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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Gengoro Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an EFEM, including: at least one load port; a housing closed by connecting the at least one load port to an opening provided on a side wall of the housing and configured to define, in the housing, a transfer chamber for transferring a substrate; a substrate transfer device disposed in the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the substrate; an inert gas supply unit configured to supply an inert gas to the transfer chamber; and a gas discharge unit configured to discharge a gas in the transfer chamber, wherein the at least one load port includes: an opening/closing mechanism capable of opening and closing a lid of a mounted FOUP; and an accommodation chamber kept in communication with the transfer chamber and configured to accommodate a part of the opening/closing mechanism.