KR20120137662A - Traveling vacuum robot - Google Patents
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- KR20120137662A KR20120137662A KR1020110056637A KR20110056637A KR20120137662A KR 20120137662 A KR20120137662 A KR 20120137662A KR 1020110056637 A KR1020110056637 A KR 1020110056637A KR 20110056637 A KR20110056637 A KR 20110056637A KR 20120137662 A KR20120137662 A KR 20120137662A
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- H01L21/67—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
- H01L21/677—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations
- H01L21/67739—Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations into and out of processing chamber
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Abstract
A plurality of first rails extending in a longitudinal direction and vertically fastened to a lower end of the vacuum plate and a vacuum plate including a block guiding along the first rail, the first rail being in the same direction as the first rail; A linear driving part including a driving part disposed on the rail and linearly moving along the second rail and the linear driving part, the linear driving part moves along the second rail when driven, and rotates in contact with a lower end of the vacuum plate. A driving base provided with a lower magnetic movement and a linear movement along the first rail, and the upper base and the upper magnetic to rotate corresponding to the lower magnetic and a predetermined distance from the center of the conveying base 2 An arm portion having two link members and one end portion of the arm portion and the other end portion The present invention relates to a traveling vacuum robot including a hand part having a support part on which a substrate is mounted.
Description
The present invention relates to a traveling vacuum robot, and more particularly, does not directly transmit power to an arm drive unit, a rotation drive unit, a travel drive unit, etc. of a robot disposed in a process chamber in a vacuum state through a conventional magnetic fluid sealing device. The present invention relates to a traveling vacuum robot using magnetic force to transmit power without connection or contact.
Generally, in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device, a to-be-processed object, such as a semiconductor wafer, is carried in a vacuum processing apparatus, and a predetermined process is performed. Until the device is completed, it is common that a plurality of kinds of processes such as film formation, etching, and heating of the wafer are performed in each processing apparatus.
In this case, each time the wafer or substrate is brought in and out of the separate process apparatus, the process chamber (or load lock chamber) of each process apparatus is opened to the atmosphere. For this reason, much time is required for vacuum evacuation of a process chamber (load lock chamber), and the throughput of a process will fall. In addition, depending on the processing contents, such as in the case of performing continuous film formation, there is also a process that is very reluctant to attach a natural oxide film or moisture to the wafer surface.
Thus, for example, a so-called clustered processing system has been developed in which a common conveyance chamber in a vacuum atmosphere is defined to radially connect a plurality of vacuum processing apparatuses around a polygonal common container. In addition, between a plurality of clustered processing systems, a large amount of wafers are conveyed at a low speed by an automatic transfer device (AGV or RGV) or the like.
However, today, the demand for high density, high integration and small quantity production of semiconductor devices is increasing, and the efficiency of processing is increasing. A cluster processing system having a larger number of processing apparatuses (for example, 5 or more) than the number of processing apparatuses (for example, three or more) conventionally required, or more advanced, has adopted an inline system method.
In order to perform each of these processes, a robot for transferring a substrate between the processes must be disposed in the process of performing each process. In order to transmit a driving force to such a robot, a driving device for transmitting a driving force such as a motor is disposed around the process chamber. When a device that transfers driving force, such as a motor, to a robot that transports the substrate is located inside the chamber, the foreign matter generated during the driving adversely affects the substrate. In order to prevent this, conventionally, the driving force is transmitted to the robot by using a magnetic fluid sealing device to maintain the sealing in the path for transmitting the driving force or the driving force through the wall of the chamber. However, when the magnetic fluid sealing device is used, the structure of the magnetic fluid sealing device is complicated, and the price of the equipment is increased by purchasing an expensive magnetic fluid sealing device.
The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, and provides a traveling vacuum robot that delivers the driving force required to the robot while maintaining the sealing using magnetic force without transmitting the driving force through the wall of the chamber. For the purpose.
In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a running vacuum robot that is easy to manage and inexpensive compared to the conventional one by maintaining a vacuum state without using a magnetic fluid sealing device.
In order to achieve the above object, the first rail is disposed in the process chamber inner plane in the process direction, perpendicular to the process chamber inner plane, and at least one second rail is disposed in the same direction as the first rail. A linear driving part including a driving part arranged to be linearly moved along the second rail and the linear driving part, and the linear driving part moves along the second rail when driven, and contacts the lower end of the vacuum plate to perform a rotational motion. The drive base is provided with a lower magnetic to move along a straight line along the first rail, the transfer base portion provided with an upper magnetic that rotates corresponding to the lower magnetic and the two links spaced a predetermined distance from the center of the transfer base portion An arm portion having a member and one end portion of the arm portion, and the other end portion of which the substrate is seated. The hand-driving part vacuum robot is provided with a portion is provided.
Preferably, the gap between the north pole and the south pole of the upper magnetic and the lower magnetic is formed at equal intervals.
Preferably, the linear driving unit further includes a reinforcing plate to prevent tilting due to the magnetic force of the lower magnetic.
It is preferable that a plurality of linear driving units be provided along the first rail.
Preferably, the driving base part has a locking step for preventing the second rail from inclining by the magnetic force of the lower magnetic part and the upper magnetic part.
The traveling vacuum robot according to the present invention has an effect of providing a traveling vacuum robot that transmits the driving force required to the robot while maintaining the sealing by using the magnetic force generated in the magnetic without passing the driving force through the wall of the chamber. .
In addition, by maintaining the vacuum state without using the magnetic fluid sealing device, there is an effect that it is easy to manage, and to provide a traveling type vacuum robot which is cheaper than the conventional one.
In addition, by using a magnetic force generated in the magnetic to maintain the vacuum state can be transferred to the substrate between the process and the process has the effect of providing a traveling vacuum robot that does not require a separate process to re-create the vacuum state.
1 is a perspective view of a traveling vacuum robot according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of a traveling vacuum robot according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a side view of the linear drive unit according to the present invention.
4 is a rear view of the housing according to the invention.
Figure 5 is a bottom view of the first magnetic in the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2; FIG.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions according to related known functions or configurations will be omitted when it is determined that the detailed description may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. In describing the present invention, even if the embodiments are different, the same reference numerals are used for the same configuration, and the description thereof may be omitted as necessary.
Referring to Figure 1, the driving vacuum robot according to the present invention is a
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At one end of the
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The driving
The lower magnetic 320 is provided separately from the first magnetic 322 and the second magnetic 324 to enable each rotation. The first magnetic 322 is connected to the first rotating member 340 and the second magnetic 324 is connected to the second rotating
The first rotating member 340: a reducer is inserted into the
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The upper magnetic 420 is located on the upper surface of the
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The fourth
The upper magnetic 420 and the lower magnetic 320 may attract and attach metallic foreign substances generated during driving. This prevents contamination of the process with metallic foreign objects.
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Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings.
After the process is completed, the substrate is driven to the standby state to proceed with the next process. When the
When the substrate is completely mounted, the third
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative and not restrictive in every respect and that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, And all changes or modifications derived from equivalents thereof should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.
1: traveling vacuum robot
10: vacuum plate
120: first rail 140: cover 160: vacuum cover
20: linear drive part
220: plate plate 240: second rail 260: drive unit 280: housing
30: driving base part
320: lower magnetic 322: the first magnetic 324: the second magnetic
340: first rotating member
360: second rotating member
40: transfer base portion 410: transfer plate
420: upper magnetic 422: third magnetic 424: fourth magnetic
440: third rotating member
460: fourth rotating member
50: arm part
520: first link member 540: rotary joint 560: second link member
60: hand part
620: finger
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A driving base fastened to the linear driving unit and provided with a lower magnetic body moving along the second rail when the linear driving unit is driven and rotating in contact with the lower end of the vacuum plate;
A transfer base part moving in a straight line along the first rail and having an upper magnetic body rotating corresponding to the lower magnetic body;
An arm part spaced apart from a center of the transfer base part by two link members; And
The hand portion is fastened to one end of the arm portion and the other end is provided with a support portion on which the substrate is seated.
Driven vacuum robot included.
A traveling vacuum robot, wherein the gap between the N pole and the S pole of the upper magnetic and the lower magnetic is arranged at an equiangular angle of 9 degrees or less to increase accuracy.
The linear driving unit further comprises a reinforcing plate for preventing the tilt due to the magnetic force of the lower magnetic.
The driving type vacuum robot, characterized in that a plurality of linear driving unit is provided along the first rail.
The driving base part is a traveling vacuum robot, characterized in that the locking step is formed to prevent the second rail is inclined by the magnetic force of the lower magnetic and the upper magnetic.
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