in the process chamber 12, loads two finished substrates 7 simultaneously, is retracted into surge chamber 11.[g] after the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cut out, surge chamber 11 began filling gass, and the pressure of surge chamber 11 rises.When [h] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b stretching, extension that second atmosphere transmits district 10 enters in the surge chamber 11, on the double-basis substrate transfer device 6b of surge chamber 11, two finished substrates 7 successively are loaded on it, are retracted into second atmosphere then and transmit in the district 10.The double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that [i] loading two finished substrates 7 slides near substrate mounting table 3 along sliding axle 5, then two finished substrates 7 are offloaded to respectively on two substrate cooling benches 16, or successively are offloaded on the different aspects of same substrate cooling bench 16.[j] is last, the double-basis substrate transfer device 2b that has two mechanical arms that first atmosphere transmits district 8 transmits two on the substrate cooling bench 16 finished substrates 7 and successively is loaded on it, transmits then in the substrate box that two finished substrates 7 place to the substrate load port one.So far, equipment has been finished once simultaneously the processes to two semiconductor substrates 7.When equipment carries a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, first atmosphere that comprises at equipment transmits district 8, second atmosphere transmits district 10, with the process that repeats above-mentioned [a]-[j] in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9,9 pairs of semiconductor substrate 7 implementing process processing of a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules of can simultaneously parallel use equipment carrying.
Embodiment 3
(see figure 6) in the third embodiment of the present invention, first atmosphere transmit district 8 and comprise at least two substrate load port ones and a double-basis substrate transfer device 2b.This double-basis substrate transfer device 2b comprises two mechanical arms, can deliver and transmit two substrates 7.Second atmosphere transmits district 10 and comprises two substrate mounting table 3, one double-basis substrate transfer devices 4b and a sliding axle 5.These two substrate mounting tables 3 are arranged on second atmosphere and transmit sides of distinguishing close first atmosphere transmission district 8 in 10, adjacent arrangement, and it is parallel with first atmosphere transmission district 8 to be a straight line, and vertical with sliding axle 5.Substrate mounting table 3 can be the combination of substrate orientation device 15 and substrate cooling bench 16, and promptly orlop is a substrate orientation device 15, is single or multiple lift substrate cooling bench 16 above the substrate orientation device.Double-basis substrate transfer device 4b comprises two mechanical arms, can deliver and transmit two substrates 7.Sliding axle 5 is linearly to be arranged between two short limits that second atmosphere transmits district 10, and to transmit district 8 vertical with first atmosphere.Second atmosphere transmits district 10 and has the rectangle base, and short one side is transmitted district 8 with first atmosphere and is connected, and long both sides are connected with at least two PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9.The maximum quantity that second atmosphere transmits district's 10 PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules 9 that can connect depends on that second atmosphere transmits the length in district 10.The length that second atmosphere transmits district 10 is long more, and PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 quantity that it can connect are many more.PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can be adjacent to be arranged in the side that second atmosphere transmits district 10, also can relatively be arranged in the both sides that second atmosphere transmits district 10.Each PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 comprises a surge chamber 11 and a process chamber 12, distributes before and after being, and surge chamber 11 wherein is positioned at the front end of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, and is connected with second atmosphere transmission district 10.Surge chamber 11 comprises two monobasal conveyer 6a.The action of monobasal conveyer 6a is fairly simple, can stretch to process chamber 12 direction straight lines, enter process chamber 12 by gate valve 14, therefore can transmit two substrates 7 simultaneously to process chamber 12 with two monobasal conveyer 6a, or fetch two substrates 7 simultaneously from process chamber 12, also can be in process chamber 12 two substrates 7 of loading and unloading simultaneously.Monobasal conveyer 6a does not do the function that moves up and down.The process chamber 12 of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can hold four substrates 7 simultaneously, and to this four substrates 7 implementing process processing simultaneously.
In this embodiment, during general operation, the double-basis substrate transfer device 2b that has two mechanical arms that [a] first atmosphere transmits district 8 takes out two substrates 7 respectively usually from the substrate box that substrate load port one is placed, delivering two substrates 7 then and returning back to 10 1 sides towards second atmosphere transmission district, one of them substrate 7 is sent to second atmosphere to be transmitted on one of them substrate mounting table 3 of distinguishing in 10, or carry out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15, another substrate 7 is sent to second atmosphere transmits on another substrate mounting table 3 of distinguishing in 10, or carry out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15.[b-1] second atmosphere transmits the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that has two mechanical arms in district 10 respectively from two substrate mounting tables 3, or load two substrates 7 on two substrate orientation devices 15, delivering two substrates 7 then and sliding to the port of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 along sliding axle 5.[b-2] meanwhile, the double-basis substrate transfer device 2b in first atmosphere transmission district 8 repeats the operation of above-mentioned [a], two other substrate 7 is sent to second atmosphere transmits on two substrate mounting tables 3 distinguishing in 10 from the substrate box that substrate load port one is placed, or carry out substrate orientation on the substrate orientation device 15.When [c] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b in second atmosphere transmission district 10 is delivering 7 stretching, extensions of two substrates and is entering in the surge chamber 11, respectively two substrates 7 is offloaded on two monobasal conveyer 6a of surge chamber 11 then.The gate valve 13 that [d] surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 cuts out, when surge chamber 11 is evacuated to certain air pressure, gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened, and two monobasal conveyer 6a are delivering two substrates 7 and stretching simultaneously and enter (see figure 7)s in the process chamber 12.[e-1] two monobasal conveyers 6a under the unloading simultaneously after two substrates 7, is retracted into surge chamber 11 simultaneously in process chamber 12, then, surge chamber 11 beginning filling gass, the pressure of surge chamber 11 rises.[e-2] meanwhile, second atmosphere transmits the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b in district 10 respectively from two substrate mounting tables 3, or load two other substrate 7 on two substrate orientation devices 15, delivering two substrates 7 then and sliding to the port of same PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 along sliding axle 5.When [f] reaches atmospheric pressure state when the air pressure of surge chamber 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that second atmosphere transmits district 10 is sent to two other substrate 7 on two monobasal conveyer 6a, then, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 cuts out, and surge chamber 11 begins to vacuumize.When [g] was evacuated to certain air pressure when surge chamber 11, the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened, and two monobasal conveyer 6a are sent to these two substrates 7 in the process chamber 12 simultaneously.Four pending substrates 7 in process chamber 12, have been placed like this.[h] after the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cut out, beginning was simultaneously to four substrate 7 implementing process processing in process chamber 12.After processes was finished, the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened [i], and two monobasal conveyer 6a stretch simultaneously and enter in the process chamber 12, loaded two finished substrates 7 simultaneously, was retracted into surge chamber 11.After the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 cuts out, surge chamber 11 beginning filling gass, the pressure of surge chamber 11 rises.When [j] is in atmospheric pressure state when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b stretching, extension that second atmosphere transmits district 10 enters in the surge chamber 11, on two monobasal conveyer 6a of surge chamber 11, two finished substrates 7 successively are loaded on it, are retracted into second atmosphere then and transmit in the district 10.The double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that [k-1] loading two finished substrates 7 slides near substrate mounting table 3 along sliding axle 5, then two finished substrates 7 are offloaded to respectively on two substrate cooling benches 16, or successively are offloaded on the different aspects of same substrate cooling bench 16.[k-2] meanwhile closes the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere and transmits the gate valve of distinguishing between 10 13, and surge chamber 11 begins to vacuumize.When surge chamber 11 is evacuated to certain air pressure, gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 can be opened, two monobasal conveyer 6a take out two other substrate of handling 7 from process chamber 12 simultaneously, close the gate valve 14 between surge chamber 11 and the process chamber 12 then, surge chamber 11 beginning filling gass, the pressure of surge chamber 11 rises.[1] when the surge chamber in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 11 is in atmospheric pressure state, the gate valve 13 that the surge chamber 11 and second atmosphere transmit between the district 10 can be opened, the double-basis substrate transfer device 4b that second atmosphere transmits district 10 takes out two other substrate of handling 7 in surge chamber 11, then two finished substrates 7 are offloaded to respectively on two substrate cooling benches 16, or successively are offloaded on the different aspects of same substrate cooling bench 16.[m] is last, and the double-basis substrate transfer device 2b that first atmosphere transmits district 10 successively is sent to four on the substrate mounting table 3 finished substrates 7 in the substrate box of placing on the substrate load port one at twice.So far, equipment has been finished once simultaneously the processes to four semiconductor substrates 7.When equipment carries a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, first atmosphere that comprises at equipment transmits district 8, second atmosphere transmits district 10, with the process that repeats above-mentioned [a]-[m] in the PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9, can be with 9 pairs of semiconductor substrate 7 implementing process processing of a plurality of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT modules of carrying with parallel use equipment.
The foregoing description 1-3, wherein the described process chamber 12 of PROCESS FOR TREATMENT module 9 can be implemented plasma enhanced CVD technology to substrate 7.