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Substrate transporting apparatus, substrate platform shelf and substrate processing apparatus

a technology for processing apparatus and substrates, applied in the direction of thin material processing, program-controlled manipulators, cleaning using liquids, etc., can solve the problems of poor substrate transportation and inability to remarkably increase the operation speed of the indexer robot b>912/b>, and achieve the effect of reducing the transport time of substrates

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-07-03
DAINIPPON SCREEN MTG CO LTD
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The present invention provides a substrate transporting apparatus, a substrate platform shelf, and a substrate processing apparatus that can reduce the transport time of a substrate. This is achieved by using a substrate transporting apparatus that has two substrate holders that can hold the substrate in a horizontal posture and a driving mechanism that can move the substrate between the holders and the substrate platform shelf. The difference in height between the holders is adjusted to be the same as the difference in height between the storing shelves of the substrate platform shelf, so that the substrate can be easily inserted between the holders and the shelves. This allows for smooth transfer and reception of the substrate between the holders and the platform shelf, reducing the transport time of the substrate.

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However, the operation speed of the indexer robot 912 can not be remarkably increased due to the following reasons.
This causes poor transportation of the substrate W.

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[1] First Embodiment

[0064](1) Configuration of a Substrate Processing Apparatus

[0065]FIG. 1(a) is a plan view of a substrate processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 1(b) is a schematic side view in which the substrate processing apparatus of FIG. 1(a) is seen from the direction of the arrow X. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a cross section of FIG. 1 (a) taken along the line A-A.

[0066]As shown in FIG. 1(a), the substrate processing apparatus 100 includes an indexer block 10 and a processing block 11. The indexer block 10 and the processing block 11 are provided in parallel to each other.

[0067]The indexer block 10 is provided with a plurality of carrier platforms 40, an indexer robot IR and a controller 4. A carrier C that stores a plurality of substrates W in multiple stages is placed on each of the carrier platforms 40. Details of the carrier C will be described later.

[0068]The indexer robot IR is constructed so that it can m...

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[2] Second Embodiment

[0144]A configuration of a substrate processing apparatus according to a second embodiment is different from the configuration of the substrate processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment in the following points.

[0145](1) Configuration of Substrate Platform

[0146]A substrate platform used in the substrate processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has the following configuration. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the substrate platform used for the substrate processing apparatus according to the second embodiment.

[0147]FIG. 8 (a) shows a plan view of the substrate platform PASS1, PASS2 of the present embodiment, and FIG. 8 (b) shows a cross section of FIG. 8 (a) taken along the line B-B.

[0148]As shown in FIG. 8 (a) and FIG. 8 (b), the substrate platform PASS1, PASS2 of the present embodiment includes a plurality of sets of support plates 51P arranged so as to face each other within the horizontal plane. The sets ...

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Abstract

In a substrate processing apparatus consisting of an indexer block and a processing block, a substrate is transported between the indexer block and the processing block by an indexer robot. The indexer robot includes two hands that are provided one above the other on a rotating stage. The other hand moves in a vertical direction to one hand. A difference in height between the one hand and the other hand can be adjusted so as to be equal to spacing between substrate storing grooves of a carrier where the substrate that is to be carried into the indexer block is stored. In addition, the difference in height between the one hand and the other hand can be adjusted so as to be equal to spacing between support plates of a substrate platform provided between the indexer block and the processing block.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a substrate transporting apparatus that transports a substrate, a substrate platform shelf where the substrate is placed and a substrate processing apparatus that processes the substrate.[0003]2. Description of the Background Art[0004]Substrate processing apparatuses have been conventionally used to perform various types of processes on substrates such as semiconductor wafers, glass substrates for photomasks, glass substrates for liquid crystal displays, glass substrates for plasma displays, substrates for optical disks, substrates for magnetic disks, substrates for magneto-optical disks or the like.[0005]The substrate processing apparatus described in JP 10-150090 A is explained as an example of the substrate processing apparatus. FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the substrate processing apparatus described in JP 10-150090 A. As shown in FIG. 11, this substrate processing apparatus 900 in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65G1/12B08B13/00
CPCH01L21/67781H01L21/67766B25J9/043B25J9/106B25J11/0095H01L21/68707Y10S414/137
Inventor MITSUYOSHI, ICHIRO
Owner DAINIPPON SCREEN MTG CO LTD