KR101487096B1 - Appratus for transferring a wafer - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wafer transfer apparatus, and more particularly, A sensor unit capable of sensing whether there is a defect in the transferred wafer; A controller for determining whether the wafer is defective based on information measured by the sensor unit; And a wafer classifying unit for selectively classifying wafers transferred by the transfer unit under the control of the control unit. And a control unit.
According to the present invention, by automatically inspecting the wafers and sorting the defective wafers during the transfer of the wafers, it is possible to reduce the labor cost and prevent the unnecessary processes of the defective wafers, thereby increasing the production amount and reducing the cost.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wafer transfer apparatus, and more particularly, to a wafer transfer apparatus for inspecting and sorting defective wafers during wafer transfer.
Currently, widely used silicon wafers (monocrystalline silicon thin plates made of polycrystalline silicon (Si) as a raw material) are used in a cutting process for cutting an ingot into a wafer form, a lapping process lapping process, an etching process for removing or alleviating damage caused by mechanical polishing, and a cleaning process for cleaning the completed wafer.
In the cutting step, unnecessary portions are removed and the ingot formed in a cylindrical shape is sliced into a single wafer using a wire saw such as a piano wire or a high-tension wire in a state immersed in pure water.
At this time, a plurality of wafers separated into a single sheet in the ingot state are laminated to each other, and thus the stacked wafers are separated into a sheet, and the wafer is transferred for the next process.
However, a defective wafer may be generated in a previous process including slicing of the wafer, and the process may proceed without removing the defective wafer, thus causing a problem of unnecessary waste.
In addition, the price of silicon raw material has been raised due to global lack of crystal silicon supply over the past three years. As a method for solving the shortage of supply of a silicon wafer for a solar cell, a silicon wafer is cut and used so as to have a thickness of 100 microns or less.
The area of the wafer is gradually increasing to reduce the overall production cost, and a 450 mm size will be commercialized in the future.
However, wafers that are thinner and larger in area are more difficult to handle in the production process, which leads to increased yields, especially in high-speed, automated manufacturing processes.
Hereinafter, the prior art publication number related to the present invention is attached. KR public number 10-2010-0076125, KR public number 10-2011-0062827
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a wafer transfer apparatus for inspecting and sorting defective wafers when transferring wafers.
The wafer transfer apparatus of this embodiment includes a transfer unit for transferring a wafer; A sensor unit capable of sensing whether there is a defect in the transferred wafer; A controller for determining whether the wafer is defective based on information measured by the sensor unit; And a wafer classifying unit for selectively classifying wafers transferred by the transfer unit under the control of the control unit. And a control unit.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, there is an advantage that the defective wafer can be sorted or removed before the wafer is automatically inspected during the transfer of a single wafer and various processes are performed on the wafer. It is possible to reduce the case where the defective wafer is subjected to an additional process.
Particularly, in the trend of increasing the number of defective wafers by increasing the diameter of the wafer to a diameter of 300 mm or more and thinning the thickness, it is possible to classify defective wafers in real time by the process line before the wafer processing process And there is an advantage that the problem of the wafer process can be detected early.
1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a wafer transfer apparatus of the present invention.
2 is a plan view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a side view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a plan view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a side view showing the wafer sorting unit of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention before operation.
6 is a side view showing the wafer separator of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention after operation.
Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the scope of the inventive concept of the present embodiment can be determined from the matters disclosed in the present embodiment, and the spirit of the present invention possessed by the present embodiment is not limited to the embodiments in which addition, Variations.
1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of a wafer transfer apparatus of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the wafer transfer apparatus of the present embodiment includes transfer means 10 for transferring a wafer to a subsequent wafer processing apparatus, a
The wafer transfer apparatus of this embodiment is for transferring wafers cut by a device such as a wire saw to a subsequent wafer processing apparatus or storage unit using a conveyor belt or the like. In this embodiment, To a third transfer unit.
The
In addition, the
In addition, the
Although the optical image sensor has a disadvantage that it can not detect minute defects of the wafer, it can detect the broken wafer with high accuracy even without moving the wafer in the middle of rapid transfer of the wafer or measuring the defectiveness of the wafer There is an advantage.
The
The
In addition, the
Hereinafter, a specific configuration and a driving method of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.
2 is a plan view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a side view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The first and second embodiments of the present invention can be classified according to the type of the
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the wafer transfer apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention can be divided into first to
Particularly, the
The ultrapure water is purified water (H2O), which remains on the
In addition, the ultra
As described above, the conveying means of the present embodiment can be constituted by a plurality of conveying portions based on the inspection of the poorness of the wafer and the classification of the wafer judged to be defective.
For example, the transfer means of the present embodiment includes a
Each of the
The conveyor belts included in the first to
The wafers loaded on the
For example, at least one
In addition, the
The wafers subjected to the transfer and defect inspection by the
First, a sliced wafer is loaded on the
The loaded wafer is then conveyed along a
The wafer is inspected by the
The inspection of the wafer is preferably performed during transportation in view of the production amount of the wafer, but can be temporarily stopped for precise inspection.
In the present embodiment, as described above, the three image sensors sense an image of one side of the wafer, so that even if one sensor does not sense the image, the wafer is considered to be defective. The
However, if the above result is not good, the
The pulverized wafer is freely lowered between the sheets of the
Hereinafter, a configuration and a driving method of a wafer transfer apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG.
4 is a plan view of the wafer transfer apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a side view showing the state before the operation of the
6 is a side view showing a state after operation of the
In the second embodiment of the present invention, the type of the
4 to 6, duplicated elements of the above-described components and operation method will be omitted.
Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, the wafer transfer apparatus of the second embodiment of the present invention can be divided into first to third transfer units based on the inspection of the transferred wafer and the classification of the defective wafer. Unlike the first embodiment, the
4 and 5 show a hydraulic cylinder as a means for selectively changing the wafer transfer path in the
The hydraulic cylinder includes a
A
The
2, the
Accordingly, when the hydraulic cylinder is driven, the
When the
A method in which the components of the second embodiment of the present invention described above are driven will be described.
First, a sliced wafer is loaded on the
Then, the
In particular, before the wafer is transferred to the
After the inspection of the wafer by the
However, when it is determined that the wafer moved along the
That is, as described above, the operation of the hydraulic cylinder causes the
As a result, the wafer judged to be defective is transferred toward the
At this time, during the rotation of the
With the wafer transfer apparatus of the present embodiment as described above, it is possible to selectively sort or remove defective wafers which do not need to be subjected to a subsequent process, such as when the wafer size of the target is not maintained or a part thereof is broken, This has the advantage of reducing the production cost.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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A sensor unit disposed above the second transfer unit for sensing an image of the transferred wafer and sensing whether the transferred wafer is defective;
A controller for comparing an image measured by the sensor unit and an image of a normal wafer to determine whether the wafer is defective; And
In order to selectively sort the wafer transferred by the transfer means in the middle of transfer according to the control of the control unit, Lt; / RTI >
The wafer sorting portion includes an ultra pure water spray disposed on the third transfer portion,
Wherein the ultra pure water sprayer discharges ultra pure water to the transferred wafer to destroy the defective wafer when the control unit determines that the transferred wafer is defective.
Wherein the third conveying portion includes at least two belt sheets spaced apart at a predetermined interval.
Further comprising a wafer receiving portion disposed below the third transfer portion to receive the destroyed wafer debris falling between the belt sheets of the third transfer portion.
Wherein the ultra pure water is purified water (H2O), and the ultra pure water spray is sprayed with ultrapure water at a water pressure in the range of 0.8 to 1.5 kg / cm < 2 >.
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