KR101266131B1 - Manufacturing apparatus of semiconductor wafer - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor wafer processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a semiconductor wafer processing apparatus having a storage room for temporarily storing a wafer on which a processing process is performed before transportation.
As the development of semiconductor technology is accelerated, researches on the technology for processing wafers required for semiconductor production are progressing. Wafers are materials used in semiconductor manufacturing, and silicon wafers are supplied to materials that can be used for semiconductor manufacturing through various processing processes.
The silicon wafer is a circular plate in which the ingot in which the type crystal of the material of the silicon semiconductor is grown on the circumference is sliced thinly. In the process of growing a silicon wafer as a crystal, oxygen may combine to cause a phenomenon in which a resistance value controlled through impurities on the silicon wafer is shifted from a desired resistance value.
Therefore, in order to produce high quality wafers by separating oxygen from the wafers, processing processes such as a heat treatment process, a thin film formation process, and a cleaning process are required. The heat treatment process is necessary to reduce wafer processing stress or to reduce defects in the wafer crystal. The thin film formation process uses an chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor growth (PVD) to form an insulating film and a silicon film on the wafer. It is.
Prior art related to this is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0022649 (2004.03.16) _ "Wafer processing system for semiconductor device manufacturing".
It is an object of the present invention to temporarily store a wafer on which a processing process has been performed and to perform thermal stabilization and to perform cooling and oxygen removal on one side of a wafer transfer module to remove fumes remaining on the wafer. A semiconductor wafer processing apparatus having a room is provided.
According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is arranged between the unloaded load port module for storing a plurality of wafers, the load port module and a process module for processing the wafer And a wafer transfer module which draws out the wafer inside the pool mounted on the load port module and supplies the wafer to the process module, and is disposed on one side of the wafer transfer module, and temporarily stores the wafer processed in the process module before transporting and temporarily cools it. And a storage room that performs the function of removing oxygen.
The storage room may include a storage space having a plurality of slots for loading the wafer, a door member disposed between the storage room and the wafer transfer module to open and close the storage space into the wafer transfer module. And a spray nozzle unit for supplying nitrogen to the storage space, and suction means connected to the storage space, and the suction means has a pressure lower than the pressure of the storage space, and sucks nitrogen and oxygen from the storage space and discharges it to the outside. do.
The injection nozzle unit is provided in plurality in the storage space of the storage room.
The suction means includes at least one suction tube having a suction port communicating with the storage space at one side, and a suction pump connected to the other side of the suction tube to apply pressure to the suction tube.
The pressure of the suction means is in the range of 1 to 2000 kpa.
The slot has a contact point portion formed on a contact surface on which the edge of the wafer is supported so that the wafer is in point contact with the slot.
The contact point portion is formed with an insertion groove roundly recessed in the contact surface, and forms a three-point contact point portion by a hemispherical ridge protruding at the same height as both edges of the contact surface in the center of the insertion groove.
The present invention includes a storage room disposed at one side of a wafer transfer module and performing a function of temporarily storing, processing, and removing oxygen by temporarily storing a wafer on which a process has been performed in a process module before transportation.
The storage room is equipped with a plurality of injection nozzles for injecting nitrogen into the storage space, which enables uniform cooling and simultaneously removes high temperature nitrogen gas and oxygen by using suction means, which provides high cooling efficiency, excellent fume removal efficiency, and particle removal. It has an easy effect.
This has the effect of improving the productivity of the semiconductor process by promoting thermal stability of the wafer and preventing damage and contamination.
In particular, since the slot in the storage room has a three-point contact point portion, the present invention has a great effect of preventing wafer damage and contamination by reducing friction between the wafer and the slot.
1 is a perspective view showing a semiconductor wafer processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the interior of the storage room provided in the semiconductor wafer processing apparatus.
3 is a perspective view showing a wafer loaded in a slot of a storage room.
4 is a sectional view of the slot of FIG.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the semiconductor wafer processing apparatus of the present invention includes a load port module (LPM) 10 on which a
The
When the
The
The
The
The
The
The wafer w is subjected to a heat treatment for the purpose of diffusing impurities or annealing. Since the wafer is heat treated, the wafer is contaminated and stored directly in the
Since the
Contaminated or fumed wafers require additional processes such as fume removal and cleaning processes, increasing the number of processes and raising semiconductor prices.
2 and 3, the
The
The
The
The
The
Preferably, three pillars are formed at intervals of 120 degrees, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the number of pillars may be different if the number and the intervals can stably support the wafer w.
As shown in FIG. 4, the
The
The
The
The
Suction means 55 is one or
The suction means 55 allows the residual gas remaining on the wafer w to be completely removed after the processing. If the residual gas is not completely removed, particles may be generated on the wafer w or a pattern defect may occur due to the residual gas, thereby causing a process defect.
The pressure of the suction means 55 is in the range of 1 to 2000 kpa. The pressure of the suction means 55 has a pressure lower than the pressure of the
The
The operation of the present invention will be described below.
The process of taking out the wafer loaded in the load port module, processing it in the process module, storing the processed wafer in the storage room for cooling and oxygen removal, and then storing the wafer in the load port module again. Let's explain.
First, when the inside of the
In this case, since the
The wafer processed in the
In the process of storing the wafer w in the
When the
At this time, since the
When the wafer (w) is loaded in the
When the
The pressure of the suction means 55 is a nitrogen gas flow by the pressure difference in the range of 1 ~ 2000kpa.
The nitrogen gas injection cools the high temperature wafer w loaded in the
This can reduce the cooling time for the high temperature wafer w, thereby improving the productivity of the semiconductor manufacturing process.
When the cooling of the wafer is completed through the above-described series of processes, after stopping the operation of the nitrogen gas injection and suction means, the lifting motor is operated to move the
Whether the cooling of the wafer is completed is determined based on the detection result of the detection sensor provided in the
Then, when the
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of many modifications and alterations, all of which are within the scope of the appended claims. It is self-evident.
10: Load Port Module 11: Plate
13: Pull 20: Process Module
30: wafer transfer module 40: storage room
41: Storage 43: Frame
45: separator 47: slot
49:
49b, 49c:
51: door member 53: spray nozzle
55: suction means 57: suction pipe
59: suction pump w: wafer
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A wafer transfer module disposed between the load port module and a process module for processing the wafer and extracting a wafer inside a pull placed on the load port module and supplying the wafer to the process module;
A storage room disposed at one side of the wafer transfer module and performing a function of temporarily storing a wafer processed in the process module before transportation, cooling and removing oxygen, and removing a fume from the wafer;
The storage room
It has a storage space having a plurality of slots for loading the wafer,
The slot is
A contact point portion is formed on a contact surface on which the edge of the wafer is supported, such that the wafer is in point contact with the slot,
The contact point portion
An insertion groove recessed roundly is formed in the contact surface, and a three-point contact point portion is formed by a hemispherical ridge protruding at the same height as both edges of the contact surface in the center of the insertion groove.
The storage room
A door member disposed between the storage room and the wafer transfer module to open and close the storage space into the wafer transfer module;
An injection nozzle unit for supplying nitrogen to the storage space;
Further comprising suction means connected to the storage space,
The suction means has a pressure lower than the pressure of the storage space, the semiconductor wafer processing apparatus, characterized in that for sucking the nitrogen and oxygen in the storage space to discharge to the outside.
And a plurality of spray nozzle units are installed in a storage space of the storage room.
The suction means
At least one suction tube having a suction port communicating with the storage space at one side thereof;
And a suction pump connected to the other side of the suction pipe to apply pressure to the suction pipe.
The pressure of the suction means is a semiconductor wafer processing apparatus, characterized in that in the range of 1 ~ 2000kpa.
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