CN112490168A - Device and method for automatically positioning and calibrating wafer center - Google Patents

Device and method for automatically positioning and calibrating wafer center Download PDF

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CN112490168A
CN112490168A CN202011494210.2A CN202011494210A CN112490168A CN 112490168 A CN112490168 A CN 112490168A CN 202011494210 A CN202011494210 A CN 202011494210A CN 112490168 A CN112490168 A CN 112490168A
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本发明涉及一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置及方法,该装置包括基座、线性传感器、光纤、传感器固定座、晶圆吸盘装置、晶圆顶起机构、吸盘旋转机构、第一直线运动机构和第二直线运动机构,吸盘旋转机构安装于第一直线运动机构上,以在其驱动下前后移动,晶圆吸盘装置安装于吸盘旋转机构上,以在其驱动下旋转,晶圆吸盘装置上放置晶圆,以支撑并真空吸住晶圆,晶圆顶起机构安装于晶圆吸盘装置旁侧的基座上,以在校准误差时将晶圆从晶圆吸盘装置上顶起,线性传感器和光纤安装于传感器固定座上,传感器固定座位于晶圆旁侧并安装于第二直线运动机构上,以在其驱动下前后移动。该装置及方法有利于快速、精确地定位并校准晶圆中心。

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The invention relates to a device and method for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer. The device includes a base, a linear sensor, an optical fiber, a sensor holder, a wafer suction cup device, a wafer lifting mechanism, a suction cup rotation mechanism, a first straight The linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism, the suction cup rotation mechanism is installed on the first linear motion mechanism to move back and forth under its drive, the wafer suction cup device is installed on the suction cup rotation mechanism to rotate under its drive, the wafer The wafer is placed on the circular chuck device to support and vacuum the wafer, and the wafer lifting mechanism is installed on the base beside the wafer chuck device to lift the wafer from the wafer chuck device during calibration errors From then on, the linear sensor and the optical fiber are mounted on the sensor holder, and the sensor holder is located beside the wafer and is mounted on the second linear motion mechanism to move back and forth under its drive. The device and method are advantageous for quickly and accurately positioning and aligning the wafer center.

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Device and method for automatically positioning and calibrating wafer center
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of wafer production, and particularly relates to a device and a method for automatically positioning and calibrating a wafer center.
Background
The wafer is a silicon wafer used for manufacturing a silicon semiconductor integrated circuit, and the shape is circular, and the current domestic wafer production line mainly takes 8 inches and 12 inches. At present, a plurality of wafer manufacturers have higher and higher requirements on the automation degree of equipment, very high requirements are provided for the feeding speed and the position precision of wafers during feeding, the inclination correction and positioning work of the wafers is still finished by amplifying and then manually adjusting a motor, and the manual alignment work has many defects, such as complex operation, low precision and easy error and the like.
In the prior art, most of the conventional mechanical positioning methods are adopted, and when the workpiece positioning scheme is analyzed, the concept of positioning supporting points, namely a six-point rule, is generally utilized. When a workpiece is actually positioned in the fixture, the theoretical 'point' is not adopted to be contacted with a positioning reference surface of the workpiece, but the positioning support 'point' is converted into a specific positioning element, namely positioning is realized through various types of positioning elements, namely different positioning forms such as a plane, an outer cylindrical surface, a round hole, a molded surface, a combined surface and the like are selected according to the specific structural characteristics and the process machining precision requirement of the workpiece. The traditional mechanical positioning mode has the advantages of low positioning precision, low efficiency and low speed, and damages to the wafer in the clamping and calibrating process, so that the wafer is very lagged behind. In the prior art, a wafer visual detection positioning system based on machine visual positioning is also arranged, so that the positioning and alignment work of the wafer before the wafer is cut is realized, the scheme designs the wafer online positioning and alignment visual detection system integrating image acquisition, data processing, mechanical movement and information display, the scheme greatly improves the running speed and the positioning accuracy, but the requirement on the working environment is higher, a camera must run in a stable working environment, the running speed and the positioning accuracy are not enough, the cost of equipment is greatly improved, the algorithm is complex, and the practical application is difficult.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a device and a method for automatically positioning and calibrating a wafer center, which are beneficial to quickly and accurately positioning and calibrating the wafer center.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that: a device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer comprises a base, a linear sensor, an optical fiber, a sensor fixing seat, a wafer sucker device, a wafer jacking mechanism, a sucker rotating mechanism, a first linear moving mechanism and a second linear moving mechanism, wherein the first linear moving mechanism is arranged in the base, the sucker rotating mechanism is arranged on the first linear moving mechanism and is driven by the first linear moving mechanism to move back and forth, the wafer sucker device is arranged on the sucker rotating mechanism and is driven by the sucker rotating mechanism to rotate, the wafer is placed on the wafer sucker device to support and vacuum-suck the wafer, the wafer jacking mechanism is arranged on the base beside the wafer sucker device to jack the wafer from the wafer sucker device when in calibration error, the linear sensor and the optical fiber are arranged on the sensor fixing seat, and the second linear moving mechanism is arranged in the base, the sensor fixing seat is located beside the wafer and is arranged on the second linear motion mechanism so as to move back and forth under the driving of the second linear motion mechanism.
Furthermore, the sensor fixing seat is of an Contraband-shaped structure with a lateral notch for the wafer to extend into, the linear sensor adopts a laser sensor and mainly comprises a light projector and a light receiver, the light projector is arranged at the upper part of the sensor fixing seat, and the light receiver is correspondingly arranged at the lower part of the sensor fixing seat, so that the center deviation of the wafer is calculated through the change of the output quantity of the linear sensor in the wafer rotating process; the optical fiber is arranged at the upper part of the sensor fixing seat, and the light beam of the optical fiber downwards and vertically irradiates on the wafer so as to find the position of the notch of the wafer in the rotation process of the wafer.
Furthermore, the first linear motion mechanism is a first electric cylinder mechanism driven by a first motor, and the sucker rotating mechanism is arranged on a sliding seat of the first electric cylinder mechanism and driven by the first electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth so as to adjust the positions of the sucker rotating mechanism and the center of the wafer sucker device; the second linear motion mechanism is a second electric cylinder mechanism driven by a second motor, and the sensor fixing seat is arranged on a sliding seat of the second electric cylinder mechanism and driven by the second electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth, so that the distance between the sensor fixing seat and the wafer sucker device is adjusted, and the sensor fixing seat is adapted to wafers of different sizes.
Furthermore, photoelectric sensors are respectively arranged on the first linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism to detect the stroke of the upper sliding seat of the first linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism, so that the sliding seat is prevented from moving beyond the stroke to cause collision.
Furthermore, the sucking disc rotating mechanism mainly comprises a third motor and a rotating seat driven by the third motor to rotate, and the wafer sucking disc device is arranged on the rotating seat.
Furthermore, the wafer jacking mechanism mainly comprises a fourth motor, a cam mechanism and a lifting ejector rod, wherein the fourth motor drives the cam mechanism to rotate, and the lower part of the lifting ejector rod which can only vertically move under the guiding action is contacted with the cam mechanism so as to move up and down under the driving action of the lifting ejector rod.
Further, the wafer chuck device generates vacuum through a vacuum pump, and firmly sucks the wafer.
The wafer chuck device is characterized by further comprising a control device, the control device is arranged in the base, the input end of the control device is respectively connected with the linear sensor and the optical fiber, and the output end of the control device is respectively connected with the wafer chuck device, the wafer jacking mechanism, the chuck rotating mechanism, the first linear motion mechanism and the driving unit of the second linear motion mechanism, so that all parts of the control device work.
The invention also provides a method for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of the wafer by adopting the device, which comprises the following steps:
placing the wafer on a wafer sucker device, controlling the wafer sucker device to work, and sucking the wafer in vacuum;
controlling the sucking disc rotating mechanism to work, driving the wafer sucking disc device and a wafer on the wafer sucking disc device to rotate for a circle, outputting acquired data to a control device by a linear sensor on a sensor fixing seat, and processing the acquired data by the control device to obtain wafer center deviation data;
finding the center position of the wafer according to the wafer center deviation data, then controlling the sucker rotating mechanism to work, and rotating the wafer center to a position where the connecting line of the wafer center and the center of the wafer sucker device is superposed with the front-back moving direction of the wafer sucker device;
controlling the wafer sucker device to close vacuum, then controlling the wafer jacking mechanism to ascend to jack the wafer to separate the wafer from the wafer sucker device, then controlling the first linear motion mechanism to work to drive the sucker rotating mechanism and the wafer sucker device thereon to move to the center of the wafer, and then controlling the wafer jacking mechanism to descend to enable the wafer to descend to the wafer sucker device;
controlling the wafer sucker device to work, sucking the wafer in vacuum, and then controlling the first linear motion mechanism to move reversely to drive the sucker rotating mechanism and the wafer sucker device thereon to move to the original position, so that the error correction of the wafer center is completed;
the wafer can be rotated to any angle by controlling the operation of the sucker rotating mechanism to drive the wafer sucker device and the wafer thereon to rotate, and finding the wafer gap through the optical fiber on the sensor fixing seat, so that the positioning and the correction of the wafer center are completed.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the device and the method overcome the problems of low positioning precision, low speed, poor stability and possible damage to the wafer in the prior art, not only greatly improve the positioning precision of the wafer center, but also have high automation degree, stable and reliable work, low realization cost, high positioning and correcting speed and no damage to the wafer, and can be suitable for wafers of different sizes. The device is suitable for any equipment for processing wafers, and can complete the positioning and correction of the wafer center before and at the processing completion stage, thereby meeting the requirements of wafer production.
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FIG. 2 is a top view of a device configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: the method comprises the following steps of 1-base, 2-linear sensor, 3-optical fiber, 4-sensor fixing seat, 5-wafer chuck device, 6-wafer jacking mechanism, 7-chuck rotating mechanism, 8-first linear motion mechanism, 9-second linear motion mechanism and 10-wafer.
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The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the figures and the embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1-2, the present invention provides a device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer, which comprises a base 1, a linear sensor 2, an optical fiber 3, a sensor holder 4, a wafer chuck device 5, a wafer jacking mechanism 6, a chuck rotating mechanism 7, a first linear motion mechanism 8 and a second linear motion mechanism 9, wherein the first linear motion mechanism 8 is installed in the base 1, the chuck rotating mechanism 7 is installed on the first linear motion mechanism 8 to move back and forth under the driving of the first linear motion mechanism, the wafer chuck device 5 is installed on the chuck rotating mechanism 7 to rotate under the driving of the chuck rotating mechanism, a wafer 10 is placed on the wafer chuck device 5 to support and vacuum-suck the wafer 10, the wafer jacking mechanism 6 is installed on the base 1 beside the wafer chuck device 5 to jack the wafer 10 from the wafer chuck device 5 during calibration error, the linear sensor 2 and the optical fiber 3 are arranged on the sensor fixing seat 4, the second linear motion mechanism 9 is arranged in the base 1, and the sensor fixing seat 4 is located beside the wafer and arranged on the second linear motion mechanism 9 so as to move back and forth under the driving of the second linear motion mechanism.
In this embodiment, the sensor holder 4 has an Contraband-shaped structure with a lateral notch for the wafer to extend into, and the linear sensor 2 is a laser sensor, which mainly includes a light projector and a light receiver, wherein the light projector is installed on the upper portion of the sensor holder, and the light receiver is correspondingly installed on the lower portion of the sensor holder. During the rotation of the wafer, the voltage or current analog quantity output by the linear laser sensor changes, and the control device can calculate the center error of the wafer according to the change. The optical fiber 3 is installed on the upper part of the sensor fixing seat 4, and the light beam of the optical fiber downwards and vertically irradiates on the wafer so as to find the position of the wafer gap in the wafer rotating process.
In this embodiment, the first linear motion mechanism 8 is a first electric cylinder mechanism driven by a first motor, and the chuck rotation mechanism is mounted on a slide seat of the first electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth under the driving of the first electric cylinder mechanism, so as to adjust the positions of the chuck rotation mechanism and the center of the wafer chuck device. The second linear motion mechanism 9 is a second electric cylinder mechanism driven by a second motor, and the sensor fixing seat is mounted on a sliding seat of the second electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth under the driving of the second electric cylinder mechanism, so that the distance between the sensor fixing seat and the wafer chuck device is adjusted, and the sensor fixing seat is adapted to wafers of different sizes. Photoelectric sensors are respectively arranged on the first linear motion mechanism 8 and the second linear motion mechanism 9 to detect the stroke of the upper sliding seat of the first linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism, so that the sliding seat is prevented from moving beyond the stroke to cause collision.
The sucking disc rotating mechanism 7 mainly comprises a third motor and a rotating seat driven to rotate by the third motor, and the wafer sucking disc device is arranged on the rotating seat.
The wafer jacking mechanism 6 mainly comprises a fourth motor, a cam mechanism and a lifting ejector rod, wherein the fourth motor drives the cam mechanism to rotate, and the lower part of the lifting ejector rod which can only vertically move under the guiding action is in contact with the cam mechanism so as to move up and down under the driving action of the lifting ejector rod. The cam mechanism can greatly reduce the noise when the wafer jacking mechanism jacks up and lowers the wafer, and the structure is more stable and reliable and saves space.
The wafer chuck device 5 generates vacuum through a vacuum pump to firmly suck the wafer.
In order to realize the automatic control of the device, the device is also provided with a control device, the control device is arranged in the base, the input end of the control device is respectively connected with the linear sensor and the optical fiber, and the output end of the control device is respectively connected with the wafer sucker device, the wafer jacking mechanism, the sucker rotating mechanism, the first linear motion mechanism and the driving unit of the second linear motion mechanism, so that all parts of the control device work.
Based on the device, the invention also correspondingly provides a method for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of the wafer, which comprises the following steps:
1) and placing the wafer on the wafer sucking disc device, controlling the wafer sucking disc device to work, and sucking the wafer in vacuum.
2) And controlling the sucker rotating mechanism to work, driving the wafer sucker device and the wafer on the wafer sucker device to rotate for a circle, outputting the acquired data to the control device by the linear sensor on the sensor fixing seat, and processing the acquired data by the control device to obtain the wafer center deviation data. The linear sensor obtains a voltage or current analog quantity, and the control device can calculate and obtain wafer center deviation data according to the change of the analog quantity data after the wafer rotates for one circle.
3) And finding the center position of the wafer according to the wafer center deviation data, and then controlling the sucker rotating mechanism to work to rotate the wafer center to a position where the connecting line of the wafer center and the center of the wafer sucker device coincides with the front-back moving direction of the wafer sucker device.
4) Controlling the wafer sucker device to close vacuum, then controlling the wafer jacking mechanism to ascend to jack the wafer to separate the wafer from the wafer sucker device, then controlling the first linear motion mechanism to work to drive the sucker rotating mechanism and the wafer sucker device thereon to move to the center of the wafer, and then controlling the wafer jacking mechanism to descend to enable the wafer to descend to the wafer sucker device.
5) And controlling the wafer sucker device to work, sucking the wafer in vacuum, and then controlling the first linear motion mechanism to move in the reverse direction to drive the sucker rotating mechanism and the wafer sucker device on the sucker rotating mechanism to move to the original position, so that the error correction of the center of the wafer is finished.
6) The wafer can be rotated to any angle by controlling the operation of the sucker rotating mechanism to drive the wafer sucker device and the wafer thereon to rotate, and finding the wafer gap through the optical fiber on the sensor fixing seat, so that the positioning and the correction of the wafer center are completed.
The above are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes made according to the technical scheme of the present invention that produce functional effects do not exceed the scope of the technical scheme of the present invention belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

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1.一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,包括基座、线性传感器、光纤、传感器固定座、晶圆吸盘装置、晶圆顶起机构、吸盘旋转机构、第一直线运动机构和第二直线运动机构,所述第一直线运动机构安装于基座内,所述吸盘旋转机构安装于第一直线运动机构上,以在其驱动下前后移动,所述晶圆吸盘装置安装于吸盘旋转机构上,以在其驱动下旋转,所述晶圆吸盘装置上放置晶圆,以支撑并真空吸住晶圆,所述晶圆顶起机构安装于晶圆吸盘装置旁侧的基座上,以在校准误差时将晶圆从晶圆吸盘装置上顶起,所述线性传感器和光纤安装于传感器固定座上,所述第二直线运动机构安装于基座内,所述传感器固定座位于晶圆旁侧并安装于第二直线运动机构上,以在其驱动下前后移动。1. a device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer, is characterized in that, comprising a base, a linear sensor, an optical fiber, a sensor holder, a wafer suction cup device, a wafer lifting mechanism, a suction cup rotation mechanism, a first straight line A motion mechanism and a second linear motion mechanism, the first linear motion mechanism is installed in the base, and the suction cup rotation mechanism is installed on the first linear motion mechanism to move back and forth under its drive, the wafer The suction cup device is installed on the suction cup rotating mechanism to rotate under its drive, the wafer suction cup device is placed on the wafer to support and vacuum suck the wafer, and the wafer lifting mechanism is installed beside the wafer suction cup device On the base on the side, to lift the wafer from the wafer chuck device when the calibration error occurs, the linear sensor and the optical fiber are installed on the sensor holder, and the second linear motion mechanism is installed in the base, so The sensor holder is located beside the wafer and is mounted on the second linear motion mechanism to move back and forth under its drive. 2.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述传感器固定座为具有侧向凹口以让晶圆伸入其间的匚字形结构,所述线性传感器采用激光传感器,其主要由投光器和受光器组成,所述投光器安装在传感器固定座的上部,所述受光器对应安装在传感器固定座的下部,以在晶圆旋转过程中,通过线性传感器输出量的变化,计算晶圆中心偏差;所述光纤安装在传感器固定座的上部,其光束向下垂直照射在晶圆上,以在晶圆旋转过程中,找到晶圆缺口的位置。2 . The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor holder is an indented structure with a lateral notch to allow the wafer to extend therebetween, 2 . The linear sensor adopts a laser sensor, which is mainly composed of a light projector and a light receiver. The light projector is installed on the upper part of the sensor holder, and the light receiver is correspondingly installed on the lower part of the sensor holder, so that during the wafer rotation process, through the linear sensor The variation of the output is calculated to calculate the deviation of the center of the wafer; the optical fiber is installed on the upper part of the sensor holder, and its beam is irradiated vertically downward on the wafer, so as to find the position of the wafer gap during the rotation of the wafer. 3.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述第一直线运动机构为由第一电机驱动的第一电缸机构,所述吸盘旋转机构安装于第一电缸机构的滑座上,以在其驱动下前后移动,进而调节吸盘旋转机构和晶圆吸盘装置中心的位置;所述第二直线运动机构为由第二电机驱动的第二电缸机构,所述传感器固定座安装于第二电缸机构的滑座上,以在其驱动下前后移动,进而调节传感器固定座与晶圆吸盘装置之间的距离,从而适配不同尺寸大小的晶圆。3. The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the wafer center according to claim 1, wherein the first linear motion mechanism is a first electric cylinder mechanism driven by a first motor, and the suction cup rotates The mechanism is installed on the sliding seat of the first electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth under its drive, thereby adjusting the position of the suction cup rotation mechanism and the center of the wafer suction cup device; the second linear motion mechanism is the second linear motion mechanism driven by the second motor. Two electric cylinder mechanism, the sensor holder is installed on the sliding seat of the second electric cylinder mechanism to move back and forth under its drive, thereby adjusting the distance between the sensor holder and the wafer chuck device, so as to adapt to different sizes size wafers. 4.根据权利要求3所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述第一直线运动机构和第二直线运动机构上分别设有光电传感器,以检测其上滑座的行程,避免滑座移动超出行程而发生撞击。4. The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the wafer center according to claim 3, wherein the first linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism are respectively provided with photoelectric sensors to detect the The stroke of the slider to avoid the impact of the slider moving beyond the stroke. 5.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述吸盘旋转机构主要由第三电机和由其驱动旋转的旋转座组成,所述晶圆吸盘装置安装于旋转座上。5. The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer according to claim 1, wherein the suction cup rotation mechanism is mainly composed of a third motor and a rotating seat driven by it, and the wafer suction cup The device is mounted on the swivel base. 6.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述晶圆顶起机构主要由第四电机、凸轮机构和升降顶杆组成,所述第四电机驱动凸轮机构旋转,受到导向作用只能竖向运动的升降顶杆下部与凸轮机构接触,以在其驱动下上下运动。6. The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer according to claim 1, wherein the wafer jacking mechanism is mainly composed of a fourth motor, a cam mechanism and a lifting jack, and the fourth The motor drives the cam mechanism to rotate, and the lower part of the lifting mandrel, which can only move vertically due to the guiding action, is in contact with the cam mechanism to move up and down under its drive. 7.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,所述晶圆吸盘装置通过真空泵产生真空,将晶圆牢牢吸住。7 . The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer according to claim 1 , wherein the wafer chuck device generates a vacuum through a vacuum pump to firmly suck the wafer. 8 . 8.根据权利要求1所述的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的装置,其特征在于,还包括控制装置,所述控制装置设于基座内,所述控制装置的输入端分别与线性传感器和光纤连接,输出端分别与晶圆吸盘装置、晶圆顶起机构、吸盘旋转机构、第一直线运动机构和第二直线运动机构的驱动单元连接,以控制装置各部分工作。8. The device for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer according to claim 1, further comprising a control device, the control device is arranged in the base, and the input ends of the control device are respectively connected to the linear The sensor is connected with the optical fiber, and the output end is respectively connected with the drive units of the wafer chuck device, the wafer lifting mechanism, the chuck rotation mechanism, the first linear motion mechanism and the second linear motion mechanism to control the work of each part of the device. 9.采用权利要求1-8任一项所述装置的一种自动定位并校准晶圆中心的方法,其特征在于,包括以下步骤:9. A method for automatically positioning and calibrating the center of a wafer using the device described in any one of claims 1-8, characterized in that, comprising the following steps: 将晶圆放置在晶圆吸盘装置上,控制晶圆吸盘装置工作,真空吸住晶圆;Place the wafer on the wafer chuck device, control the wafer chuck device to work, and vacuum the wafer; 控制吸盘旋转机构工作,驱动晶圆吸盘装置及其上的晶圆旋转一周,传感器固定座上的线性传感器将获取的数据输出至控制装置,控制装置对获取的数据进行处理,得到晶圆中心偏差数据;Control the operation of the suction cup rotation mechanism, drive the wafer suction cup device and the wafer on it to rotate once, the linear sensor on the sensor holder outputs the acquired data to the control device, and the control device processes the acquired data to obtain the wafer center deviation data; 根据晶圆中心偏差数据找到晶圆中心位置,然后控制吸盘旋转机构工作,将晶圆中心旋转到晶圆中心与晶圆吸盘装置中心连线与其前后移动方向重合的位置;Find the wafer center position according to the wafer center deviation data, and then control the suction cup rotation mechanism to rotate the wafer center to the position where the connection line between the wafer center and the center of the wafer suction cup device coincides with its forward and backward moving directions; 控制晶圆吸盘装置关闭真空,然后控制晶圆顶起机构上升顶起晶圆,使晶圆脱离晶圆吸盘装置,而后控制第一直线运动机构工作,带动吸盘旋转机构及其上的晶圆吸盘装置移动至晶圆中心,之后控制晶圆顶起机构下降,使晶圆下降至晶圆吸盘装置上;Control the wafer chuck device to close the vacuum, and then control the wafer lift mechanism to lift up the wafer, so that the wafer is separated from the wafer chuck device, and then control the first linear motion mechanism to work to drive the chuck rotation mechanism and the wafers on it. The suction cup device moves to the center of the wafer, and then the wafer lifting mechanism is controlled to descend, so that the wafer is lowered onto the wafer suction cup device; 控制晶圆吸盘装置工作,真空吸住晶圆,然后控制第一直线运动机构反向运动,带动吸盘旋转机构及其上的晶圆吸盘装置移动至原来的位置,至此晶圆中心误差校正完成;Control the wafer chuck device to work, vacuum suck the wafer, and then control the first linear motion mechanism to move in the reverse direction, drive the chuck rotation mechanism and the wafer chuck device on it to move to the original position, and the wafer center error correction is completed. ; 控制吸盘旋转机构工作,带动晶圆吸盘装置及其上的晶圆旋转,通过传感器固定座上的光纤找到晶圆缺口,即可将晶圆旋转至任意角度,至此晶圆中心定位与校正完成。Control the suction cup rotation mechanism to drive the wafer suction cup device and the wafer on it to rotate, find the wafer gap through the optical fiber on the sensor holder, and then the wafer can be rotated to any angle, and the wafer center positioning and calibration are completed.
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