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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2022
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Koshi, JP;
Masashi Tsuchiyama, Koshi, JP;
Naruaki Iida, Koshi, JP;
Suguru Enokida, Koshi, JP;
Kousei Ide, Koshi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier block including carrier placement parts and configured to load/unload a substrate into/from a carrier; a processing block provided on one side of the carrier block to process the substrate; first and second carrier placement parts of the carrier placement parts and provided side by side in a front-rear direction in a plan view; substrate placement parts provided to be arranged step by step vertically on one side of a substrate transfer region formed between the first and second carrier placement parts; a first substrate transfer mechanism provided in the substrate transfer region to deliver the substrate between the carrier of the first carrier placement part and a first substrate placement part of the substrate placement parts; and a second substrate transfer mechanism for moving upward and downward so as to deliver the substrate between first and second substrate placement parts.