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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Makoto Ozawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which comprises a boat elevator installed below a reaction chamber for loading a boat into the reaction chamber, cassette stocker installed opposite to the boat elevator, a wafer carrier installed between the cassette stocker and the boat elevator and used for transferring wafers between the cassette stocker and the boat, and a load-lock chamber for accommodating the boat elevator, whereby wafers are carried in the atmospheric air within the semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and the transport time is set in such manner that an increase of a natural oxide film formed on the wafers is 2 angstroms or less.