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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Otsuka, Koshi, JP;
Takashi Nakamitsu, Koshi, JP;
Yosuke Omori, Koshi, JP;
Kenji Sugakawa, Koshi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a bonding apparatus for bonding substrates together, which includes: a first holding part configured to adsorptively hold a first substrate by vacuum-drawing the first substrate on a lower surface of the first substrate; a second holding part provided below the first holding part and configured to adsorptively hold a second substrate by vacuum-drawing the second substrate on an upper surface of the second substrate; a pressing member provided in the first holding part and configured to press a central portion of the first substrate; and a plurality of substrate detection parts provided in the first holding part and configured to detect a detachment of the first substrate from the first holding part.