KR101329960B1 - Apparatus for providing and retrieving a wafer in mult-chamber system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus, the present invention comprising: a base frame; Cleaning chambers arranged in a row at a rear region of the base frame, each of which cleans a wafer; A guide rail positioned parallel to the cleaning chambers; A plurality of cassette mounting units arranged in a front region of the base frame in parallel with the guide rails, the cassettes being detachably stacked; A wafer alignment unit positioned in a front region of the base frame to be aligned with the cassette mounting units and aligning the wafer; An inversion unit positioned in the front region of the base frame to be in line with the cassette mounting units and inverting the wafer back and forth; And a transfer robot that moves along the guide rail and moves the wafer loaded in the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the cleaning chamber, the wafer alignment unit, and the inversion unit according to a process. The present invention shortens the time for supplying and withdrawing a wafer to a plurality of chambers for cleaning the wafer, and also minimizes the installation space by compacting the configuration for supplying and recovering the wafer to the plurality of chambers for cleaning the wafer. .
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The present invention relates to a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus.
Semiconductor chips are manufactured through various processes. Among processes for manufacturing a semiconductor chip, a cleaning process for removing particles on both surfaces of a substrate or a wafer is included. For example, after waxing a wafer, the waxed wafer is cleaned.
The process of cleaning a wafer generally proceeds with cleaning equipment. The cleaning equipment must be able to clean many wafers in a short time to increase productivity. Failure to do so will reduce the productivity of the entire production line when installed in a semiconductor manufacturing line.
In addition, the cleaning equipment must be compact in configuration to take up less space for installation. If the cleaning equipment takes up a lot of installation space, it will not only be constrained by the installation site, but also unsuitable for the arrangement of semiconductor manufacturing lines.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus that shortens the time for supplying and withdrawing a wafer to a plurality of chambers for cleaning the wafer.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus which minimizes the installation space by compacting the configuration of supplying and recovering the wafer to the plurality of chambers for cleaning the wafer.
In order to achieve the object of the present invention, a base frame; Cleaning chambers arranged in a row at a rear region of the base frame, each of which cleans a wafer; A guide rail positioned parallel to the cleaning chambers; A plurality of cassette mounting units arranged in a front region of the base frame in parallel with the guide rails, the cassettes being detachably stacked; A wafer alignment unit positioned in a front region of the base frame to be aligned with the cassette mounting units and aligning the wafer; An inversion unit positioned in the front region of the base frame to be in line with the cassette mounting units and inverting the wafer back and forth; A multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus including a transfer robot moving along the guide rail and moving the wafer loaded in the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the cleaning chamber, the wafer alignment unit, and the inversion unit according to a process. Is provided.
The cleaning chambers are two, and with respect to the front surface of the base frame, the two cleaning chambers are preferably located in the left and right directions.
Preferably, the cassette mounting units are four.
Preferably, the wafer alignment unit is positioned next to the cassette mounting units, and the inversion unit is positioned next to the wafer alignment unit.
The transfer robot transfers the wafers loaded in the wafer cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the wafer alignment unit, transfers the wafers aligned in the wafer alignment unit to the cleaning chamber, and transfers the wafers cleaned in the cleaning chamber. It is preferable to transfer the wafer, which is transferred to the inversion unit and turned upside down in the inversion unit, to the cleaning chamber and to insert the wafer cleaned in the cleaning chamber into a wafer cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit.
According to the present invention, the cleaning chambers are arranged in the left and right directions in the rear region of the base frame, and the cassette mounting units, the wafer alignment unit and the inversion unit are arranged in the left and right directions in the front region of the base frame, and the rear region is cleaned. The rows of chambers and the cassette mounting units, the wafer alignment unit and the reversing unit in the front area are parallel to each other and the transfer robot moves in a straight line between the two rows in parallel to the two rows so that the wafer is cleaned. Shorter copper wires and more efficient processes shorten the process time for cleaning wafers. In addition, the compact configuration reduces the size of the device, which takes up less space for installation.
In addition, the present invention includes a reversing unit that flips the wafer back and forth, so that both the front and back surfaces of the wafer, i.e., both sides, can be cleaned, so the configuration is compact.
In addition, the present invention includes a wafer alignment unit so that the entire surface of one side of the wafer is cleanly cleaned inside the cleaning chamber since the wafer is aligned to a predetermined position before the wafer is inserted into the cleaning chamber. .
1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
3 is a plan view showing a cassette mounting unit constituting an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
4 is a front view showing a cassette mounting unit constituting an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
5 is a front view showing a wafer alignment unit constituting an embodiment of the multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
6 is a plan view showing an inversion unit constituting an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention;
Figure 7 is a side view showing an inverting unit constituting an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2, one embodiment of the multi-chamber wafer supply and recovery apparatus according to the present invention is a
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Cleaning chambers arranged in a row at a rear region of the base frame, each of which cleans a wafer;
A guide rail positioned parallel to the cleaning chambers;
A plurality of cassette mounting units arranged in a front region of the base frame in parallel with the guide rails, the cassettes being detachably stacked;
A wafer alignment unit positioned in a front region of the base frame to be aligned with the cassette mounting units and aligning the wafer;
An inversion unit positioned in the front region of the base frame to be in line with the cassette mounting units and inverting the wafer back and forth;
And a transfer robot moving along the guide rail and moving the wafer loaded in the cassette mounted on the cassette mounting unit to the cleaning chamber, the wafer alignment unit, and the inversion unit according to a process. Device.
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