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前記キャリアを支持するホルダが設けられているロードロック室を備え、
前記キャリアと前記ホルダには、前記ウェーハの円周方向に沿う前記キャリアの回転方向の位置を補正する補正機構が設けられている、気相成長装置である。
複数の処理後の前記ウェーハを、前記反応室から、前記ウェーハ移載室、前記ロードロック室及び前記ファクトリインターフェースを介して前記ウェーハ収納容器へ順次搬送し、
前記ロードロック室は、第1ドアを介して前記ファクトリインターフェースと連通するとともに、第2ドアを介して前記ウェーハ移載室と連通し、
前記ウェーハ移載室は、ゲートバルブを介して前記反応室と連通し、
前記ウェーハ移載室には、前記ロードロック室に搬送されてきた処理前の前記ウェーハをキャリアに支持された状態で前記反応室に投入するとともに、前記反応室において処理を終えた処理後の前記ウェーハをキャリアに支持された状態で前記反応室から取り出して前記ロードロック室に搬送する第1ロボットが設けられ、
前記ファクトリインターフェースには、処理前の前記ウェーハを前記ウェーハ収納容器から取り出し、前記ロードロック室にて待機するキャリアにて支持するとともに、前記ロードロック室に搬送されてきた、キャリアに支持された処理後の前記ウェーハを、前記ウェーハ収納容器に収納する第2ロボットが設けられ、
前記ロードロック室には、キャリアを支持するホルダが設けられていることがより好ましい。
気相成長装置1は、薄膜材料を構成する元素からなる1種以上の化合物ガス、単体ガスをウェーハWF上に供給し、気相又はウェーハWFの表面での化学反応により所望の薄膜を形成するための装置(つまり、CVD装置)である。図1は、本発明に係る一の実施形態である気相成長装置1を、平面図により示すブロック図である。本実施形態の気相成長装置1は、一対の反応炉11,11と、ウェーハ移載室12と、一対のロードロック室13と、ファクトリインターフェース14と、複数枚のウェーハWFを収納したウェーハ収納容器15(カセットケース)を設置するロードポートと、気相成長装置1の全体の制御を統括する統括コントローラ16とを備える。
11…反応炉
111…反応室
112…サセプタ
113…ガス供給装置
114…ゲートバルブ
115…キャリアリフトピン
12…ウェーハ移載室
121…第1ロボット
122…第1ロボットコントローラ
123…第1ブレード
124…第1凹部
13…ロードロック室
131…第1ドア
132…第2ドア
14…ファクトリインターフェース
141…第2ロボット
142…第2ロボットコントローラ
143…第2ブレード
15…ウェーハ収納容器
16…統括コントローラ
17…ホルダ
171…ホルダベース
172…第1ホルダ
173…第2ホルダ
174…ウェーハリフトピン
175…第1ホルダ支持体
176…第2ホルダ支持体
177、177’、177”…第2係合部
177a…基部
177b…突起
Fa…係合面
Fb…回転面
Fc…位置決め面
α…傾き
C…キャリア
C11…底面
C12…上面
C13…外周側壁面
C14…内周側壁面
C15、C15’…第1係合部
Fa’…係合回転面
Fc’…位置決め面
α’…傾き
WF…ウェーハ
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- ウェーハを支持するリング状のキャリアを用いて、前記ウェーハにCVD膜を形成する気相成長装置であって、
前記キャリアを支持するホルダが設けられているロードロック室を備え、
前記キャリアと前記ホルダには、前記ウェーハの円周方向に沿う前記キャリアの回転方向の位置を補正する補正機構が設けられている、気相成長装置。 - 前記補正機構は、前記キャリアの時計回りの回転および反時計回りの回転を規制する一対の補正機構を含む、請求項1に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記補正機構は、装置を平面視で見た場合に、前記キャリアの上下方向および左右方向の位置を補正する補正機構を含む、請求項1または2に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記補正機構は、前記キャリアに設けられた第1係合部と、前記ホルダに設けられた第2係合部を含む、請求項1〜3のいずれか一項に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記第2係合部は、前記第1係合部と係合する係合面と、前記ホルダに対して前記キャリアを相対的に回転させる回転面と、前記ホルダに対する前記キャリアの補正位置を決定する位置決め面を備える、請求項4に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記第1係合部は、前記第2係合部と係合する係合面と、前記ホルダに対して前記キャリアを相対的に回転させる回転面と、前記ホルダに対する前記キャリアの補正位置を決定する位置決め面を備える、請求項4に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記係合面と前記回転面は、同一の面である、請求項5又は6に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記ホルダは、少なくとも2つの前記キャリアを上下に支持するホルダであり、最上段のホルダには前記補正機構が設けられていない、請求項1〜7のいずれか一項に記載の気相成長装置。
- 前記CVD膜は、シリコンエピタキシャル膜である、請求項1〜8のいずれか一項に記載の気相成長装置。
- 複数の処理前の前記ウェーハを、ウェーハ収納容器から、ファクトリインターフェース、前記ロードロック室及びウェーハ移載室を介して前記ウェーハに前記CVD膜を形成する反応室へ順次搬送するとともに、
複数の処理後の前記ウェーハを、前記反応室から、前記ウェーハ移載室、前記ロードロック室及び前記ファクトリインターフェースを介して前記ウェーハ収納容器へ順次搬送し、
前記ロードロック室は、第1ドアを介して前記ファクトリインターフェースと連通するとともに、第2ドアを介して前記ウェーハ移載室と連通し、
前記ウェーハ移載室は、ゲートバルブを介して前記反応室と連通し、
前記ウェーハ移載室には、前記ロードロック室に搬送されてきた処理前の前記ウェーハを前記キャリアに支持された状態で前記反応室に投入するとともに、前記反応室において処理を終えた処理後の前記ウェーハを前記キャリアに支持された状態で前記反応室から取り出して前記ロードロック室に搬送する第1ロボットが設けられ、
前記ファクトリインターフェースには、処理前の前記ウェーハを前記ウェーハ収納容器から取り出し、前記ロードロック室にて待機する前記キャリアにて支持するとともに、前記ロードロック室に搬送されてきた、前記キャリアに支持された処理後の前記ウェーハを、前記ウェーハ収納容器に収納する第2ロボットが設けられている、請求項1〜9のいずれか一項に記載の気相成長装置。
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