KR20080081595A - Bake unit of semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a baking unit applied to a photolithography process. In the present invention, in implementing the baking unit for baking the photoresist applied on the wafer, it is characterized in that the shutter unit is formed up / down by the driving unit in the baking unit. By closing the open space between the upper chamber and the lower chamber by using the shutter unit, it is possible to solve the level misalignment of the upper chamber to maintain a uniform temperature inside the baking unit. In addition, in the prior art, a large amount of particles were generated due to wear of the cylinder in the process of up / down the heavy chamber by using the cylinder. However, by sealing the inside of the baking unit using a light shutter as in the present invention, This particle generation problem can be minimized.
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1 shows an inline systemized photolithography apparatus to which a bake unit is applied according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 shows a planar structure of a bake unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 and 4 show the cross-sectional structure of the baking unit.
5 shows a perspective structure of a shutter unit applied to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
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100: bake unit 102: upper chamber
104: lower chamber 106: baking plate
108: guide pin 110: lift pin
112: lift 114: shutter unit
116: drive unit 118: heating wire
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor device manufacturing facility, and more particularly, to a baking unit for baking a photoresist on a wafer during a photolithography process.
In general, semiconductor devices are manufactured by depositing and patterning thin films that perform various functions on the wafer surface to form various circuit geometries. The unit process for manufacturing such a semiconductor device is mainly an impurity ion implantation process of implanting impurity ions of Group 3B (eg B) or 5B (eg P or As) into the semiconductor substrate, insulating or A thin film deposition process for forming a conductive material film, an etching process for forming a material film formed through the thin film deposition process in a predetermined pattern, and an interlayer insulating film, etc., are deposited on the semiconductor substrate and then polished in a batch to remove the step. It can be divided into several unit processes such as chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) process and cleaning process to remove contaminants in the process chamber including wafers.
On the other hand, with the recent rapid development of the information communication field and the rapid popularization of information media such as computers, semiconductor devices are also rapidly developing. As a result, it is required to operate at a high speed and have a large storage capacity in terms of its functional aspects, and thus the degree of integration of semiconductor devices is gradually increasing. In addition, as the degree of integration of semiconductor devices increases, the size of circuit patterns is further reduced. Thus, the management of various process parameters affecting the size of the fine pattern is becoming more stringent.
Among the various unit processes described above, the etching process is one of the most frequently performed processes for manufacturing semiconductor devices. In particular, the photolithography process is a representative example of an etching process that forms a pattern on a material film deposited on the wafer according to a mask image using a positive or negative photoresist. As a semiconductor device is increasingly integrated, it requires the highest precision. It is becoming. The photolithography process is a key process that directly affects the size of the fine pattern, and how sharp and fine the image of the reticle (photo mask) is formed, as well as the pattern of the material layer deposited on the wafer according to the image of the reticle. The capability of the process is assessed according to how well the patterned pattern has a good profile.
The photolithography process is roughly a photoresist coating step of applying a photoresist on a wafer, and aligning the wafer on which the photoresist is applied with a mask, and then passing light such as ultraviolet rays through a mask to mask the photoresist. And an exposure step of transferring the photoresist of the wafer on which the exposure step is completed, to form a pattern. In addition, in a conventional photolithography process, a bake process and a photolithography process for curing the photoresist before and after the exposure process together with a hexamethyl disilazane (HMDS) treatment process for improving adhesion between the photoresist and the wafer. A cooling process is further included to cool the completed wafer. Accordingly, the photolithography apparatus for performing the photolithography process is provided with a plurality of processing units for applying, baking, exposing, developing, and cooling the photoresist.
In particular, the baking process is performed through a chamber-type baking unit that loads the photoresist-coated wafer on a plate provided in the chamber, and then heats the plate to a predetermined temperature to bake the photoresist of the wafer. More specifically, the wafer on which the photoresist is applied is transferred onto the baking plate by the transfer robot. Then, the spin of the baking plate is raised to support the wafer. Subsequently, the spin is lowered to load the wafer on the baking plate, whereby the baking process proceeds.
At this time, in order to load the wafer onto the baking plate, the chamber is opened / closed by an up / down driving of the cylinder. However, there is a case where the level of the upper chamber is distorted due to the poor driving of the cylinder. The driving failure of the cylinder is intensified as the chamber weight of the bake unit increases, and as the size of the wafer has recently increased from 8 inches to 12 inches, the size of the bake unit increases to increase the size and weight of the chamber. have. Therefore, the load applied to the cylinder is increased, and as a result, the shaft is bent and the driving failure of the cylinder is intensified.
As such, when the level of the upper chamber is misaligned, the bake unit is not completely sealed and the temperature inside the bake unit is not kept uniform throughout. This prevents even heat treatment of the wafer loaded on the bake plate, resulting in undevelopment where the photoresist cannot be partially developed, or the characteristic of CD (Critical Demension) which indicates the width of the developing site after development. Is lowered.
At present, the above-described level failure of the upper chamber is resolved depending on the visual confirmation and manual work of the engineer. However, there is a limit to precise level control depending on the visual confirmation and manual work of the engineer, and there is a fear that a slight level defect cannot be caught by the engineer's naked eye. In addition, the individual differences between each engineer make it difficult to maintain the uniformity of the upper chamber level.
In addition, if the upper chamber of heavy load is forcibly up / down, the cylinder is worn and particles are generated. These particles not only contaminate the inside of the bake unit but also contaminate the wafer, resulting in a decrease in the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor device.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above conventional problems is to provide a bake unit of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus for maintaining the temperature inside the bake unit uniformly.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a baking unit of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus that can evenly bake the entire wafer area to eliminate undevelopment and CD characteristic degradation.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a baking unit of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus capable of minimizing particle generation.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a bake unit of a semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus which can prevent a decrease in reliability and productivity of a semiconductor semiconductor device.
The baking unit of the semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above objects, the wafer plate is loaded; A lower chamber in which the baking plate is formed; An upper chamber spaced apart from the lower chamber by an interval for wafer transfer; And a shutter configured to be lifted toward the upper chamber by an operation of the driving unit to seal a space between the lower chamber and the upper chamber.
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the present invention. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be embodied in other various forms without departing from the scope of the present invention, and only the embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete and conventional It is provided to fully inform the knowledge of the scope of the invention.
The present invention relates to a baking unit that performs a baking process during a photolithography process, and FIG. 1 shows an inline systemized
Referring to FIG. 1, an
The
Looking briefly at the photolithography process through the inline system, an engineer first loads a wafer on the
In the present invention, in the inline systemized
However, in sealing the inside of this baking unit, the upper chamber was conventionally used up / down using the cylinder. However, when the cylinder is used to up / down the upper chamber, the cylinder may cause a driving failure due to the load of the upper chamber. As a result, the level of the upper chamber is distorted, so that the temperature inside the baking unit is not kept uniform throughout. There was a problem that prevented. As such, when the level of the upper chamber is misaligned and the temperature inside the bake unit is not maintained uniformly, even heat treatment of the wafer loaded on the bake plate cannot be performed, resulting in a process failure.
Accordingly, the present invention has been derived a bake unit of improved structure that can solve the above-mentioned conventional problems. Then, the baking unit of the improved structure according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.
2 shows a planar structure of the
First, referring to FIG. 2, a
In addition, as a key component of the
As such, in the present invention, the upper chamber of the
3 and 4, the structure of the
Referring to FIG. 3, the
A
In addition, as a key component of the
Therefore, when the driving
Referring to FIG. 4, the driving
As such, when the space between the
Subsequently, after the baking process for the wafer is completed, the driving
Conventionally, the baking unit is sealed by lowering the upper chamber to form a baking process atmosphere. However, as the wafer diameter gradually increased, the size of the bake unit increased, thereby gradually increasing the load of the upper chamber. Therefore, a driving failure occurs in a cylinder for up / down of the upper chamber, and the level of the upper chamber is distorted, so that the baking unit is not completely sealed, and thus the temperature inside the baking unit is not kept uniform. As a result, even heat treatment is not performed on the wafer loaded on the bake plate, so that undeveloped photoresist cannot be partially developed, or CD (Critical Demension) indicating the width of the developing site after development. There was a problem that the characteristics are degraded. In addition, in the process of forcibly up / down the heavy load of the upper chamber, the cylinder was worn and particles were generated. These particles not only contaminated the inside of the baking unit but also contaminated the wafer, and as a result, it was analyzed as a major cause of deterioration of the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor device.
Accordingly, in the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, a shutter unit is formed in the baking unit that performs the baking process to seal the space between the lower chamber and the upper chamber. In addition, the space between the lower chamber and the upper chamber is sealed by up / down the shutter unit instead of the method of up / down the upper chamber as in the related art, thereby raising and lowering the level chamber of the upper chamber and the upper chamber. Particle generation due to wear of the cylinder can be eliminated.
As such, by blocking the processing space inside the baking unit from the outside by using the shutter unit, the temperature inside the baking unit is maintained to be uniform throughout so that a smooth baking process can be performed. In addition, when the hot wire is embedded in the shutter unit, the temperature inside the bait unit is more accurately managed, which can help to improve the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor device.
In the above, the shutter unit for sealing the processing space has been described with reference to the baking unit used in the photolithography process. However, the bake unit is only one exemplary semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus presented to describe the shutter unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and may be applied to other semiconductor device manufacturing apparatuses that require a processing space sealing process in addition to the baking unit. Of course, it is possible to apply and try the appropriate application and modification.
As described above, in the present invention, an open space between the upper chamber and the lower chamber is sealed by forming a shutter unit which is up / down by the driving unit inside the baking unit. As such, when the inside of the bake unit is blocked from the outside by using the shutter unit, the problem of level misalignment of the upper chamber is solved at the source to maintain the temperature inside the bake unit uniformly. In addition, it is possible to further improve the reliability and productivity of the semiconductor device by eliminating the conventional problem in which particles are generated due to wear of the cylinder for up / down the upper chamber.
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