KR20160133171A - An Equipment Front End Module having low dew point and low temperature - Google Patents
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The EFEM having the low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function according to the present invention includes a substrate transfer chamber inside and a fan filter unit above the substrate transfer chamber, And an air circulation passage which is arranged to be spaced apart from the first case by a predetermined distance so as to surround the first case and in which air discharged from the substrate transfer chamber through the discharge port moves and circulates, A condenser for condensing the compressed refrigerant and a condenser for condensing the condensed refrigerant to absorb the heat of the ambient air and to remove the contaminant containing moisture in the air, A dehumidifier for dehumidifying low-temperature dehumidifying air, and a vaporizer for collecting and removing the air, And a heating source for heating the air. The vaporizer is disposed at a corresponding position above the air circulation passage on the movement path of the air so as to collect and remove the moisture in the air passing through the circulation passage and remove the moisture while passing through the vaporizer, And then flows back into the chamber and circulates.
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The present invention relates to an EFEM (Equipment Front End Muffler) used in a semiconductor facility, and more particularly, to an EFEM (equipment front end muffler) used in a semiconductor facility. More specifically, EFEM < / RTI >
The EFEM (Equipment Front End Module) is a module that allows the wafer to be handled in a clean state by bonding it to the equipment for the semiconductor front-end (FAB process) or the measuring equipment. Specifically, To the interface module.
1, EFEM 10 serves as an interface module for supplying wafers to process
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During the process of the wafer, the
Such molecular contaminants, in particular moisture, may cause oxidization on the surface of the wafer, resulting in a problem that the process yield is lowered. When the degree of integration is 40 to 50 μm, there is no particular abnormality. However, when the degree of integration is 20 μm or less, there is an influence, and the yield is affected at the portion where oxidation occurs. In addition, if the degree of integration is less than 10 탆, the exposure process is currently under development, and in this case, the yield problem is expected to be more influential. On the other hand, it is necessary to prevent oxidation in metal (especially copper process), oxide and sputtering processes, and it is necessary to suppress humidity in order to improve the yield. However, as described above, the air that flows into the EFEM from the outside of the clean room at present is clean, and only the particles are managed through the paint, but the temperature and humidity can not be separately managed.
In order to lower the humidity of the external clean room, it is practically impossible to make a huge facility investment and affect other process equipments. In other words, a separate dehumidifying device may be installed in the external clean room to remove moisture from the air of the external clean room and supply the moisture-depleted air to the inside of the EFEM. In this case, a compressor of approximately 10 HP is required The size of other equipment, such as a blower, a heater, etc., is increased in proportion to the increase in power consumption.
Therefore, a method of lowering the humidity inside the EFEM is being studied. For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2003-0001542 discloses a method of supplying nitrogen gas (N2), which is a purge gas, into a substrate transfer chamber of an EFEM to lower the relative humidity. However, since the nitrogen gas supply lowers the relative humidity but not the absolute humidity, the moisture inside the substrate transfer chamber of the EFEM still exists, thereby failing to solve the problems affecting the process yield of the wafer described above. In addition, the nitrogen gas supply is consumed in a large amount due to a large internal area of the substrate transfer chamber of the EFEM, which is practically difficult in terms of manufacturing cost. Also, since EFEM is used in most semiconductor processing facilities, there is a risk of suffocating the environment due to the lack of oxygen, for example, when the nitrogen gas is used in a very large number of situations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple equipment for low-temperature low temperature dehumidification in EFEM and circulate air to collect molecular air pollutants in the air inside the substrate transfer chamber of EFEM, Temperature dehumidifying function for reducing environmental pollution while lowering the cost of the EFEM.
In order to achieve the above object, the EFEM having a low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function according to the present invention is for collecting and removing moisture inside the substrate transfer chamber of the EFEM by low temperature and low temperature dehumidification, A first case having a fan filter unit on top of the substrate transfer chamber, and a discharge port through which air in the substrate transfer chamber is discharged at a side lower portion; A second case disposed to be spaced apart from the first case by a predetermined distance so as to surround the first case and having an air circulation passage through which air discharged from the substrate transfer chamber moves and circulates through the discharge port; A condenser for condensing the compressed refrigerant and a vaporizer for vaporizing the condensed refrigerant to absorb the heat of the ambient air and to collect and remove moisture in the air, Dew point dehumidifier; And a heating source installed on the fan filter unit for heating the air flowing into the fan filter unit. The vaporizer is disposed at a corresponding position above the air circulation passage on the movement path of the air so as to collect contaminants including moisture in the air passing through the circulation passage, And then flows back into the substrate transfer chamber.
Meanwhile, an outer air inlet for introducing the air of the external clean room is formed on the upper end of the second case, and a part of the vaporizer is disposed at a position corresponding to the external air inlet, The moisture is collected and removed.
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the discharge port of the first case is formed on both side surfaces of the first case, and the air circulation path is also formed on both sides of both sides of the first case, Two at the corresponding positions above the air circulation passage.
According to the present invention, the EFEM is provided with a low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function and circulates air to collect the moisture in the air circulating inside the EFEM by the low dew point low temperature dehumidification to remove moisture gradually, It is possible to reach the state where the moisture is almost removed, so that it is possible to remove the moisture of the inside air of the EFEM while solving the low cost and environmental problems.
1 is a view for explaining a general EFEM,
2 is a schematic front sectional view of an EFEM having a low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIGS. 3A to 3C are graphs showing the humidity charts for the relative humidity at room temperature.
These and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail preferred embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an EFEM having a low-temperature low-temperature dehumidifying function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2, an EFEM 100 having a low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a
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A fan filter unit (FFU) 115 is installed in the upper portion of the
On the other hand, a
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The low dew point dehumidifying device 150 is disposed on the upper portion of the
The low dew point dehumidifier 150 is a type of refrigeration cycle in which a non-furnace mixed refrigerant is used to realize ultra-low temperature and a single-stage compression refrigeration cycle using a general single refrigerant, an azeotropic refrigerant, A cryogenic temperature of about 100 ° C can be realized.
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FIGS. 3A to 3C are graphs showing the relative humidity for each relative humidity (RH: 45%, 10%, 5%) at room temperature (23 ° C.).
As shown in FIG. 3A, at a room temperature and relative humidity (RH) of 45%, the dew point temperature is 10.44 ° C and the absolute humidity is 0.007861 kg / kg. As shown in FIG. 3B, the dew point is -9.11 ° C and the absolute humidity is 0.001730 kg / kg under the condition of room temperature and
Therefore, according to the present invention, the low-temperature dehumidifying device 150 is cooled to a temperature of -60 ° C. to -80 ° C. by implementing a cryogenic temperature using a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, so that the relative humidity is reduced to 5 to 10% So that moisture in the air can be almost removed.
On the other hand, the upper part of the
As shown in the figure, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the
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Hereinafter, the operation of the
Since the
When the desired humidity condition is met, the EFEM performs the function of substrate transfer, that is, the loading operation for transferring the wafer mounted on the run cassette to the load lock chamber, and the wafer in the load lock chamber is transferred to the run cassette The unloading operation is performed.
Meanwhile, external air may be introduced into the clean room during the process or after the process is completed. In this case, the
The prior art does not remove moisture itself by supplying nitrogen gas to the EFEM by lowering the relative humidity. However, according to the present invention, since the moisture itself is collected and removed, the problem of the process yield of the wafer due to moisture can be fundamentally removed There is an advantage. In addition, according to the present invention, the supply of nitrogen gas according to the prior art may cause problems of manufacturing cost and environmental safety. However, according to the present invention, since the air inside the EFEM is circulated and contaminants including moisture in the air are collected and removed, The problem that arises can be solved.
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As in the present invention, it is also possible to supply dry air dehumidified at 5 to 10% at 23 ° C from the outside without using an internal circulation system. In this case, about 10 horsepower of the compressor is required for the internal dehumidification of the EFEM This is because, as described above, the size of the equipment is increased, and thus the capacity of the blower and the capacity of the heater are increased. As a result, the power consumption increases. Further, there is a problem that heat loss occurs due to the movement of the air due to the remote installation of the dehumidifier.
In the present invention, a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant, which realizes -100 ° C., is used as an energy saving technology for maximizing the low dew point dehumidification efficiency and minimizing power consumption, 60 to -80 < 0 > C, thereby maximizing the dehumidification efficiency. Also, by using the air circulation system inside the EFEM, the compressor can be used at about 1 horsepower, so that energy saving can be achieved by 1/10.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described above. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that numerous modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the appended claims. And equivalents should also be considered to be within the scope of the present invention.
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A first case having the substrate transfer chamber therein and having a fan filter unit on the substrate transfer chamber, and a discharge port through which the air in the substrate transfer chamber is discharged at a lower side of the first case;
A second case disposed to be spaced apart from the first case by a predetermined distance so as to surround the first case and having an air circulation passage through which air discharged from the substrate transfer chamber moves and circulates through the discharge port;
A condenser for condensing the compressed refrigerant and a condensed refrigerant to vaporize the heat of the ambient air and to collect and remove contaminants including moisture in the air, A dew point dehumidifying device having a vaporizer; And
And a heating source installed on the fan filter unit for heating the air flowing into the fan filter unit,
The vaporizer is disposed at a position corresponding to an upper portion of the air circulation passage on the movement path of the air so as to collect and remove moisture in the air passing through the circulation passage and remove the moisture while passing through the vaporizer, Wherein the EFEM has a low dew point low temperature dehumidifying function.
An outer air inlet for introducing air from the external clean room is formed in the upper end of the second case,
Wherein a part of the carburetor is disposed at a position corresponding to the external air inlet and collects and removes moisture of the external air introduced through the external air inlet.
Wherein the outlet of the first case is formed on both sides of the first case and the air circulation passage is formed on both sides of both sides of the first case, Wherein the two low temperature dew point dehumidifiers are disposed in the EFEM.
Wherein the low dew point dehumidifier uses a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant to cool the air passing through the vaporizer to a temperature of -60 ° C to -80 ° C to realize a cryogenic temperature. .
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