CN204905219U - Modularization semiconductor processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a modularization semiconductor processing equipment, it includes semiconductor processing module, fluid delivery module and electrical control module. The electrical control module is used for control semiconductor processing module and fluid delivery module. The electrical control module is including tortuous cable pipeline, programmable logic controler, input/output keysets and a plurality of valve drive plate that extends. Programmable logic controler with the input/output keysets is located the cable pipeline is around the first region intra -area that forms, and during a plurality of valve drive plates were arranged in the cable pipeline around the second area that forms, first region and second area were adjacent and keep apart through the cable pipeline, and programmable controller, input/output keysets, valve drive plate pass through the cable and interconnect, wherein at least partial cable can accommodate in in the cable pipeline. The utility model provides a semiconductor processing apparatus comprises several modules, has simple structure, and the equipment is convenient nimble, advantages such as be liable to change, the maintenance of being convenient for.

Description

Modularized semiconductor treatment facility

[technical field]

The utility model relates to semiconductor surface process field, particularly relates to one and carries out surface-treated modularized semiconductor treatment facility to semiconductor crystal wafer.

[background technology]

Current integrated circuit is applied in a lot of field gradually, such as computer, communication, Industry Control and consumer electronics etc.The manufacturing industry of integrated circuit, has become important basic industry the same as iron and steel.

Wafer is the carrier producing used in integrated circuits.In actual production, need the wafer prepared to have surface that is smooth, ultra-clean, and two kinds can be divided into for the preparation of the existing method of ultra-clean wafer surface: the wet treatment process of such as submergence and spraying technique, and such as based on the dry process process of chemical gaseous phase and plasma technology.Wherein wet treatment process is that prior art adopts method comparatively widely, and wet treatment process generally includes the succession of steps composition adopting suitable chemical solution submergence or spray wafer.

But the equipment of general existing preparation ultra-clean wafer surface generally has following shortcoming: 1, structure is very complicated, volume is huger, and cost is also higher; 2, these equipment are once break down, and the general production needing to stop producing line of fixing a breakdown, affects output; 3 once after installation, not easily carries out adjustment and the change of function and aspect, position; 4, carrying is inconvenient.Along with constantly reducing of dimensions of semiconductor devices, the wafer size manufacturing semiconductor device used constantly increases, and production process of semiconductor needs to update, and device therefor also and then needs adjustment or changes.

Therefore, be necessary that proposing a solution solves the problems referred to above.

[utility model content]

The technical problems to be solved in the utility model is to provide the semiconductor processing device that a kind of small volume, structure are simple, assembly is easy to replacing, conveniently carries.

In order to solve the problem, according to an aspect of the present utility model, the utility model provides a kind of modularized semiconductor treatment facility, and it comprises semiconductor processing module, fluid delivery module and electric control module.Described semiconductor processing module comprises one for holding and process the micro chamber of semiconductor crystal wafer, and described micro chamber comprises one or more confession fluid and enters the entrance of described micro chamber and one or more outlet for micro chamber described in fluid expulsion.Described fluid delivery module is used for the various fluid that do not use to be delivered to described micro chamber by the entrance of pipeline and described micro chamber.Described electric control module is for controlling described semiconductor processing module and described fluid delivery module.Described electric control module comprises the tortuous cable pipeline, programmable logic controller (PLC), input/output switching plate and the multiple valve drive plate that extend.Wherein said programmable logic controller (PLC) and described input/output switching plate are positioned at described cable pipeline around the first area formed, multiple valve drive plate is arranged in described cable pipeline around in the second area formed, first area is adjacent with second area and isolated by described cable pipeline, Programmable Logic Controller is connected with the first connector on described input/output switching plate by cable, the second connector on described input/output switching plate is connected with the first connector of valve drive plate by cable, second connector of described valve drive plate is connected with the valve in described fluid delivery module by cable, wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

Further, described electric control module also comprises mains switch, fuse and Switching Power Supply, wherein mains switch, fuse and Switching Power Supply are positioned at described cable pipeline around the 3rd region formed, 3rd region is adjacent with first area, Switching Power Supply is connected with mains switch, fuse by cable, described Switching Power Supply is connected with the power end of input/output switching plate with multiple valve drive plate by cable, and wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

Further, described electric control module also comprises power-line terminal, circuit breaker and input and output binding post unit, wherein power-line terminal, circuit breaker and input and output binding post unit are positioned at described cable pipeline around the 4th region formed, 4th region is adjacent with second area and isolated by described cable pipeline, described power-line terminal is connected with mains switch by cable, described circuit breaker is connected with programmable logic controller (PLC) by cable, described input and output binding post unit is connected with input/output switching plate by cable, wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

Further, described modularized semiconductor treatment facility also includes fluid carrying module, and described fluid carrying module is for carrying the various fluid of use not using fluid and/or processed described semiconductor crystal wafer.

Further, the fluid being delivered to described micro chamber by described fluid delivery module processes the semiconductor crystal wafer in it in described micro chamber, and used fluid flows in corresponding container in described fluid carrying module or fluid expulsion pipeline via the outlet of described micro chamber, pipeline and described fluid delivery module afterwards.

Further, described fluid delivery module is electrically connected by electrical cable and described electric control module, described semiconductor processing module is electrically connected by electrical cable and described electric control module, described fluid delivery module is by the entrance of pipeline and described micro chamber and/or outlet, and/or the fluid that described fluid delivery module is carried by pipeline and described fluid carrying module is communicated with.

Further, described micro chamber comprises the portion of upper chamber forming upper working surface and the lower chambers portion forming lower working surface, relative movement between the open position of this semiconductor crystal wafer and the off-position of this semiconductor crystal wafer of process can loaded and/or removed in portion of described upper chamber and described lower chambers portion under the driving of a drive unit, when portion of upper chamber or described lower chambers portion in the closed position time, described semiconductor crystal wafer is installed between described upper working surface and lower working surface.

Compared with prior art, the semiconductor processing device in the utility model is made up of several module, has structure simple, flexibly easy to assembly, is easy to change, be convenient to the advantages such as maintenance.

About other objects of the present utility model, feature and advantage, describe in detail in a specific embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

[accompanying drawing explanation]

In conjunction with reference accompanying drawing and ensuing detailed description, the utility model will be easier to understand, the structure member that wherein same Reference numeral is corresponding same, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model;

Fig. 2 is the fluid carrying module perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 A is the fluid delivery module perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 1

Fig. 3 B is the plane projection view of the fluid delivery module in Fig. 3 A;

Fig. 3 C is the fluid delivery module perspective view in another embodiment in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 D is the plane projection view of the fluid delivery module in Fig. 3 C;

Fig. 3 E is the structural representation of the receipts liquid box in the fluid delivery module in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 A is the electric control module structured flowchart in one embodiment in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 B is the electric control module concrete structure block diagram in one embodiment in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 A is the structural representation of the another kind of assembling mode of modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model;

Fig. 5 B is the structural representation of another assembling mode of modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model;

Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of another embodiment of modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model;

Fig. 7 A is the semiconductor processing module schematic perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 B is the schematic front view of the semiconductor processing module in Fig. 7 A;

Fig. 8 is the lower box device schematic perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 7 A;

Fig. 9 be lower chambers plate in Fig. 7 A in one embodiment with the assembling schematic diagram of described lower box device;

Figure 10 is the plug-in unit reverse side schematic perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 7 A;

Figure 11 is the top box device schematic perspective view in one embodiment in Fig. 7 A;

Figure 12 is the top box device schematic top plan view in one embodiment in Fig. 7 A;

Figure 13 is the dividing plate schematic top plan view in one embodiment in Fig. 7 A.

[embodiment]

For enabling above-mentioned purpose of the present utility model, feature and advantage become apparent more, are described in further detail the utility model below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.

Alleged herein " embodiment " or " embodiment " refers to that the special characteristic relevant to described embodiment, structure or characteristic at least can be contained at least one implementation of the utility model.Different local in this manual " in one embodiment " occurred be non-essential all refers to same embodiment, must not be yet with other embodiments mutually exclusive separately or select embodiment." multiple ", " some " in the utility model represent two or more."and/or" in the utility model represents " with " or "or".

Fig. 1 shows the structural representation of the modularized semiconductor treatment facility 1 in the utility model.As shown in Figure 1, described modularized semiconductor treatment facility 1 comprises semiconductor processing module 10, fluid delivery module 20, fluid carrying module 30 and electric control module 40.

Described semiconductor processing module 10 comprises one for holding and process the micro chamber of semiconductor crystal wafer, and described micro chamber comprises one or more confession process fluid and enters the entrance of described micro chamber and one or more outlet for micro chamber described in process fluid expulsion.Described micro chamber comprises the portion of upper chamber forming upper working surface and the lower chambers portion forming lower working surface, portion of described upper chamber and described lower chambers portion can under the driving of a drive unit load and/or remove this semiconductor crystal wafer open position and one for hold this semiconductor crystal wafer off-position between relative movement.When portion of upper chamber or described lower chambers portion in the closed position time, semiconductor crystal wafer is installed between described upper working surface and lower working surface.Owing to adopting the structure of micro chamber, the volume of described semiconductor processing module 10 becomes very little.

Described fluid carrying module 30 is for carrying chemicals, ultra-clean water or other fluids (can be referred to as and not use fluid) of the described semiconductor crystal wafer of various process and/or carrying the fluid of use processing described semiconductor crystal wafer, described fluid can be liquid, also can be gas.As shown in Figure 2, it illustrates an embodiment of described fluid carrying module 30, described fluid carrying module 30 comprises carriage 31 and is positioned over the multiple containers 32 in described carriage 31, and described container can hold not use fluid for the treatment of various required for described semiconductor crystal wafer and/or processed the various of described semiconductor crystal wafer and uses fluid.Contain ultra-clean water in a such as container, fill the chemical pretreatment solution for the treatment of described crystal column surface in another container, then reclaim the waste liquid obtained after separately having the interior Sheng of a container to utilize the water-treated described semiconductor crystal wafer of ultra-clean.Certain waste liquid also can directly be discharged by predetermined fluid discharge line, and is not positioned in the container 32 of described fluid carrying module 30.In one embodiment, fluid by the real-time feed of predetermined fluid service, now can arrange fluid carrying module 30 to carry various fluid specially.

Described fluid delivery module 20 is connected by the entrance and exit of pipeline with described micro chamber, by the fluid communication in pipeline and described fluid carrying module 30, it is for being urged to described micro chamber by the various fluids that do not use that are interior for fluid carrying module 30 or that supplied by predetermined fluid service by the entrance of pipeline and described micro chamber.Described fluid processes described semiconductor crystal wafer in described micro chamber, such as utilize ultra-clean water to carry out surface clean to described semiconductor crystal wafer, described in the delivery of pressure, gravity or gas is ordered about, use contaminated-fluid to send in corresponding container in described fluid carrying module 30 or predetermined fluid discharge line via the outlet of described micro chamber and pipeline afterwards.

As shown in figs.3 a and 3b, it illustrates an embodiment of described fluid delivery module 20, described fluid delivery module 20 comprises carriage 21, the bottom substrate 22 be assembled on described carriage 21, with the spaced head substrate 23 of described bottom substrate 22 and two apart from one another by the side substrate 24 and 25 arranged, multiple valve 26, and one or more pump 27.In this embodiment, two side substrates 24 and 25 be arranged in parallel, and described head substrate 23 and described bottom substrate 24 be arranged in parallel, and described bottom substrate 22 is crossing with two side substrates 24 and 25, and described head substrate 23 is crossing with two side substrates 24 and 25.The centre of described bottom substrate 22, described head substrate 23 and two side substrates 24 and 25 crosses a fluid space 28.

One end of described valve 26 is provided with multiple communications ports 261, and according to external control, two communications ports 261 can optionally be communicated with by valve 26.One end of described pump 27 is provided with one and sucks the suction inlet 271 of liquid and the outlet 272 of a discharge liquid.Each side substrate is provided with one or more installing hole (unmarked).The end being provided with communications ports 261 of described valve 26 extends in described fluid space 28 through the installing hole on described side substrate 24, the other end of described valve 26 includes electrical cable (not shown), and the electrical cable of described valve 26 is positioned at the side in the nonfluid space 28 of described side substrate 24.The end being provided with suction inlet 271 and outlet 272 of described pump 27 extends in described fluid space 28 through the installing hole on described side substrate 25, the other end of described pump 27 includes electrical cable (not shown), and the electrical cable of described pump 27 is positioned at the side in the nonfluid space 28 of described side substrate 25.

In use, the fluid that pipeline can be utilized the entrance of the communications ports 261 of the outlet 272 of the suction inlet 271 of described pump 27, described pump 27, described valve 26, described micro chamber, the outlet of described micro chamber and/or described fluid carrying module to be carried 30 is communicated with.Like this, under the driving of pump 27, the fluid of described fluid carrying module carrying 30 can be delivered to described micro chamber by pipeline and/or described valve 26, the fluid flowed out from described micro chamber is delivered in described fluid carrying module carrying 30 or predetermined fluid discharge line by pipeline and/or described valve 26.

Described bottom substrate 22 offers the under shed 221 being communicated with described fluid space 28, and this under shed 221 pipeline for connection passes.For example, if shown in position relationship Fig. 1 of modules 10,20,30 and 40, the pipeline so passed from described under shed 221 will be communicated to described fluid carrying module 30.Described head substrate 23 offers the upper shed 231 being communicated with described fluid space 28, and this upper shed 231 pipeline for connection passes.For example, if shown in position relationship Fig. 1 of modules 10,20,30 and 40, the pipeline so passed from described upper shed 231 will be communicated to the micro chamber of described semiconductor processing module 10.In a preferred embodiment, described fluid delivery module 20 also comprises the receipts liquid box 210 as shown in FIGURE 3 E of the below being positioned at described under shed 221, the opening of described receipts liquid box 210 aims at described under shed 221, and the liquid of the leakage in such fluid space 28 can be collected in described receipts liquid box 27.

A feature of the fluid delivery module 20 in the utility model or advantage are: because the end being provided with suction inlet 271 and outlet 272 of described pump 27 extends in described fluid space 28 through described side substrate 25, the end being provided with communications ports 261 of described valve 26 extends in described fluid space 28 through described side substrate 24, the suction inlet 271 of described pump 27 and the communications ports 261 of outlet 272 and described valve 26 is made to be oppositely arranged like this, thus shorten the distance of the suction inlet of pump 27 and the communications ports of outlet and described valve 26 as much as possible, them are facilitated to pass through pipeline communication, space availability ratio is very high, make overall smaller volume.

Another feature or the advantage of the fluid delivery module 20 in the utility model are: the bottom substrate 22 of described fluid delivery module 20, head substrate 23 and two side substrates 24 and 25 define a fluid space 28 comparatively closed, the fluid line of described fluid delivery module 20 all passes through from this fluid space 28, facilitate the management of these fluid lines and with the exchanging of other module.In addition, if there is the situation that fluid leaks or sprays, the fluid big city of leaking or spray is limited in fluid space 28, be convenient to implement to process in time, effectively, leakage can also be avoided as much as possible to be diffused into other region simultaneously, cause the damage and fracture of other parts and produce other safety problem.For example, described liquid is generally acid or akaline liquid, if do not set closed fluid space, if there is the situations such as leak of liquid, described acidity or akaline liquid corrode electrical cable and other parts of described valve or described pump possibly, thus may bring out security incident or damage equipment.

Another feature or the advantage of the fluid delivery module 20 in the utility model are: be also provided with described receipts liquid box 210 in the below of described under shed 221, when can leak occurring fluid or spray like this, timely storage and get rid of described liquid, avoids impacting other parts.

Refer again to shown in Fig. 3 A and 3B, described fluid delivery module 20 also comprises that to extend to the 5th substrate the 29, five substrate 29 of head substrate 23 from bottom substrate 22 vertical with 25 and crossing with described side substrate 24.The side of the 5th substrate 29 comprises described fluid space 28, is provided with the gas device such as air valve and barometer in the space of another side.The gas of in the container of described fluid carrying module 30 or predetermined gas service supply can be transported to the micro chamber of described semiconductor processing module 10 by described air valve and pipeline, in the container that the micro chamber of described semiconductor processing module 10 gas of discharging can be expelled to described fluid carrying module 30 by pipeline and described air valve or predetermined gas discharge line.Described barometer can detect the air pressure of micro chamber.Like this, described 5th substrate 29 can by described fluid space 28 with comprise air valve and the barometrical gas compartment separates, the equipment of gas zone can not be had influence on like this when there is leak of liquid, thus improve fail safe further.Described air valve also includes electrical cable.

As illustrated in figures 3 c and 3d, it illustrates another embodiment of described fluid delivery module 20.In order to the internal structure in described fluid delivery module 20 more can be specified, in fig. 3 c and not shown described head substrate 23.Fig. 3 C is identical with the most of structure in Fig. 3 B with Fig. 3 A with the fluid delivery module in Fig. 3 D, difference is: what the side substrate 25 of the fluid delivery module shown in Fig. 3 C was installed is not pump, and or valve 26, the end being provided with communications ports 261 of described valve 26 extends in described fluid space 28 through the installing hole on described side substrate 25.That is, in this embodiment, two side substrates 24 and 25 all arrange described valve 26, now fluid can by the real-time feed of predetermined fluid service, be transported to described micro chamber via described valve 26, and be fed to predetermined fluid discharge line from described micro chamber via described valve 26.

Described electric control module 40 for being electrically connected with the electrical cable of the electrical cable (not shown) of the drive unit in semiconductor processing module 10, the electrical cable of described valve 26, the electrical cable of described pump 27 and/or air valve, thus can realize controlling drive unit, valve 26, pump 27 and/or air valve.Fig. 4 it illustrates an embodiment of described electric control module 40, and described electric control module 40 comprises valve positioner 41, driving governor 42, pump controller 43 and air valve controller 44.Described valve positioner 41 can control each valve 26 in described fluid delivery module 20, and such as whether each valve 26 is communicated with, and which communications ports with which communications ports is communicated with.Described driving governor 42 controls the drive unit in described semiconductor processing module 10, such as can control described drive unit makes upper and lower micro chamber in an open position, now can load and/or remove this semiconductor crystal wafer, also can control described drive unit and make upper and lower micro chamber in the closed position.Described pump controller 43 controls the pump 27 in described fluid delivery module 20, such as opens or closes, various parameter, such as hydraulic pressure, rotating speed etc. for another example.Described air valve controller 44 can also be controlled control the air valve in described fluid delivery module 20, such as open or close, controlling various parameter for another example, such as air pressure etc.Described electric control module 40 can also comprise monitoring unit, described monitoring unit is monitored in real time according to from the transducer in semiconductor processing module 10, the induced signal of receiving the transducer in liquid box 27 or the transducer that is arranged at other positions, such as: carry out when leak sensor has detected leak of liquid reporting to the police or reminding.

In common application, described semiconductor processing module 10 is communicated with described fluid delivery module 20 by pipeline, described fluid delivery module 20 is communicated with the fluid in described fluid carrying module 30 by pipeline, described electric control module 40 is electrical connected by the pump in the drive unit in electrical cable and described semiconductor processing module 10, described fluid delivery module 20, valve, air valve, the annexation of modules is very simple, assembles and change very convenient.In one embodiment, modules can put together according to the position relationship shown in Fig. 1 by modules, described fluid carrying module 30 is positioned over bottommost, described fluid delivery module 20 is positioned over the top of described fluid carrying module 30, described semiconductor processing module 10 is positioned over the top of described fluid delivery module 20, and described electric control module 40 is positioned over the side of described fluid delivery module 20 and described fluid carrying module 30.

Fig. 4 B is the electric control module 40 concrete structure block diagram in one embodiment in Fig. 1.As shown in Figure 4 B, physically, described electric control module 40 comprise mains switch 1., fuse 2., Switching Power Supply 3., tortuous extend cable pipeline 410, programmable logic controller (PLC) 4., input/output switching plate 5., multiple valve drive plate 6., power-line terminal 7., circuit breaker 8. with input and output binding post unit 9..

5. 4. described programmable logic controller (PLC) be positioned at described cable pipeline 410 around the first area A formed with described input/output switching plate, 6. multiple valve drive plate is arranged in described cable pipeline 410 around in the second area B formed, and first area A is adjacent with second area B and isolated by described cable pipeline.Mains switch 1., fuse be 2. 3. positioned at Switching Power Supply described cable pipeline 410 half around formed the 3rd region C, the 3rd region C is adjacent with first area A.Power-line terminal 7., 9. 8. circuit breaker be positioned at described cable pipeline 410 around the 4th region D formed with input and output binding post unit, and the 4th region D is adjacent with second area B and isolated by described cable pipeline.

The first connector that 5. 4. Programmable Logic Controller gone up by cable and described input/output switching plate is connected, the second connector that 5. described input/output switching plate is gone up is connected with valve drive plate the first connector 6. by cable, and described valve drive plate the second connector is 6. connected with the valve in described fluid delivery module by cable.

Switching Power Supply 3. by cable and mains switch 1., 2. fuse be connected, alternating current is converted to various DC signal by it.5. 3. described Switching Power Supply be connected with multiple valve drive plates power end 5. with input/output switching plate by cable, and for they provide power supply.

1. 7. described power-line terminal be connected with mains switch by cable, its for from outside introduce alternating current, and be introduced into mains switch 1..4. 8. described circuit breaker be connected with programmable logic controller (PLC) by cable, for 4. programmable logic controller (PLC) provides power supply.

5. 9. described input and output binding post unit be connected with input/output switching plate by cable.Wherein most of above-mentioned cable can both be contained in described cable pipeline, and in order to clear, described cable is not illustrated in the present invention.

4. programmable logic controller (PLC) in Fig. 4 B is the kernel control module of described electric control module 40, and it can realize the function of valve positioner 41, driving governor 42, pump controller 43 and air valve controller 44 in Fig. 4 A respectively.

In other embodiments, the position relationship between position adjustment modules can be carried out to modules as required.Fig. 5 A shows the structural representation of the another kind of assembling mode of the modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model.As shown in Figure 5A, described fluid carrying module 30, described fluid delivery module 20 and described semiconductor processing module 10 are from left to right placed successively, and described electric control module 40 is positioned over above described fluid carrying module 30 and described fluid delivery module 20.Fig. 5 B shows the structural representation of another assembling mode of the modularized semiconductor treatment facility in the utility model.As shown in Figure 5 B, described fluid carrying module 30 is positioned over the top of described fluid delivery module 20, described semiconductor processing module 10 is positioned over the right side of described fluid delivery module 20, and described electric control module 40 is positioned on the left of described fluid carrying module 30 and described fluid delivery module 20.

Relative to the existing semiconductor processing equipment of bulky complex, modularized semiconductor processing unit in the utility model carries out rational modularized design to the composition of device, and this modular result tool has the following advantages: 1, realize the maintenance of production line external equipment parts and malfunction elimination, maintenance; When equipment breaks down, only needing problematic module to be replaced by preprepared spare part module just can the operation of restorer, affect the manufacturing schedule of whole production line as small as possible, the spare part module of the module changed once fault on can becoming after strictly checking, repair and safeguarding; 2, assembling and the carrying of equipment is facilitated; 3, the assembling diversification of forms of module, can according to different manufacturers, different production line and other require, the change of condition assembles; 4, the expansion of range of application and extension, when production technology needs to change, old module is replaced, such as: change the process chamber module that can only process 200 millimeters of wafers by the process chamber module that can process 300 millimeters of wafers after only needing to adjust certain module of equipment or redesign.

Fig. 6 is the modularized semiconductor treatment facility structural representation in another embodiment in the utility model.Described modularized semiconductor treatment facility includes multiple semiconductor processing module 10, multiple fluid delivery module 20 and multiple electric control module 40.In this instance, described semiconductor processing module 10 is three, be respectively first, second, and third semiconductor processing module, described fluid delivery module 20 is three, be respectively first, second, and third fluid delivery module, described electric control module 40 is two, is respectively the first and second electric control modules.Each semiconductor processing module 10 is communicated with by the fluid delivery module 20 that pipeline is corresponding with, and the first electric control module 40 controls three semiconductor processing module 10, second electric control module 40 and controls three fluid delivery modules 20.In this embodiment, can fluid carrying module be comprised, also can not fluid carrying module be set.When a semiconductor processing module (such as the second semiconductor processing module) wherein breaks down or needs to safeguard, first with the 4th semiconductor processing module for subsequent use, this second semiconductor processing module can be replaced, again the second semiconductor processing module is carried out to the maintenance of failture evacuation and/or necessity afterwards, the impact of process on production run of breaking down and fix a breakdown can be reduced as far as possible like this.Same, when a fluid delivery module 20 (such as second fluid delivery module) wherein breaks down or needs to safeguard, also first with the 4th semifluid delivery module for subsequent use, this second fluid delivery module can be replaced, again failture evacuation and/or maintenance be carried out to second fluid delivery module afterwards.

Only carried out simple introduction to semiconductor processing module 10 above, Fig. 7 A and 7B shows the detailed embodiment of of described semiconductor processing module 10, describes in detail to described semiconductor module 10 below in conjunction with Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B.

Please refer to Fig. 7 A and Fig. 7 B, which respectively show semiconductor processing module in the utility model schematic perspective view in one embodiment and front schematic view.Briefly, described semiconductor processing module comprises flattening correction device 110, micro chamber module 120, drive unit 130 and stand column device 140.Each assembly in first three module described by four stand column device 140 parallel to each other fix, support or guide, and be respectively drive unit 130, micro chamber module 120 and smooth means for correcting 110 from lower to upper along described stand column device 140.Wherein micro chamber module 120 comprises the micro chamber of a process semiconductor crystal wafer, described micro chamber includes upper chamber's plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126, described upper chamber plate 122 is supported by top box device 124, and is fixed in described top box device 124 by the flattening correction device 110 of the side of being located thereon; Correspondingly, described lower chambers plate 126 is supported by lower box device 128, and lower box device 128 is supported by the drive unit 130 be positioned at below it and driven again.

Described drive unit 130 can drive described lower box device 128 guide according to described stand column device 140 and move relative to described top box device 124, need to load and remove semiconductor die bowlder to open or close top box device 124 and lower box device 128 with box lunch, also namely can open or close the micro chamber of upper chamber's plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126 formation.When closing described micro chamber, chemical reagent and other fluids can be introduced described micro chamber by the entrance of described micro chamber inner for the semiconductor crystal wafer in it being carried out to chemical analysis, cleaning, etching and other process, and after being disposed, described chemical reagent and other fluids are drawn described micro chamber by the entrance of described micro chamber.

The utility model for convenience of description, first the upper plate 138 describing described drive unit 130, described drive unit 130 comprises base plate 132 from bottom to top successively, be positioned at the first intermediate plate 134 above base plate, be positioned at the second intermediate plate 136 above the first intermediate plate 134 and be positioned at above the second intermediate plate 136.The columniform cavity that described base plate 132, first intermediate plate 134, second intermediate plate 136 and upper plate 138 are formed, its inner space can accommodate driver, described driver is product comparatively ripe in prior art, such as air impeller, similarly, the driver of other such as Mechanical Driven, motorized motions or hydraulic-driven principles can also be adopted.But should recognize, when described driver produces actuating force upwards, described second intermediate plate 136 and upper plate 138 can drive by the actuating force of described driver and move up; When described driver produces downward actuating force, described second intermediate plate 136 and upper plate 138 can by the actuating force of described driver and self gravitation drive and move down, thus make described micro chamber complete conversion from open mode to closed condition.Easy full of beard and, in another embodiment, described base plate 132 and the first intermediate plate 134 one-body molded making can become one piece of bottom plate; Described second intermediate plate 136 and upper plate 138 can become one piece of top plate in conjunction with making.That is, described drive unit 130 is also not limited to the embodiment described in above-described embodiment, as long as the execution mode that can reach same or more excellent effect all can.

The micro chamber module 120 gone out as shown in figures 7 a and 7b is then described.Upper chamber's plate 122 that described micro chamber module 120 comprises the top box device 124 above lower box device 128, the lower chambers plate 126 supported by lower box device 128, dividing plate 125, dividing plate 125 from bottom to top successively and supported by top box device 124.Described lower box device 128 and the lower chambers plate 126 that supported by lower box device 128 can under the driving of described drive unit 130 along the guiding of described stand column device 140 upwards or move down.Top box device 124 above described dividing plate 125, dividing plate 125 and upper chamber's plate 122 transfixion usually supported by top box device 124, carried out the adjustment slightly of relevant planarization only by described flattening correction device 110, this details relevant hereafter will describe in detail.When described lower box device 128 and the lower chambers plate 126 that supported by lower box device 128 move up along the guiding of described stand column device 140 under the driving of described drive unit 130 and with described upper chamber plate 122 and top box device 124 closed after, will micro chamber be formed.

Fig. 8 be described lower box device 124 in one embodiment 700 schematic perspective view.The shape of described lower box device 700 is bottom surface is substantially that foursquare uncovered is box-like.The hole, four post positions 702 corresponding to described stand column device 140 is comprised in the corner of described lower box device 700.The bottom surface of described lower box device 700 is thicker, and relative to the one side of top box device 124 include three angles of inclination identical with angled manner, side by side and the identical slope 704 of width, comprise the floor design of slope herein for collecting chemical agent or other fluids of the lower chambers plate water clock of the side of being located thereon.Above slope, chemicals or other fluids finally can flow at the bottom of the slope of described slope 704.Now again coordinate be communicated with described slope slope at the bottom of 704 diversion groove, hole, pipeline or receiver and so on device can collect this fluid.

To will be appreciated that at the bottom of the slope of described odd number slope simultaneously 704 towards box wall disappearance non-existent, and the inwall position that other three box walls 706 contact with described bottom surface is recessed to form a groove 707 to horizontal direction.Described lower chambers plate 128 via the box wall portion position of disappearance, can enter described lower box device 700 and by described bottom supporting along groove 707 horizontal slip on other box walls 706.In like manner, also can slide along described groove 707 when described lower chambers plate 128 is positioned at lower box device 700, slide out from the box wall portion position of disappearance described lower box device 700.Four limits of described lower box device 700 are also formed with the breach 708 of rectangle respectively.

Please refer to Fig. 9, it illustrates described lower chambers plate 128 in an embodiment 800 with the assembling schematic diagram of described lower box device 700.Although described lower chambers plate 800 is generally one-body molded.The top 840 that described lower chambers plate 800 comprises bottom 820 and is positioned on described bottom 820.The size of described bottom 820 and edge thickness correspond respectively to the width of the Distance geometry groove 707 between the box wall 706 of described lower box device 700.Can slide along the groove 707 on the box wall 706 of described lower box device 700 to make described lower chambers plate 800.Described top 840 is formed with chamber wall, and described chamber wall surrounds open cavity, and the bottom surface of cavity is the lower working face of described micro chamber.

Will be appreciated that, described lower chambers plate 800 adopts pullable mode to slip into or shift out, and can carry out easily loading and removing.Size due to semiconductor crystal wafer is divided into the equal-specifications such as 4 inches, 5 inches, 6 inches, 8 inches, adds the lower chambers plate that man-hour requirement is mated according to the wafer replacement of different size.Simultaneously, when described lower chambers plate 800 slips into described lower box device 700, a plug-in unit 160 (as shown in Figure 7A) can also be used to be sticked in described lower box device, to figure 10 illustrates the reverse side schematic perspective view of described plug-in unit 160 in an embodiment 900.The both sides of described plug-in unit 900 comprise the fin 902 corresponding with the groove 707 of described lower box device 700, and the bottom of described plug-in unit 900 constructs with the bottom surface of the described lower box device 700 of correspondence corresponding to the projection 904 of described even number slope and the depression 906 of odd number slope including above also namely in diagram.Apparently, by the fixation of described plug-in unit 900, described lower chambers plate 800 can be fixed in described lower box device 700.

Described upper chamber plate 122 includes the structure being symmetrical in described lower chambers plate 800 substantially substantially.Described upper chamber plate 122 comprises in foursquare top and in discoidal bottom, those skilled in the art by Fig. 8 fairly full of beard and structure to described upper chamber plate 122, therefore omits the accompanying drawings of described upper chamber plate 122 herein.Obviously, the length of side on the foursquare top of described upper chamber plate 122 can be identical or close with described lower chambers plate 800 with the diameter of described disc bottom, and described bottom is formed with chamber wall, described chamber wall surrounds open cavity, and the bottom surface of cavity is the upper working face of described micro chamber.Will be appreciated that, when the chamber wall of the chamber wall of described lower chambers plate 800 and described upper chamber plate is closed or when being close to, wherein can form one for the cavity of holding semiconductor wafer.

Figure 11 and Figure 12 respectively illustrates the schematic perspective view of described top box device 124 in an embodiment 1000 and upward view.It is that foursquare uncovered is box-packed that the shape of described top box device 1000 is substantially bottom.The corner of described top box device 1000 has the middle body of bottom described in the hole, post position 1020 corresponding to described stand column device 140 to include the circular cavity 1040 of the bottom slightly larger than described upper chamber plate respectively, and described circular cavity 1040 includes the circumference fin 1042 extending described bottom downwards.And by the box-like space matched with the top of described upper chamber plate 122 comprising three box walls 1060, form the structure closely can holding described upper chamber plate 122.By this structure, described upper chamber plate 122 can by the stable support of described top box device 1000.

Figure 13 shows the schematic top plan view of described dividing plate 125 in an embodiment 1200.The shape of described dividing plate 1200 in square, and comprises the hole, four post positions 1220 corresponding to described stand column device 140 in the corner of described dividing plate 1200.The middle body of described dividing plate 1200 includes can the circumferential notch 1240 of circumference fin 1042 of close receipt top box device 1000.The Main Function of described dividing plate 1200 is the support level top box device 1000 of side and upper chamber's plates 122 of being contained in described top box device 1000 thereon.Four limits of described dividing plate 1200 are also formed with the breach 1260 of rectangle respectively, and described breach 1260 may be used for the element holding pipeline and install other such as valves, flow governor, sensor and so on.In one embodiment, described dividing plate 1200 can adopt stainless steel material to make.

Described flattening correction device 110 comprises correcting plate 114, top board 112 and screw 152.First by regulating the nut above the corner of described correcting plate 114 to give the corner of described correcting plate 114 suitable pressure, the planarization of described upper chamber plate 122 can tentatively be regulated.Recycle the micro chamber of existing level measurement device or observation closure state, according to measurement result or observed result, coordinate the installation of multiple screws 152 on top board 112, accurately can adjust the pressure distribution on described correcting plate 122, thus make described upper chamber plate 122 be in the state comparatively meeting technological requirement.Certainly, in certain embodiments, also may need to regulate described upper chamber plate 122 to be in the state at certain inclination angle, to facilitate, corresponding process be done to semiconductor crystal wafer, now regulate the mode of described upper chamber plate 122 can associate easily from foregoing description.

Described flattening correction device 110 can make the lower surface of described upper chamber plate 122 be in comparatively suitable stationary state, and described drive unit 130 can make the upper surface of described lower chambers plate 126 decline or rise and micro chamber that the upper surface of the lower surface of described upper chamber plate 122 and described lower chambers plate 126 is formed is in and opens or closed condition.Certainly, in order to obtain comparatively tight micro chamber, the lower surface of described upper chamber plate 122 and the upper surface of described lower chambers plate 126 can have corresponding laminating or coupled structure, and the joint place of described upper chamber plate 122, top box device 124, lower chambers plate 126 and lower box device 128 can also adopt the elements such as the sealing O ring of such as rubber quality.Simultaneously in order to enable chemicals or other fluid inlet and outlet micro chamber, described upper chamber plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126 also should have the inlet and outlet structure of the microtubule and guiding gutter and so on of hollow.For example need to make semiconductor crystal wafer when described micro chamber is inner, the inwall of semiconductor crystal wafer and described micro chamber is formed can for the space of chemicals circulation, and the preset width in this space is usually between 0.01mm and 10mm.The such as above-mentioned part that these are not described in detail herein, the content be well known to the skilled person, is not repeated at this.

In a specific embodiment, when adopting the semiconductor processing device 100 in the utility model to process semiconductor die bowlder, processing procedure probably can be divided into following several process: chamber panel Renewal process, chemical treating process.

At chamber panel Renewal process, the chamber panel of coupling can be changed according to semiconductor die size to be processed.First driver produced downward actuating force and lower box device 128 and lower chambers plate 126 are declined, then opening or extract plug-in unit 160, more original lower chambers plate 126 is taken out along sliding in the navigation groove of described lower box device 128.Suitable described lower chambers plate 126 being loaded along sliding in the navigation groove of described lower box device 128, described plug-in unit 160 being installed and being fixed in described lower box device 128 to make described lower chambers plate 126.

At chemical treating process, first described drive unit 130 is utilized described micro chamber to be closed, by the microtubule of the hollow in described upper chamber plate 122 and entrance, chemicals or other fluids are introduced described micro chamber with the process such as analyzed the wafer of inside, etch and so on again, then order about described chemicals or other fluids by the delivery of inner pressure, such as gas or gravity and discharge via the structure within the microtubule of the hollow in described lower chambers plate 126 or guiding gutter and outlet.Especially; because upper chamber's plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126 need the structure considering the microtubule or guiding gutter and so on of such as hollow when designing; according to specific embodiment, upper chamber's plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126 may have various deformation and more complicated structure; and not exclusively as the description herein for upper chamber's plate 122 and lower chambers plate 126, therefore relevant difference herein should as the factor restricting protection range of the present utility model.

Except the structure shown in Fig. 7 A and 7B, described semiconductor processing module 10 can also be the structure adopting other similar micro chamber.

Above-mentioned explanation fully discloses embodiment of the present utility model.It is pointed out that the scope be familiar with person skilled in art and any change that embodiment of the present utility model is done all do not departed to claims of the present utility model.Correspondingly, the scope of claim of the present utility model is also not limited only to previous embodiment.

Claims (7)

1. a modularized semiconductor treatment facility, is characterized in that, it comprises semiconductor processing module, fluid delivery module and electric control module,

Described semiconductor processing module comprises one for holding and process the micro chamber of semiconductor crystal wafer, and described micro chamber comprises one or more confession fluid and enters the entrance of described micro chamber and one or more outlet for micro chamber described in fluid expulsion,

Described fluid delivery module is used for the various fluid that do not use to be delivered to described micro chamber by the entrance of pipeline and described micro chamber,

Described electric control module for controlling described semiconductor processing module and described fluid delivery module,

Described electric control module comprises the tortuous cable pipeline, programmable logic controller (PLC), input/output switching plate and the multiple valve drive plate that extend,

Wherein said programmable logic controller (PLC) and described input/output switching plate are positioned at described cable pipeline around the first area formed, multiple valve drive plate is arranged in described cable pipeline around in the second area formed, first area is adjacent with second area and isolated by described cable pipeline, Programmable Logic Controller is connected with the first connector on described input/output switching plate by cable, the second connector on described input/output switching plate is connected with the first connector of valve drive plate by cable, second connector of described valve drive plate is connected with the valve in described fluid delivery module by cable, wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

2. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

Described electric control module also comprises mains switch, fuse and Switching Power Supply,

Wherein mains switch, fuse and Switching Power Supply are positioned at described cable pipeline around the 3rd region formed, and the 3rd region is adjacent with first area,

Switching Power Supply is connected with mains switch, fuse by cable, and described Switching Power Supply is connected with the power end of input/output switching plate with multiple valve drive plate by cable,

Wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

3. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 1, is characterized in that,

Described electric control module also comprises power-line terminal, circuit breaker and input and output binding post unit,

Wherein power-line terminal, circuit breaker and input and output binding post unit are positioned at described cable pipeline around the 4th region formed, and the 4th region is adjacent with second area and isolated by described cable pipeline,

Described power-line terminal is connected with mains switch by cable, and described circuit breaker is connected with programmable logic controller (PLC) by cable, and described input and output binding post unit is connected with input/output switching plate by cable,

Wherein cable can be contained in described cable pipeline at least partly.

4. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, it also includes fluid carrying module, and described fluid carrying module is for carrying the various fluid of use not using fluid and/or processed described semiconductor crystal wafer.

5. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, the fluid being delivered to described micro chamber by described fluid delivery module processes the semiconductor crystal wafer in it in described micro chamber, and used fluid flows in corresponding container in described fluid carrying module or fluid expulsion pipeline via the outlet of described micro chamber, pipeline and described fluid delivery module afterwards.

6. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, described fluid delivery module is electrically connected by electrical cable and described electric control module, described semiconductor processing module is electrically connected by electrical cable and described electric control module, described fluid delivery module is by the entrance of pipeline and described micro chamber and/or outlet, and/or the fluid that described fluid delivery module is carried by pipeline and described fluid carrying module is communicated with.

7. modularized semiconductor treatment facility according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described micro chamber comprises the portion of upper chamber forming upper working surface and the lower chambers portion forming lower working surface, relative movement between the open position of this semiconductor crystal wafer and the off-position of this semiconductor crystal wafer of process can loaded and/or removed in portion of described upper chamber and described lower chambers portion under the driving of a drive unit, when portion of upper chamber or described lower chambers portion in the closed position time, described semiconductor crystal wafer is installed between described upper working surface and lower working surface.