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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Chia-Wei Lu, Hsinchu, TW;

Hon-Lin Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Hung-Chih Wang, Hsinchu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); B05C 11/06 (2006.01); H01L 21/673 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67196 (2013.01); B05C 11/06 (2013.01); C23C 18/1691 (2013.01); H01L 21/67109 (2013.01); H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); H01L 21/67303 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor processing station includes first and second chambers, and a cooling stage. The second chamber includes a cooling pipe disposed inside the second chamber, and an external pipe. The cooling pipe includes a first segment disposed along a sidewall of the second chamber, and a second segment disposed perpendicular to the first segment and located above a wafer carrier in the second chamber. An end of the second segment is connected to an end of the first segment. The external pipe is connected to the second segment distal from the end of the second segment to provide a fluid to flow through the cooling pipe from an exterior to an interior of the second chamber. The fluid discharges toward the wafer carrier through the first segment. The first chamber is surrounded by the second chamber and the cooling stage, and communicates between the cooling stage and the second chamber.


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