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Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kousei Ide, Kumamoto, JP;

Naruaki Iida, Kumamoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/68707 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01); H01L 21/67178 (2013.01); H01L 21/67712 (2013.01);
Abstract

A substrate transfer mechanism for transferring a substrate to each of a plurality of stacked processing modules that process the substrate includes an arm base provided with a first driver, a lift configured to move up and down the arm base, a first arm extending transversely from a lower side of the arm base, and having a tip end that pivots around a vertical axis with respect to the arm base by the first driver, a second arm extending transversely from an upper side of the tip end of the first arm, and having a tip end that pivots around a vertical axis with respect to the first arm along with the pivoting of the first arm, and a substrate holder provided on an upper side of the tip end of the second arm, and configured to rotate around a vertical axis with respect to the second arm.


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