KR20130128854A - Robot arm for transferring a wafer - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
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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
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- H01L21/683—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 supporting or gripping
- H01L21/687—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 supporting or gripping using mechanical means, e.g. chucks, clamps or pinches
- H01L21/68707—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 supporting or gripping using mechanical means, e.g. chucks, clamps or pinches the wafers being placed on a robot blade, or gripped by a gripper for conveyance
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a robot arm for wafer transfer, which includes a wafer settling platform on which a wafer to be transferred is placed. An outer protrusion corresponding to one outer circumferential surface of the wafer to be transferred is formed on the outer side of the settling, and the transfer object wafer when the wafer to be transferred is settled to the settable on an inner side of the sett opposing the outer protrusion. A sliding actuator is provided which slides in the direction of the wafer to be conveyed by its own weight, and is configured to hold the wafer to be conveyed in different directions together with the outer protrusions. According to the present invention, the damage of the wafer due to the drop impact is prevented by absorbing the drop impact amount of the wafer placed in the resttable by the front projection of the elastic material provided in front of the sliding actuator, it is provided in front of the sliding actuator According to the operation of the front projection made of elastic material, the rear projection provided at the rear grips the outer circumferential surface of the wafer together with the outer locking jaw so that the wafer can be automatically gripped, and the wafer can be adapted even when the wafers having different diameters are placed. The advantage is that the wafer can be gripped without any additional manipulation.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a robot arm for wafer transfer, and more particularly, to a wafer transfer robot arm capable of being gripped and transported without damaging the wafer to be transferred.
In the manufacture of a semiconductor device, a process chamber is connected to transfer a wafer or a circuit board, for example, between connected chambers. Such transfer is via a transfer module, for example, which moves the wafer through slots or ports formed in adjacent walls of the connected chamber.
For example, transfer modules are generally used in connection with various circuit board processing modules that may include semiconductor etching systems, material deposition systems, and flat display panel etching systems. Increasing demands for cleaning and high purity treatments have increased the need to reduce human labor between treatment processes, which in part has led to the use of vacuum transfer modules as intermediate processing units.
As an example, the vacuum transfer module may be located between one or more clean room storage facilities where the circuit board is physically stored, and a composite circuit processing module where the circuit board is actually processed, such as, for example, a process where etching or deposition is performed. . In this sense, when the circuit board is needed for processing, the robot arm located in the transfer module can be used to retrieve the selected circuit board from the storage and locate it in one of the compound processing modules.
As a means for transferring such a wafer, the articulated robot is used in Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0003396. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the robot according to the present disclosure has an
In operation of the robot arm, the wafer W is placed on the settable 20 such that the wafer W extends over the
However, the robot arm according to the above-mentioned patent document pressurizes the wafer in the state spanning the latching jaw side by using a presser bar so as to be seated on the resttable seat, so that the wafer is seated by the stepped gap between the upper end of the latching jaw and the upper surface of the seating stand. There was a problem of falling into the damage to the impact.
In addition, in the case of the robot arm according to the above-mentioned patent document, there is a problem in that sliding operation of the pressure zone may be performed independently of the operation in which the wafer W is settled on the mounting table 20. .
In order to solve the problem of the above-mentioned patent publication, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0094259 is provided with another tilting plate to form a predetermined angle with one tilting plate, as shown in Figure 7, the transfer to one tilting plate When the target wafer is settled down while the other tilting plate is interlocked to configure the side of the wafer to be transported. However, in the invention according to this publication, there is a problem in that, if the diameter of the wafer differs from the set diameter, the other tilting plate cannot properly play its role.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is not only to accurately place the wafer on the robot arm without damage, but also to securely transport the robot arm that holds the placed wafer. To provide.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a robot arm for wafer transfer having a structure that can grip the outer circumferential surface of the wafer in compliance with the diameter of the wafer.
In order to achieve the above and other objects,
A robot arm for wafer transfer including a wafer settling platform on which a wafer to be transferred is placed, wherein an outer protrusion corresponding to one outer circumferential surface of the wafer to be transferred is formed on an outer side of the seat, and facing the outer protrusion. The inner side is configured to slide in the direction of the wafer to be conveyed by the weight of the wafer to be conveyed by the weight of the wafer to be conveyed in the different direction when the wafer to be conveyed is settled in the resttable. Provided is a robotic arm for wafer transfer provided with a sliding actuator.
Here, the sliding actuator, the bottom sliding portion for sliding along the inner bottom surface of the seat; It is formed integrally with the bottom sliding portion, and elastically deformed outward with respect to the bottom sliding portion includes a section adjusting section for determining the holding section of the wafer to be transferred. The front portion of the interval adjustment portion is formed in the upper front protrusion is formed generally spherical, the rear portion of the interval adjustment portion is formed in the rear projection is relatively larger than the front projection, the rest rests the front projection is located A front groove is formed in the portion, and the rear portion where the rear protrusion is positioned is formed with a long rear groove such that the rear protrusion can move forward in the center direction of the settlement. A compression spring is located at the rear of the sliding actuator so that when the wafer to be transferred is placed on the rest platform, the front protrusion is introduced into the seat by the weight of the wafer to be transferred, so that the sliding actuator slides in the direction of the wafer. This is provided.
At this time, the front groove formed in the stabilization zone is preferably formed to be inclined in the inward direction. In addition, the front protrusion is preferably formed of an elastic member.
In the present invention, a sensor capable of detecting a settled or detached state of the wafer to be transferred is mounted on an upper surface of the platform, and the wafer to be transferred is detached in response to a signal detected by the sensor. When the sliding actuator is forced to be restored to the original position is forcibly extended.
According to the present invention, the damage of the wafer due to the drop impact is prevented by absorbing the drop impact amount of the wafer placed in the resttable by the front projection of the elastic material provided in front of the sliding actuator, it is provided in front of the sliding actuator According to the operation of the front projection made of elastic material, the rear projection provided at the rear grips the outer circumferential surface of the wafer together with the outer locking jaw so that the wafer can be automatically gripped, and the wafer can be adapted even when the wafers having different diameters are placed. The advantage is that the wafer can be gripped without any additional manipulation.
1 is a perspective view schematically showing a main portion of a robot arm for wafer transfer according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 to 4 is a view showing the operating state of the robot arm for wafer transfer in accordance with one preferred embodiment of the present invention.
In particular, FIG. 2 shows a state in which a wafer is placed in a support frame of a wafer transfer robot arm, and FIG. 3 shows a state in which a wafer is placed in a support frame of a wafer transfer robot arm, and FIG. 4 shows a wafer transfer robot. It shows the state when the wafer is released from the arm rest.
5 to 7 is a view showing a robot arm for wafer transfer according to the prior art.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following illustrative drawings. In describing the present invention, a description of known functions or configurations will be omitted for the sake of clarity of the present invention. In addition, like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.
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1 to 5 show a robot arm for wafer transfer according to one preferred embodiment of the present invention.
First, referring to FIG. 2 together with FIG. 1, the
On the outer side of the settable 110, an outer locking jaw or
The transfer target is caused by the weight of the transfer target wafer (W) when the transfer target wafer (W) is placed on the inside stand (110) opposite the outer protrusion (112). A
Here, the
In front of the
Accordingly, a
At this time, the upper surface of the section adjusting unit
In addition, at the rear of the
At this time, the section adjusting portion side
In addition, a
Hereinafter, the operating state of the robot arm for wafer transfer according to the present invention will be described.
2 to 5 illustrate the state in which the wafer is placed on the rest of the robot arm for the wafer transfer robot arm according to the present invention and the state in which the wafer is separated.
Referring to Figure 2, before the wafer (W) is placed on the mounting
At this time, the
In such a situation, as shown in FIG. 3, when the transfer target wafer W is placed on the
At this time, the
Thereafter, the
When the transfer target wafer W is detached from the support stand 110 of the
While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. It can be understood that it is possible.
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112: outer protrusion 114: front groove
116: rear groove 120: block
150: sliding actuator 152: floor sliding portion
154: elastic piece 156: section adjustment unit
157: front projection 158: rear projection
160: compression spring 170: sensor
180: forced extension 182: extension axis
W: Wafer
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An outer protrusion corresponding to one outer circumferential surface of the wafer to be transferred is formed on the outer side of the settling base, and the wafer to be transferred when the wafer to be transferred is settled to the settable on the inner side of the settable facing the outer protrusion. And a sliding actuator which is slid in the direction of the wafer to be conveyed by its own weight, and configured to grip the wafer to be conveyed in different directions together with the outer protrusions.
The sliding actuator,
A bottom sliding part sliding along the inner bottom surface of the settlement;
It is formed integrally with the bottom sliding portion, and elastically deformed outward with respect to the bottom sliding portion includes a section adjusting unit for determining the holding section of the wafer to be transferred,
An upper portion of the front portion of the interval adjustment portion is formed in the form of a large spherical front projection, the rear portion of the interval adjustment portion relatively larger than the front projection is formed,
The front groove is formed in the rest area where the anterior projection is positioned, and the rear part is long enough to allow the rear projection to move forward in the center direction of the stabilization zone. Grooves are formed,
At the rear of the sliding actuator, when the wafer to be transferred is placed in the rest platform, the front protrusion is introduced into the interior of the seat by the weight of the wafer to be transferred so that the sliding actuator slides in the direction of the wafer. Robot arm for wafer transfer, characterized in that a compression spring is provided.
The robot arm for wafer transfer, wherein the front groove formed in the stabilization zone is formed to be inclined inward.
On the upper surface of the mounting table is mounted a sensor that can detect the settled or detached state of the wafer to be transferred,
The robot arm for wafer transfer, characterized in that the inside of the mounting platform is forcibly elongated to extend the sliding actuator to be restored to the original position when the transfer target wafer is released in accordance with the signal detected by the sensor.
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