GB2292636B - Apparatus for loading and unloading reticles - Google Patents

Apparatus for loading and unloading reticles

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Publication number
GB2292636B
GB2292636B GB9517171A GB9517171A GB2292636B GB 2292636 B GB2292636 B GB 2292636B GB 9517171 A GB9517171 A GB 9517171A GB 9517171 A GB9517171 A GB 9517171A GB 2292636 B GB2292636 B GB 2292636B
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Prior art keywords
reticles
unloading
loading
unloading reticles
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB9517171A
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GB9517171D0 (en
GB2292636A (en
Inventor
Won-Ho Jee
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Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd
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Samsung Aerospace Industries Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/67Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/67005Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/67242Apparatus for monitoring, sorting or marking
    • H01L21/67259Position monitoring, e.g. misposition detection or presence detection
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L22/00Testing or measuring during manufacture or treatment; Reliability measurements, i.e. testing of parts without further processing to modify the parts as such; Structural arrangements therefor
    • GPHYSICS
    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03FPHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR
    • G03F7/00Photomechanical, e.g. photolithographic, production of textured or patterned surfaces, e.g. printing surfaces; Materials therefor, e.g. comprising photoresists; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
    • G03F7/70Microphotolithographic exposure; Apparatus therefor
    • G03F7/70691Handling of masks or workpieces
    • G03F7/70733Handling masks and workpieces, e.g. exchange of workpiece or mask, transport of workpiece or mask
    • G03F7/70741Handling masks outside exposure position, e.g. reticle libraries
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L21/00Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L21/67Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere
    • H01L21/677Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations
    • H01L21/67763Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations the wafers being stored in a carrier, involving loading and unloading
    • H01L21/67778Apparatus specially adapted for handling semiconductor or electric solid state devices during manufacture or treatment thereof; Apparatus specially adapted for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or electric solid state devices or components ; Apparatus not specifically provided for elsewhere for conveying, e.g. between different workstations the wafers being stored in a carrier, involving loading and unloading involving loading and unloading of wafers

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Library & Information Science (AREA)
  • Exposure Of Semiconductors, Excluding Electron Or Ion Beam Exposure (AREA)
  • Exposure And Positioning Against Photoresist Photosensitive Materials (AREA)
  • Container, Conveyance, Adherence, Positioning, Of Wafer (AREA)
  • Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
GB9517171A 1994-08-25 1995-08-22 Apparatus for loading and unloading reticles Expired - Fee Related GB2292636B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
KR1019940021085A KR0144945B1 (en) 1994-08-25 1994-08-25 Reticle detecting device

Publications (3)

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GB9517171D0 GB9517171D0 (en) 1995-10-25
GB2292636A GB2292636A (en) 1996-02-28
GB2292636B true GB2292636B (en) 1998-12-23

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JP (1) JPH0878325A (en)
KR (1) KR0144945B1 (en)
CN (1) CN1130260A (en)
DE (1) DE19530856A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2723929B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2292636B (en)

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KR100620160B1 (en) * 2002-12-30 2006-09-01 동부일렉트로닉스 주식회사 Apparatus for loading a reticle
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CN110609451A (en) * 2019-08-19 2019-12-24 武汉华星光电技术有限公司 Exposure machine
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DE4238834A1 (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-05-19 Fusion Systems Corp Robotic semiconductor wafer transporter with vertical photodetector array - scans detectors to determine which slots are occupied by wafers illuminated from emitter on robot arm
US5225691A (en) * 1992-05-18 1993-07-06 Avalon Engineering, Inc. Semiconductor wafer cassette mapper with emitter and detector arrays for slot interrogation

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JPS6276531A (en) * 1985-09-27 1987-04-08 Canon Inc Method for storing
JPS6278084A (en) * 1985-09-27 1987-04-10 キヤノン株式会社 Substrate container
US4999671A (en) * 1986-07-11 1991-03-12 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Reticle conveying device
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Patent Citations (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4238834A1 (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-05-19 Fusion Systems Corp Robotic semiconductor wafer transporter with vertical photodetector array - scans detectors to determine which slots are occupied by wafers illuminated from emitter on robot arm
US5225691A (en) * 1992-05-18 1993-07-06 Avalon Engineering, Inc. Semiconductor wafer cassette mapper with emitter and detector arrays for slot interrogation

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
WPI Abstract Accession No 93-168783/21 & DE 4238834 A1 (FUSION) 19.5.93 (see abstract) *

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GB9517171D0 (en) 1995-10-25
DE19530856A1 (en) 1996-02-29
JPH0878325A (en) 1996-03-22
KR960009089A (en) 1996-03-22
KR0144945B1 (en) 1998-08-17
CN1130260A (en) 1996-09-04
GB2292636A (en) 1996-02-28
FR2723929B1 (en) 1997-07-25
FR2723929A1 (en) 1996-03-01

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