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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiromitsu Sakaue, Yamanashi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67751 (2013.01); H01L 21/68742 (2013.01); H01L 21/68764 (2013.01); H01L 21/68785 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a substrate processing apparatus comprising: a substrate transfer chamber having a floor provided with a first magnet a substrate transfer module including a stage on which a substrate is placed, a traveling plate disposed below the stage, and a second magnet having a repulsive force with respect to the first magnet, the substrate transfer module being configured to be movable in the substrate transfer chamber by magnetic levitation using the repulsive force; and a substrate processing chamber disposed on an upper surface side of the substrate transfer chamber to process the substrate, the substrate processing chamber having an opening having a size that allows at least a part of the stage on which the substrate is placed to pass therethrough, the opening being open toward the inside of the substrate transfer chamber. The substrate is processed in a state where the stage on which the substrate is placed is inserted into the substrate processing chamber through the opening by raising the substrate transfer module and the opening is closed by the traveling plate.


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