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Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takafumi Matsuhashi, Yamanashi, JP;

Kunio Takano, Yamanashi, JP;

Toshiharu Hirata, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67745 (2013.01); H01L 21/6773 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate processing system includes a processing section that includes a plurality of process modules each of which performs a predetermined processing; a carrying-in/out section that holds the plurality of substrates, and carries the substrates into/out of the processing section; a transfer unit that transfers the substrates; and a controller that controls the processing section, the carrying-in/out section, and the transfer unit. The controller performs a control such that the plurality of substrates is sequentially transferred from the carrying-in/out section to the processing section, and the transferred substrates are sequentially and serially transferred to the plurality of process modules, sets an interval until a next substrate is unloaded after a substrate is unloaded from a predetermined module of the carrying-in/out section, and performs a control such that the plurality of substrates is sequentially unloaded from the predetermined module with a setting value of the interval.


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