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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kiyoshi Mori, Fuchu, JP;

Takayuki Yamagishi, Fuchu, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/6719 (2013.01); H01L 21/67742 (2013.01); H01L 21/68764 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processing module includes: a processing container including therein processing spaces in which stages are disposed, respectively, wherein a center of each of the processing spaces is located on a same circumference; a rotation arm including holders configured to hold wafers, which are placed on the stages of the processing spaces, respectively, wherein the rotation arm is rotatable around a center of the circumference as a rotation axis; and a sensor located between adjacent processing spaces and configured to detect positions of the wafers held by the rotation arm during rotational operation of the rotation arm.


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