KR102019405B1 - Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method capable of automatically correcting the position of a conveyor belt for transporting a substrate. The substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a vacuum chamber; A belt conveyor module for transporting a substrate seated on the conveyor belt by rotating the conveyor belt according to the rotation of the pair of driving rollers installed in the vacuum chamber; A substrate heating module installed inside the vacuum chamber to heat a substrate seated on the conveyor belt; A substrate processing module installed in the vacuum chamber so as to face the substrate heating module and performing a substrate processing process on a substrate seated on the conveyor belt; And a belt position correction module installed inside the vacuum chamber to be connected to a first driving roller among the pair of driving rollers to automatically correct the position of the conveyor belt.
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The present invention relates to a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method.
In general, in order to manufacture a solar cell, a semiconductor device, a flat panel display, a predetermined thin film layer, a thin film circuit pattern, or an optical pattern should be formed on a surface of a substrate. Semiconductor manufacturing processes such as a thin film deposition process, a photo process for selectively exposing the thin film using a photosensitive material, and an etching process for forming a pattern by removing the thin film of the selectively exposed portion are performed.
Such a semiconductor manufacturing process is performed inside a substrate processing apparatus designed in an optimal environment for the process, and in recent years, many substrate processing apparatuses that perform deposition or etching processes using plasma are widely used.
Substrate processing apparatuses using plasma may be classified into a vertical type substrate processing apparatus and a belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus.
The vertical substrate processing apparatus is a method of depositing or etching a thin film by placing a substrate on a susceptor in a vacuum chamber, and the belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus places a substrate on a conveyor belt by a belt. It is a method of depositing or etching a thin film continuously on a moving substrate.
1 is a view schematically showing a conventional belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus.
Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus includes a
The
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Such a conventional belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus seats the substrate S on the
However, in the conventional belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus, the
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is a technical object of the present invention to provide a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method that can automatically correct a position of a conveyor belt for transferring a substrate.
The substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is a vacuum chamber; A belt conveyor module for transporting a substrate seated on the conveyor belt by rotating the conveyor belt according to the rotation of the pair of driving rollers installed in the vacuum chamber; A substrate heating module installed inside the vacuum chamber to heat a substrate seated on the conveyor belt; A substrate processing module installed in the vacuum chamber so as to face the substrate heating module and performing a substrate processing process on a substrate seated on the conveyor belt; And a belt position correction module installed inside the vacuum chamber to be connected to a first driving roller among the pair of driving rollers to automatically correct the position of the conveyor belt.
The belt position correction module is characterized by preventing one side and the other side of the first drive roller inclined individually according to the position of the conveyor belt to prevent meandering of the conveyor belt.
The belt position correction module includes a connector rod rotatably supporting each of one side and the other side of the first driving roller; One side of the connector rod corresponding to one side of the first driving roller and the other side of the connector rod corresponding to the other side of the first driving roller are coupled to each of the one side and the other side of the connector rod to individually slide forward or rearward. Rod sliding portion to make; And a driving control unit for detecting the position of the conveyor belt to drive the rod sliding unit. At this time, the inside of the rod sliding portion is in communication with the outside of the vacuum chamber is characterized in that it is maintained at atmospheric pressure.
The rod sliding part is installed inside the vacuum chamber so as to be connected to an atmospheric pressure connecting tube passing through the vacuum chamber and is maintained in the atmospheric pressure state; First and second rod sliding shafts individually connected to one side and the other side of the connector rod; First and second sliding members disposed inside the atmospheric pressure housing to individually slide the first and second rod sliding shafts forward or rearward individually under the control of the driving controller; And first and second bellows disposed between the connector rod and the atmospheric pressure housing to seal the first and second rod sliding shafts, respectively. In this case, each of the first and second sliding members may be at least one air cylinder.
The driving control unit may include a first position detecting unit installed in the atmospheric pressure housing and detecting one side of the conveyor belt; A second position detector installed at the atmospheric pressure housing so as to be parallel to the first position detector to detect the other side of the conveyor belt; A first solenoid valve adjusting a pressure of air supplied to the first sliding member according to a position of one side of the conveyor belt detected by the first position detecting unit; And a second solenoid valve configured to adjust the pressure of air supplied to the second sliding member according to the other position of the conveyor belt detected by the second position detector.
When one side of the conveyor belt is detected by the first position detecting unit, the first solenoid valve reduces or releases the pressure of air supplied to the first sliding member, and the second solenoid valve is in the second position. When the other side of the conveyor belt is detected by the detector, it is characterized in that to reduce or release the pressure of the air supplied to the second sliding member.
Each of the first and second sliding members applies a constant pressure to each of the first and second rod sliding shafts to push one side and the other side of the first driving roller with the same force to maintain a constant tension of the conveyor belt. It features.
The substrate processing module may form a plasma according to a supplied process gas and a plasma power source to deposit a thin film on the substrate or to etch the substrate.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a substrate processing method including rotating a conveyor belt according to rotation of a pair of driving rollers installed in a vacuum chamber; Loading a substrate onto the conveyor belt; Performing a substrate treatment process on the substrate by forming a plasma on the substrate while heating the substrate seated on the conveyor belt; And automatically correcting the position of the conveyor belt using a belt position correction module installed inside the vacuum chamber so as to be connected to a first driving roller among the pair of driving rollers.
Automatically correcting the position of the conveyor belt may include separately detecting positions of one side and the other side of the conveyor belt through respective first and second position detection units; And inclining one side and the other side of the first driving roller individually according to the position of the conveyor belt detected by each of the first and second position detection units to prevent meandering of the conveyor belt. It is done.
The step of preventing meandering of the conveyor belt may include correcting one side of the first driving roller so that the first driving roller is inclined in the first direction when one side of the conveyor belt is detected by the first position detecting unit. Simultaneously fixing the other position of the first drive roller; And when the other side of the conveyor belt is detected by the second position detector, correcting the other side position of the first driving roller so that the first driving roller is inclined in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and And fixing a position of one side of the first driving roller.
The correction of each of the one position and the other position of the first and second drive roller is characterized in that it is performed by reducing or releasing the pressure of the air (Air) supplied to the air cylinder.
The substrate processing method may further include pushing each of one side and the other side of the first driving roller to the same pressure to maintain a constant tension of the conveyor belt.
According to the means for solving the above problems, the substrate processing apparatus and the substrate processing method according to the present invention automatically correct the position of the conveyor belt rotated by the first and second drive rollers, and maintain the tension of the conveyor belt constant. By doing so, it is possible to prevent defects in the substrate processing process due to meandering and tension reduction of the conveyor belt.
1 is a view schematically showing a conventional belt conveyor type substrate processing apparatus.
2 is a schematic view of a substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining the belt conveyor module and thermal expansion compensation module shown in FIG.
4 is a view schematically showing a belt position correction module according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an installation position of the position detector shown in FIG. 4 as an example.
6A to 6C are views for explaining a method of preventing meandering of a conveyor belt according to an embodiment in the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7A to 7C are views for explaining a method of preventing meandering of a conveyor belt according to another embodiment in the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a substrate processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing a belt conveyor module and a thermal expansion compensation module illustrated in FIG. 2.
2 and 3, a substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
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Either of the first and
The drive motor is installed on the other side of the
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On the other hand, it is preferable that a coating layer (not shown) is formed on the top, side, and bottom surfaces of the
On the other hand, the
In FIG. 3, one
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Meanwhile, the
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In addition, the belt
Meanwhile, the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a
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As described above, the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention uses the belt
4 is a view schematically showing a belt position correction module according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a view showing an installation position of the position detector shown in FIG.
4 and 5, the belt
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The first sliding
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The second sliding member 525b may include at least one second air cylinder installed inside the
The second sliding member 525b drives the first sliding bar by sliding the second sliding
Meanwhile, each of the above-described first and second sliding
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The driving
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As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first and second
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Specifically, when the
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Specifically, when the second detection signal of the first logic state is supplied from the second
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6A to 6C are views for explaining a method of preventing meandering of a conveyor belt according to an embodiment in the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
6A to 6C will be described with reference to FIG. 4 schematically illustrating a meandering prevention method of a conveyor belt according to an exemplary embodiment.
First, as shown in FIG. 6A, when meandering occurs on one side of the
Subsequently, the
Accordingly, the first driving shaft of the first sliding
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6C, the
Subsequently, the
7A to 7C are views for explaining a method of preventing meandering of a conveyor belt according to another embodiment in the substrate processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
7A to 7C will be described with reference to FIG. 4 schematically illustrating a meandering prevention method of a conveyor belt according to another embodiment.
First, as shown in FIG. 7A, when meandering occurs on the other side of the
Subsequently, the
Accordingly, the second driving shaft of the second sliding member 525b is retracted and the first driving shaft of the first sliding
Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 7C, the
Subsequently, the
Referring to the substrate processing method using a substrate processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above is as follows.
First, a vacuum atmosphere is formed in the
Subsequently, the
Subsequently, the substrate S is loaded on the
Subsequently, when the substrate S loaded on the
The substrate transfer process and the substrate processing process as described above are continuously performed. At this time, using the belt
Therefore, the substrate processing apparatus and the substrate processing method using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention detects the rotation of the
Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, it is to be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.
100: vacuum chamber 110: pumping device
120: substrate loading gate 130: substrate loading gate
200: belt conveyor module 220: first drive roller
230: second drive roller 300: substrate heating module
400: substrate processing module 500: belt position correction module
510: connector rod 520: rod sliding portion
521:
525a and 525b: sliding
530: drive control unit 531: air supply member
533a and 533b:
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A belt conveyor module for transporting a substrate seated on the conveyor belt by rotating the conveyor belt according to the rotation of the pair of driving rollers installed in the vacuum chamber;
A belt position correction module installed inside the vacuum chamber to be connected to a first driving roller of the pair of driving rollers to automatically correct the position of the conveyor belt,
The belt position correction module,
A connector rod rotatably supporting each of one side and the other side of the first driving roller;
An atmospheric pressure housing installed inside the vacuum chamber and maintained at atmospheric pressure, and first and second sliding respective first and second rod sliding shafts individually connected to one side and the other side of the connector rod, respectively; Substrate processing apparatus comprising a sliding portion having a sliding member.
And the belt position correction module slides one side and the other side of the first driving roller forward or rearward individually according to the position of the conveyor belt.
The belt position correction module,
And a driving controller for detecting the position of the conveyor belt to drive the first and second sliding members of the sliding part.
The inside of the sliding portion is in communication with the outside of the vacuum chamber is a substrate processing apparatus, characterized in that maintained at atmospheric pressure.
The sliding part,
And first and second bellows provided between the connector rod and the atmospheric pressure housing to seal each of the first and second rod sliding shafts.
The drive control unit,
A first position detector installed at the atmospheric pressure housing to detect one side of the conveyor belt;
A second position detector installed at the atmospheric pressure housing so as to be parallel to the first position detector to detect the other side of the conveyor belt;
A first solenoid valve adjusting a pressure of air supplied to the first sliding member according to a position of one side of the conveyor belt detected by the first position detecting unit; And
And a second solenoid valve for adjusting a pressure of air supplied to the second sliding member according to the other position of the conveyor belt detected by the second position detecting unit.
Each of the first and second sliding members applies a constant pressure to each of the first and second rod sliding shafts to push one side and the other side of the first driving roller with the same force to maintain a constant tension of the conveyor belt. A substrate processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.
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