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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2021
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Sawachi, Miyagi, JP;
Jun Hirose, Miyagi, JP;
Takuya Nishijima, Miyagi, JP;
Ichiro Sone, Miyagi, JP;
Suguru Sato, Miyagi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus includes a first chamber having an inner space and an opening, a substrate support disposed in the inner space of the first chamber, an actuator configured to move the substrate support between a first position and a second position, a second chamber that is disposed in the inner space of the first chamber and defines a substrate processing space together with the substrate support when the substrate support is located at the first position, and at least one fixing mechanism configured to detachably fix the second chamber to the first chamber in the inner space of the first chamber. The second chamber is transferred between the inner space of the first chamber and an outside of the first chamber through the opening when the substrate support is located at the second position.