WO2004023530A2 - Systeme de transport et stockage de conteneurs de plaques de semi-conducteur, et mecanisme de transfert - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the transport and storage of semiconductor wafer containers in semiconductor wafer manufacturing centers, and more particularly to an integrated system capable of transferring and storing semiconductor wafer containers between tools for processing semiconductor wafers disposed in a bay of processing tools at a semiconductor wafer manufacturing center, and a container transfer mechanism for use in a transportation and storage system of semiconductor plate containers.
- the semiconductor wafers are transported and processed under conditions guaranteeing a clean environment, in which the number and size of airborne particles are controlled, corresponding to specific technologies, in particular SMIF technology.
- the semiconductor plates are placed in sealed containers during their transport, these containers being applied against openings for loading and unloading of the plates, placed on the processing tools which operate under a controlled atmosphere, in order to transfer said plates in said tools for processing these plates by means of appropriate robots arranged in the tools.
- a plate manufacturing center span generally includes several plate processing tools, therefore several loading and unloading openings for the plates, and the containers are transported from one bay to the other in the center by means of a line d 'feed or inter-span conveyor generally using a suspended rail running above the loading / unloading openings, and an elevator allowing the descent and the rise of a container opposite an opening, from the suspended rail.
- the processing speeds of the plates in each tool for processing a span are different, which induces problems in managing the flow of containers in the spans and the need to adopt buffer or temporary storage areas. Between a tool with normal flow of plates and a metrology tool with low flow, which can both be in the same span, there can be a difference in flow of the order of 25 containers per hour to keep each tool a optimal performance.
- the prior art teaches integrated systems comprising zones for the temporary storage of containers, comprising means for distributing these containers between a line supplying the bay with containers, the storage and temporary storage locations, and the loading openings. / unloading of the tools placed in the bay.
- a system comprising a storage at the head of the span.
- the inter-span transporter which connects the spans to supply each of them with containers, deposits and collects the containers in a storage unit at the entrance to the bay, then an internal conveyor in the bay picks up the containers parked in the storage and routes them to the loading / unloading openings of the processing tools or else into buffer storages protruding from the front of the tools. say salient in front of a plane defined by the loading / unloading opening of the plates.
- a feeding mechanism internal to the concerned tool allows the transport of the containers from the temporary storage area to the loading / unloading opening and vice versa because the internal transporter in the span can no longer act taking into account the space caused by the temporary storage area on the front face, hindering the movements of the internal transporter in the span for direct feeding of the loading / unloading opening of the tool.
- a container can be directly transferred from the interworked conveyor to the internal conveyor in the span without going through the storage at the head of the span, to then be conveyed to the loading / unloading openings or the temporary storage areas, as previously explained.
- the internal conveyor in the span may consist of a rail arranged above the loading / unloading openings of the tools, and of a combined elevator making it possible to lower a container suspended on the rail opposite a loading / unloading opening tool; in this case, the descent or ascent path must be free, which is not the case when storage areas are arranged on the front face above the loading / unloading openings, and in addition the elevator cannot seize containers placed on the front side and below a first row of containers, hence the need for a specific additional mechanism which is often cumbersome for the transport of containers located in the lower temporary storage areas towards the openings of loading unloading.
- 5,980,183 in fact proposes a generalized container storage system on the front face of the processing tools and above the loading / unloading openings, projecting from the front face and from the plane defined by the plate loading / unloading openings, and which can exceed the height of the tools, thus replacing the storage at the head of the bay and the temporary storage on the front face assigned to a specific tool of the prior art.
- This storage mode requires the presence of a shuttle having access to the storage shelves on the front panel and of an interface with the inter-span container supply line.
- This shuttle consists of a means for gripping the mobile containers in translation along two perpendicular axes, moving in the vertical plane in front of the storage shelves, therefore in a vertical plane placed in front of the containers stored on the front of the tools.
- the shuttle allows the containers deposited by the inter-span supply line to be entered at the entrance to the span on appropriate shelves, and therefore replaces the internal transporter in the span and the container transport mechanism specific to each tool having buffer storage, of the prior art, hence a significant simplification of the systems.
- the storage shelves and the transport mechanism placed in front of and above the loading / unloading openings there is an increased risk of pollution of the openings.
- the present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks. More particularly, it consists of a system for transporting and storing semiconductor plate containers, intended to be used in at least one span of a semiconductor plate factory, said at least one span comprising one or more tools for processing semiconductor wafers, the said processing tool or tools respectively comprising a front face provided with at least one opening for loading / unloading semiconductor wafers capable of being associated with a container of semiconductor wafers , all the loading / unloading openings of the plates of said treatment tool (s) being substantially included in a vertical plane, said span being supplied with containers by a span conveyor located above the treatment tool (s) and parallel to said vertical plane, characterized in that said system comprises,
- Temporary support means for at least one container, projecting from the front of the processing tools, located directly above the span conveyor, capable of leaving free the space located above said plate loading / unloading openings semiconductor,
- said storage means comprise a plurality of shelves located in a volume located in its entirety above said one or more tools for processing semiconductor wafers and behind said loading / unloading openings for the wafers.
- said storage shelves extend over the length of said at least one span, and over several floors one above the other.
- said storage means comprise a chassis comprising:
- a floor located above the tool or tools for processing the semiconductor plates, said floor comprising a free zone situated along the shelves and the span, allowing the free movement of an operator
- said storage means comprise a chassis comprising:
- said floor located above the semiconductor wafer processing tools, said floor comprising a free zone located along the shelves and the span allowing the free movement of an operator
- said floor comprises means for allowing vertical circulation of air.
- said first, second and third container transfer means are combined in a transfer mechanism comprising means for gripping a container, means for moving said gripping means in the three directions of the space, allowing the said gripping means to reach the openings of the tool or tools for loading / unloading the plates, the storage shelves and the temporary support means.
- said means for moving the gripping means have at least three degrees of freedom in translation in three perpendicular directions X, Y, Z.
- said transfer mechanism comprises first guide means parallel to the span making it possible to obtain a degree of freedom in translation in the direction X, second guide means making it possible to obtain a degree of freedom in translation in the direction Z, a carriage carrying the means gripping and guided in translation on said second guide means, the gripping means being linked to said carriage at least by a connection with a degree of freedom in translation in the direction Y.
- said second guide means are free in translation on said first guide means.
- said first guide means have a length substantially equal to the length of the span, and said second guide means have a height substantially equal to the height of the upper part of the chassis.
- said first and second guide means are disposed backwards from the openings of the tools in a space located above the tools for processing the semiconductor wafers, and in front of the storage shelves.
- said gripping means are also linked to said carriage by means of a vertical lifting system giving the gripping means an ability to access a zone located below said carriage.
- connection to a degree of freedom in translation in the direction Y between the gripping means and said carriage is obtained by means of a device allowing the gripping means to move in the direction Y from both sides and other of the first and second guide means.
- the system according to the invention comprises means for moving said temporary support means so as to allow a release of the space located above said loading / unloading openings of the semiconductor wafers.
- said means for moving said temporary support means include a degree of freedom in translation along the Y axis, so that said temporary storage means can move along the Y axis between a first position called “ pulled position "protruding on the front face and a second position called” closed position ", in which said support means does not protrude on the front face of the treatment tool (s).
- the invention also relates to a container transfer mechanism for use in a system for transporting and storing semiconductor wafer containers for a bay of a semiconductor wafer factory, said bay comprising a or several semiconductor wafer processing tools, the said processing tool (s) respectively comprising a front face provided with at least one opening for loading / unloading the semiconductor wafers capable of being associated with a container of semiconductor wafers, all the loading / unloading openings of the plates of said treatment tool (s) being substantially included in a vertical plane, said span being supplied with containers by a span conveyor located above the treatment tool (s) and parallel to said plane vertical, said container transport and storage system comprising container storage means, temporary support means for at least one container, the transfer mechanism comprising:
- first guide means parallel to the span, making it possible to obtain a degree of freedom in translation in the direction X,
- the gripping means being linked to said carriage by at least one connection with a degree of freedom in translation in direction Y, characterized in that that said gripping means are also linked to said carriage by means of a vertical lifting system giving the gripping means an ability to access a zone located below said carriage.
- FIG. 1 represents a perspective view of the exemplary embodiment of a system according to the invention
- Figure 2 shows a front view of the example of Figure 1
- Figure 3 shows a top view of the example of Figure 1
- Figure 4 shows a side view of the example of Figure 1
- FIG. 5 represents in perspective an enlarged detail of the example of FIG. 1.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B represent, in two different operating positions, in bottom view and in perspective, an enlarged detail of FIG. 5.
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic sectional view along the axis Y of the detail shown in Figures 6 A and 6B.
- the tools 3, 4 for processing the plates each have respective front faces 5, 6, each front face of each tool being provided with an opening 7 for loading / unloading the semiconductor plates capable of being associated with a container 1 containing a plurality of semiconductor plates to be treated, all the loading / unloading openings of the plates of said processing tools being substantially included in a vertical plane 8, the bay 2 being supplied with containers by a bay conveyor 9 located above the processing tools 3 and 4 and parallel to the vertical plane 8, as shown in FIG. 1, 3 or 4.
- the system shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 further comprises,
- FIG. 1 representing the system seen from the front
- Temporary support means 12 of two containers 1, in particular respectively a support means for the entry and another for the exit of a container of the storage means, projecting on the front face 5, 6 of the tools 3, 4 of treatment, located directly above the bay conveyor 9 and in the example laterally offset from the openings 7 for loading / unloading the semiconductor plates placed on the treatment tools, so as to leave the space located above openings 7 for loading / unloading the semiconductor wafers, - first means 13 for transferring the containers 1 from the temporary support means 12 to the storage means 10, and vice versa,
- - second means 13 for transferring the containers 1 from the storage means 10 to the openings 7 for loading / unloading the semiconductor plates, and vice versa
- - third means 13 for transferring the containers 1 from the temporary support means 12 towards the openings 7 for loading / unloading the semiconductor plates, and vice versa.
- the first, second and third means for transferring the containers 1 are combined in a transfer mechanism 13 comprising means for gripping 14 of a container 1, means for moving 15 of the gripping means 14 in the three directions X, Y, Z of the space allowing these gripping means 14 to reach the openings 7 of the tools 3, 4 for loading / unloading the plates, the storage shelves 16 and the temporary support means 12.
- the transfer mechanism 13 will be described in more detail below.
- the storage means 10 comprise a plurality of shelves 16 located in a volume located in its entirety above the tools 3, 4 for processing the semiconductor plates and behind the openings 7 for loading / unloading the plates. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the shelves 16 make it possible to store containers 1 substantially against a vertical plane 17 set back from the vertical plane 8 comprising the openings 7 by a distance greater than the dimension along the Y axis of the containers 1 , which will be described as the width of the container 1.
- the plurality of shelves 16 comprises for example four superposed horizontal levels or stages which preferably extend substantially over the length of the span 2 in order to use a maximum of space available. Each shelf constituting a level can be continuous or discontinuous, and allows, in the example, to align nine containers 1.
- the quantity of containers aligned on a level depends on the length of the span, itself conditioned by the number of treatment tools in place in a span.
- the storage height in direction Z is limited only by the space available above the tools.
- the shelves must allow free access to each of the containers stored independently of the other containers stored, more particularly allow access to the gripping means 14 to each upper part of the containers 1 by which the container is gripped. Therefore, the height separating two superimposed shelves must be sufficient to allow between these shelves the gripping means 14 and a container 1 associated with the latter, allow the release and the seizure or taking of a container.
- the storage means 10 comprise a chassis 18 comprising a floor 19 located above the processing tools 3, 4 of the semiconductor plates, pillars 20 for supporting the floor 19 resting on the ground, and an upper part to which is fixed the plurality of shelves 16 generally supported on the frame 18.
- the floor 19 taken in its frame, the pillars 20 and the upper part 22 of the frame 18 are made for example of mechanically welded metal tubular profiles.
- the floor 19 itself is made of advantageously perforated or perforated plates in order to allow it to be traversed by a vertical circulation of air, and advantageously comprises a free zone 21 situated along the shelves 16 and the span 2 to 1 'rear of the support plane 17 of the shelves 16, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, allowing the free movement of an operator.
- the chassis 18 will be designed and manufactured by applying the known rules of mechanical construction, so that it can support at least its own weight, that of the transfer mechanism 13 and temporary support means 12, that of a number of containers.
- the free zone 21 will preferably have a vertical access, obtained for example by means of a scale 26 , and protective barrier means 27, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- the upper part 22 of the chassis 18 which provides a support structure for shelves 16 and to the transfer mechanism 13, as more particularly shown in FIG. 1, may take the form of an open parallelepiped frame formed by the edges 23 of the parallelepiped and intermediate and vertical reinforcement bars 24 which do not interfere access to the shelves 16.
- the sides of the parallelepiped which are not used to access the stored containers 1, ie the end sides 24 of the span 2, and the top 25 may be closed by protective plates.
- the processing tools 3, 4 of the plates are placed in the bay 2 between the pillars 20 of the chassis 18 and under the floor 19, as shown in FIG. 1, the front face of the tools comprising the openings 7 being positioned in the vertical plane 8 substantially defined by the pillars 20 and the vertical edges 23 of the parallelepiped constituting the upper part 22 of the frame 18, taken in their outer faces.
- the chassis 18 must also be able to support the span transporter 9 located above the treatment tools 3 and 4 and parallel to the vertical plane 8, by means of one or more hooking brackets 28 of the transporter 9, preferably fixed to one or more vertical edges of the upper part 22 of the chassis 18.
- the floor 19 and the upper part 22 may be suspended from the ceiling in place of being supported on the ground, by means of suspension of any known type (not shown), for example to means of appropriate dowels and screws for fixing the floor assembly 19 and upper part 22 to the ceiling of the span.
- any known type not shown
- Such a configuration can be advantageous in order to minimize the interaction between the support structure of the system and the equipment placed on the ground.
- the temporary support means consist of two shelves 12 fixed against the vertical plane 8 on the chassis 18, preferably substantially at the level of the floor 19, and projecting forward as shown in FIG. 1.
- the shelves 12 are horizontal and each have a surface corresponding at most and substantially to the base surface of a container 1, in order to reduce the bulk caused by these temporary support means.
- a support 12 is assigned to the reception of the containers which come from the span transporter 9, the other support 12 being assigned to the departure of the containers on the span transporter. It should be noted that the departure or arrival assignment for each support 12 can be reversed.
- the temporary support means may advantageously each consist of a removable drawer following the Y axis, according to any known means of the extractable drawer type, that is to say perpendicular to the vertical plane 8 comprising the openings 7.
- the storage system will include means for moving each extractable drawer, for example a motorized drawer, so that the latter can adopt a first position called “pulled position” protruding on the front face as shown in Figure 1, and a second position called “closed position” (not shown), in which the temporary support means 12 does not exceed on the front face 5, 6 of the treatment tool (s) 3, 4 and do not therefore not obstruct the access of the openings 7 from above for the transfer mechanism if this temporary support 12 is placed above the latter.
- a motorized drawer so that the latter can adopt a first position called “pulled position” protruding on the front face as shown in Figure 1, and a second position called “closed position” (not shown), in which the temporary support means 12 does not exceed on the front face 5, 6 of the treatment tool (s) 3, 4 and do not therefore not obstruct the access of the openings 7 from above for the transfer mechanism if this temporary support 12 is placed above the latter.
- the transfer mechanism will now be more particularly described with the help of FIGS. 5 to 7.
- the displacement means 15 of the gripping means 14 have three degrees of freedom in translation in the three directions perpendicular X, Y, Z of space.
- the transfer mechanism 13 for this purpose comprises:
- - Gripping means 14 which are linked to the carriage 31 by a connection to a degree of freedom in translation in the direction Y, and a degree of freedom in translation along the axis Z by means of a vertical lifting system 36 giving the gripping means 14 an ability to access a zone located below said carriage and in particular below the lower limit of the second guide means 30.
- the second guide means 30 giving the gripping means 14 a degree of freedom in translation in the direction Z can be directly linked to the chassis 18, the first guide means 29 giving the gripping means 14 a degree of freedom in translation in direction X then being mounted free in translation along the second guide means (not shown).
- the first guide means 29 have a length substantially equal to the length of the span 2
- the second guide means 30 have a height substantially equal to the height of the upper part 22 of the chassis 18, so that the movement of the carriage 31 following directions X and Z cover access, for the gripping means, to all of the storage shelves 16.
- the first 29 and second 30 guide means advantageously and respectively take the form of prismatic rails and are arranged set back from the openings 7 of the tools 3, 4 and from the vertical plane 8 which includes them, in a space 32 located above the tools 3 , 4 for processing the semiconductor plates, and in front of the shelves 16.
- the two prismatic rails 29 constituting the first guide means are fixed rigidly respectively and substantially at the top 33 and slightly above the floor 19 of the frame 18, horizontally.
- the second guide means consisting of one or two (not shown) prismatic rails 30, are kept rigidly vertical and parallel, thus adopting the form of a frame in the case of two rails, the rail or rails 30 being guided in translation on the horizontal rails 29 by their ends by any known means, for example by rolling links.
- the carriage 31 takes the form of a rigid structure guided in translation on the vertical rail or rails 30 by any known means, for example a rolling connection.
- the displacement along the X axis on the horizontal rails 29 of the vertical rail or rails 30 is advantageously obtained by any known means, for example by means of a linear motor (not shown), and the movement of the carriage 31 on the one or more vertical rails 30 along the axis Z is advantageously also obtained by any known means, for example by means of a servomotor and a belt transmission (not shown).
- a servomotor and a belt transmission not shown.
- the telescopic device 37 can act along the starting axis Y and other of the rails 29 and 30 without being hindered by the latter. If it is desired to move the gripping means 14 on either side of the rails 29, 30 in any location of the storage shelves 16, it is necessary to use two vertical rails 30 connected by a carriage 31 carrying the means gripping device 14, the spacing between the two vertical rails being greater than the width of a container 1. Thus, the telescopic device 37 acts between the two vertical rails between which the container 1 must pass, its movement no longer being hindered by this or these.
- the horizontal rails 29 are placed so that they do not hinder the movement of the telescopic device 37 at the places of interest.
- the gripping means 14 consist of a standard clamp 35, suitable for gripping a container 1 by its upper part, and of a lifting system 36 making it possible to move the clamp 35 along the Z axis, the clamp 35 and the system lifting device being linked to the carriage 31 by means of any means allowing a degree of freedom along the Y axis, for example a telescopic device 37 giving the clamp 35 and the lifting system 36 a degree of freedom along the Y axis, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6A, 6B, and 7.
- the telescopic device 37 makes it possible, when a container 1 is present on the clamp 35 and when this dermal is brought up, the clamp 35 against the telescopic device 37, to move the container 1 along the axis Y on either side of the rails 30 as indicated above.
- the gripping means 14 can place or take a container placed on a shelf 16.
- the gripping means can put or take a container 1 placed on a loading / unloading opening 7 or a temporary storage 12.
- the telescopic device 37 is a system operating on the basis of translational movements along the Y axis, and can for example consist of two plates 37A and 37B connected by telescopic guide rails 38 which can be deployed in both directions Y + and Y -, guide rails 39 fixed on the plate 37B supporting one or more pads 45 on which the gripping means 14 are fixed, and more particularly the lifting system 36 of the gripping means 14, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6A and 6B.
- the plate 37A is fixed on the displacement means 15, more particularly on the carriage 31.
- the plate 37B is moved relative to the plate 37A by means of a toothed wheel 48 moving on racks 47A and 47B, as represented in FIG. 7.
- the axis of the toothed wheel 48 is driven by a first belt 43 so that the displacement of the plate 37B is twice as great as that of the toothed wheel 48.
- the pads 45 are displaced according to the axis Y relative to the plate 37B by means of a first interface part 41 secured to a second belt 42 itself connected to the first belt 43 by a second interface part 46 guided in translation on rails 40 fixed on the plate 37A, as shown in FIG. 7.
- a motor 44 rotates the belt 43 and thus makes it possible to obtain the displacement of the clamp 35 and of the lifting system 36 along the axis Y, at the vertical of the ch openings argement / unloadage 7, vertical to the shelves 16, or in an intermediate position in which the telescopic device 37 possibly supporting a container 1 is particularly compact along the Y axis, the plates 37A and 37B being superposed one on the other and the pads 45 being in the center of the plates in the direction Y.
- the telescopic device 37 In this intermediate position, the telescopic device 37 is sufficiently compact to allow its movement inside the frame 22 between the shelves 16 and the plane 8 to the vertical to the loading / unloading openings 7, and in the unfolded position it can reach both the vertical of the shelves 16 and the position necessary to serve the loading / unloading openings 7. It should be noted that the drive using racks can in particular be replaced by an additional belt (not shown).
- the telescopic device 37 along the Y axis has been shown in the deployed position, as well as in FIG. 6A, and in FIG. 6B the same telescopic device has been shown in the intermediate position as described above. . In Figure 7, the telescopic device has been shown in the deployed position.
- the lifting system 36 along the Z axis can be obtained by any means and in particular a cable elevator means as shown in FIG. 5. It will be noted that the transfer mechanism 13 via the lifting system 36 has, when the clamp 35 is placed directly above the openings 7 of the tools 3, 4, a function similar to that of the span conveyor 9 which allows, thanks to its lift (not shown), in particular the deposit or picking up of a container 1 on these same openings .
- the transfer mechanism 13 can thus perform tasks previously entrusted to the span conveyor 9.
- Such a system gives great flexibility to the device according to the invention, and an appreciable time saving, because the movements of the containers 1 by means of the transfer mechanism 13 can be faster than the movements of the containers 1 carried out by means of the span conveyor 9.
- the system for transporting and storing containers 1 of semiconductor plates is managed by a central computer (not shown) comprising software for controlling the system and serving as an interface for an operator, and authorizing specific control of the mechanism transfer according to the needs of the plate processing tools, that is to say a control of the movement and of the actuation of the gripping means, ie of the corresponding motor devices, in the three directions X, Y, Z.
- the system for this purpose includes presence sensors (not shown) of containers on each storage location or container support, in order to know at all times the available and occupied locations.
- the system can of course operate automatically, using software for programming the control of the system, adapted as required.
- the system for transporting and storing containers 1 of semiconductor plates as shown in the figures operates as follows:
- the span conveyor 9 supplies the span with containers 1.
- the transporter deposits the containers one by one on an arrival support 12, or directly on the openings of the tools placed directly above the elevator (not shown) of the conveyor 9 bay.
- this container is then grasped by the gripping means 14 of the transfer mechanism 13, which are placed above the container thanks to the displacements in X, Y, and Z, then grab the container to be transported and deposited on a storage location on the shelves 16, waiting to be assigned to a specific processing tool, thanks to the displacements in X, Y, and Z and in the lifting system 36 of the transfer mechanism .
- the arrival support is thus freed to receive another container from the span transporter.
- the container thus stored on the shelves 16 is then, when the processing tool to which the container is intended allows, again gripped by the gripping means 14 then routed and deposited on the opening 7 of the destination tool , by means of displacements in X, Y, Z of the transfer mechanism, and of the lifting system 36 of the latter which descends the clamp 35 and the container onto the opening 7 of the destination tool.
- the container deposited on the support 12 for arrival by the span conveyor 9 can then be grasped and directly conveyed on a destination tool opening, then, from this opening, brought back on the departure support 12 or conveyed on a storage location on the shelves 16.
- this container once the semiconductor plates have been processed in the tool, can be picked up directly by the span conveyor or seized and transported by the transfer mechanism to a storage location on the shelves 16 or on the starting support 12, by means of the displacements in X, Y, Z of the transfer, and of the lifting system 36 of the latter which raises the clamp 35 and the container from the opening 7 of the tool, so that this container is placed awaiting another tool allocation in the bay, or an entry by the span conveyor, respectively
- the gripping means 14 of the transfer mechanism 13 allows the gripping means 14 of the transfer mechanism 13 to physically reach a container placed at any place in the system capable of supporting a container, that is to say reaching the storage shelves 16 above and behind the openings of the tools, the start and end supports 12, the openings 7 of the tools in the bay , and move a container located in any of these locations to any other of these locations.
- the software for controlling the system loaded in the central computer can limit, as necessary, depending in particular on the type of tool present in the bay, the movements of the gripping means towards only some of these places, excluding for example the supports 12, and reserve these for accessibility for the span transporter only.
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