KR20100048403A - Apparatus for sensing flowmeter, and substrate treating apparatus with it and method for controlling alarm - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a flow rate sensing device, and more particularly to a flow rate sensing device for detecting the discharge flow rate in real time.
The present invention also relates to a substrate processing apparatus having a flow rate sensing device for detecting a discharge flow rate in real time and an alarm control method thereof.
In general, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus are manufactured by repetitive performance of unit processes such as deposition, photolithography, etching, chemical mechanical polishing, cleaning, drying, and the like. Among these unit processes, a cleaning and drying process is a process of removing foreign matter or unnecessary film remaining on the surface of the semiconductor substrate during each unit process.
Substrate processing apparatuses that perform the cleaning and drying processes are classified into a batch type cleaning apparatus for simultaneously cleaning a plurality of substrates and a sheet type cleaning apparatus for cleaning substrates in sheets. Among them, the single wafer cleaning apparatus includes a chuck for supporting the sheet of substrate and at least one nozzle for supplying the treatment chemicals to the substrate processing surface. When the process of the single wafer cleaning apparatus is started, the substrate is placed on the chuck and the nozzle is sequentially sprayed with the cleaning liquid, the rinse liquid and the drying gas to clean and dry the substrate.
A substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate cleaning process supplies various chemical liquids and gases to a substrate using a nozzle. At this time, the substrate processing apparatus includes a flow rate sensing device for monitoring the flow rate of the chemical liquid supplied from the nozzle.
Generally, the cleaning process consists of a plurality of process steps such as cleaning, rinsing and drying.
For example, referring to FIG. 1, the
Referring to FIG. 2, when the
When the first process step is completed, in step S26, since the substrate processing apparatus presets a flow rate alarm corresponding to an upper and lower limit level based on the average of the flow rates, the flow rate sensing apparatus performs the first process as shown in FIG. 3. The average of the flow rates is calculated until the
The average of the flow rates calculated in step S28 is used to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the discharge flow rates. As a result of the determination, if an abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate, the flow advances to step S32 to generate a warning and an alarm corresponding to the set level. If no abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate, the second and
As described above, when the chemical liquid is supplied, the chemical liquid is measured, and a supply flow rate of the chemical liquid is measured and an average of the flow rates of the chemical liquid supplied at each time point of the process step is generated to generate a warning and an alarm. However, the flow rate sensing device controls the alarm using the average of the flow rate after the process step is completed, and thus, as shown in FIG. 3, the flow rate sensing device does not detect the section 42 where an abnormality actually occurs during the supply of the chemical liquid. There is a problem.
As a result, accurate flow rate detection is not a cause of process accidents, and follow-up is possible, which can damage the substrate. In addition, since the abnormality of the discharge flow rate is sensed at the
An object of the present invention is to provide a flow rate sensing device for detecting the flow rate of the chemical liquid in real time.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a substrate processing apparatus having a flow rate sensing device for controlling the alarm by sensing the flow rate of the chemical liquid in real time and an alarm control method thereof.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a substrate processing apparatus and a method for preventing damage to a substrate by sensing the flow rate of the chemical liquid in real time.
In order to achieve the above objects, the flow rate sensing device of the present invention is characterized by monitoring the flow rate of the chemical liquid supplied in real time. In this way, the flow sensor can immediately take action when a flow rate error occurs.
The flow rate sensing device of the present invention comprises: a supply line for supplying a chemical liquid; A flow rate measuring unit for measuring the flow rate of the supplied chemical liquid in real time; And setting information to generate an alarm when an abnormality in flow rate occurs, and receiving and monitoring the flow rate measured by the flow rate measuring unit in real time, and as a result of monitoring, if the measured flow rate is an alarm occurrence condition It includes a control unit for generating an alarm to the outside.
In one embodiment, the flow rate sensing device; It further includes a flow rate adjusting unit for adjusting the flow rate of the chemical solution is installed in the supply line supplied. Here, the control unit controls the flow rate adjusting unit to adjust the supply flow rate of the chemical liquid.
In another embodiment, the setting information includes a time interval for measuring the flow rate of the chemical liquid from the flow rate measuring unit in real time.
In another embodiment, the setting information includes a flow rate value for the upper limit alarm, the lower limit alarm, the upper and lower warning and the lower limit warning according to the flow rate of the chemical liquid. Here, the alarm generation condition corresponds to any one of the measured flow rate is the upper limit alarm, the lower limit alarm, the upper and lower warning and the lower limit warning.
According to another characteristic of this invention, the substrate processing apparatus which measures the discharge flow volume of a chemical liquid in real time is provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes at least one chamber for processing a substrate; At least one nozzle for discharging the chemical liquid to the substrate introduced into the chamber; A chemical liquid supply source supplying the chemical liquid to the nozzle; And a flow rate sensing device provided between the chemical liquid supply source and the nozzle to measure the discharge flow rate of the nozzle in real time, and immediately generate an alarm when an abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate.
In one embodiment, the flow rate sensing device; A supply line connecting the chemical liquid supply source and the nozzle to supply the chemical liquid to the nozzle; A flow rate measuring unit measuring the discharge flow rate in real time; And setting information to generate an alarm when an abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate, receiving and monitoring the discharge flow rate measured from the flow rate measuring unit in real time, and if the measured discharge flow rate is an alarm occurrence condition set in the setting information. It includes a control unit for generating an alarm to the outside.
In another embodiment, the flow rate sensing device sets and stores the setting information in the control unit for each chamber and for each nozzle.
In another embodiment, the setting information; A time interval for measuring the flow rate of the chemical liquid from the flow rate measuring unit in real time; It includes flow rate values for the upper limit alarm, the lower limit alarm, the upper and lower warning and the lower limit warning according to the discharge flow rate of the chemical liquid.
According to still another feature of the present invention, an alarm control method of a substrate processing apparatus is provided. Such a method of the present invention sets an alarm generating condition of at least one nozzle for discharging the chemical liquid into at least one chamber for each chamber and for each nozzle. The discharge flow rate of the nozzle is measured in real time. Subsequently, an alarm is generated if the measured discharge flow rate is the alarm generation condition.
In one embodiment, the setting is; A time interval for measuring the discharge flow rate for each chamber and an alarm generation flow rate value of the discharge flow rate are set for each nozzle.
As described above, the flow rate sensing apparatus of the present invention measures the flow rate in real time according to the setting information.
In addition, the flow rate detection device of the present invention measures the flow rate of the chemical liquid supplied in real time, when the flow rate is abnormal, it is possible to take immediate action.
In addition, the substrate processing apparatus of the present invention can prevent damage to the substrate by measuring and monitoring the flow rate of the chemical liquid in real time.
In addition, the substrate processing apparatus of the present invention measures and monitors the flow rate of the chemical liquid in real time, so that when the flow rate is abnormal, immediate action can be prevented to prevent process accidents.
The embodiments of the present invention may be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be interpreted as being limited by the embodiments described below. This embodiment is provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the components in the drawings are exaggerated in order to emphasize a clearer explanation.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 8.
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, the
The
The flow
As illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8, the
For example, the abnormality of the discharge flow rate is caused by the flow rate hunting according to the source pressure hunting, the pressure hunting, and the like. At this time, the warnings and alarms generated due to abnormal discharge flow rate are processed by the
In the setting
The setting
5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention. This procedure is explained using the first to third process steps 12 to 16 of the
Referring to FIG. 5, when the
In step S156, it is determined whether an abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate. If the abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate as a result of the determination, the flow advances to step S160 to generate a warning and an alarm. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the discharge flow rate is real-time for the first process time (20 seconds) of the
If no abnormality occurs in the discharge flow rate, the flow advances to step S158 to determine whether the first process time has elapsed and the
When the
In the above, the configuration and operation of the flow rate sensing apparatus and the substrate processing apparatus having the same according to the present invention have been shown in accordance with the detailed description and the drawings, which are merely described by way of example, and do not depart from the spirit of the present invention. Various changes and modifications are possible within the scope.
1 is a table showing a process recipe according to an embodiment of a general substrate processing apparatus;
2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing the process recipe of FIG.
Figure 3 is a waveform diagram of monitoring the chemical liquid discharge flow rate during the progress of the process recipe of Figure 1;
4 is a diagram showing the configuration of a substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram of real time monitoring of a chemical liquid discharge flow rate of the flow rate detection device shown in FIG. 4; FIG. And
7 and 8 are diagrams showing setting information for real-time monitoring for each chamber and flow rate.
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104: supply line 106: flow control unit
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