JPH05152215A - Film formation device - Google Patents

Film formation device

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Publication number
JPH05152215A
JPH05152215A JP33948991A JP33948991A JPH05152215A JP H05152215 A JPH05152215 A JP H05152215A JP 33948991 A JP33948991 A JP 33948991A JP 33948991 A JP33948991 A JP 33948991A JP H05152215 A JPH05152215 A JP H05152215A
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film forming
chamber
substrate
substrate transfer
film formation
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Inventor
Ryoji Oritsuki
良二 折付
Takemi Toritsuka
武美 鳥塚
Daiya Aoki
大也 青木
Fumio Muramatsu
文雄 村松
Tomohiko Takeda
智彦 竹田
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Hitachi Ltd
Kokusai Electric Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the installed floor area of a film formation device while simplifying the constitution of a film formation device. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of film formation chambers 2-1-2-4 are laminated vertically onto an installed floor face, and a substrate carrying chamber 3 with a substrate carrying robot 3-1 moved among each film formation chamber laminated is mounted. Accordingly, the installed floor face of the film formation device is represented by an area occupied by approximately one film formation chamber, thus largely reducing the area of installation.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、真空雰囲気空間中,あ
るいは大気と遮断された空間中で気相または化学反応に
よって被成膜部材に薄膜を形成する成膜装置に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a film forming apparatus for forming a thin film on a member to be film-formed by a gas phase or a chemical reaction in a vacuum atmosphere space or a space isolated from the atmosphere.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】絶縁体基板や半導体基板などの被成膜部
材(以下、基板という)の表面に所要の薄膜を形成する
この種の成膜装置としては、CVD装置,プラズマCV
D装置あるいは真空スパッタ装置等の蒸着装置が知られ
ている。近年、半導体素子,あるいは液晶表示素子の製
造における薄膜形成工程においては、プラズマCVD処
理が多用されている。
2. Description of the Related Art As a film forming apparatus of this kind for forming a required thin film on the surface of a film forming member (hereinafter referred to as a substrate) such as an insulating substrate or a semiconductor substrate, a CVD apparatus and a plasma CV
A vapor deposition device such as a D device or a vacuum sputtering device is known. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, plasma CVD processing has been frequently used in a thin film forming process in manufacturing a semiconductor device or a liquid crystal display device.

【0003】特に、プラズマCVDは非平衡プラズマ中
で気体状の物質(処理ガス)を反応させて基板上に新し
い固体種を析出させる方法であり、真空処理室である成
膜チャンバー中で処理ガス(例えばシランガス)を高周
波(以下、RFという)電力あるいは直流電力エネルギ
ーの印加で活性化(ラジカル化)し、基板上に薄膜(例
えばアモルファスシリコン膜)を生成堆積させるもので
ある。
Particularly, plasma CVD is a method of reacting a gaseous substance (processing gas) in non-equilibrium plasma to deposit new solid species on a substrate, and processing gas is used in a film forming chamber which is a vacuum processing chamber. (For example, silane gas) is activated (radicalized) by applying high frequency (hereinafter referred to as RF) power or DC power energy, and a thin film (for example, an amorphous silicon film) is generated and deposited on the substrate.

【0004】図4は従来の成膜装置の設備の概略を説明
する側面図であって、ワークステーションに運ばれたカ
セット10に収納されている処理前の基板100は、基
板搬送ロボット3−1により基板搬入室11に搬入され
る。基板搬入室11は基板の搬送時は大気に曝され、そ
の後密閉されて真空封止される真空/大気(V/A)緩
衝室である。また、12,14,15,16,17,1
9は基板搬送室であり、この基板搬送室12から基板搬
送室19の間は常時真空雰囲気(V)に保持される。
FIG. 4 is a side view for explaining the outline of the equipment of a conventional film forming apparatus. The unprocessed substrate 100 stored in the cassette 10 carried to the workstation is the substrate transfer robot 3-1. Thus, the substrate is carried into the substrate carry-in chamber 11. The substrate carry-in chamber 11 is a vacuum / atmosphere (V / A) buffer chamber that is exposed to the atmosphere during the transportation of the substrate, and then is hermetically sealed. Also, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a substrate transfer chamber, and a space between the substrate transfer chamber 12 and the substrate transfer chamber 19 is constantly maintained in a vacuum atmosphere (V).

【0005】基板搬入室11の基板は基板搬送ロボット
3−1によって予備加熱室13に搬送され、次に基板搬
送室14を介して成膜チャンバー2−1にセットされ
る。成膜チャンバー2−1では、例えば窒素ガスを反応
ガスとして成膜処理を行い、基板上に窒化膜を生成させ
る。成膜室2−1での成膜処理後、基板はロボット3−
1により成膜チャンバー2−2に搬送され、例えばシラ
ンガスを反応ガスとしてaシリコン膜を成膜する。
The substrate in the substrate loading chamber 11 is transferred to the preheating chamber 13 by the substrate transfer robot 3-1 and then set in the film forming chamber 2-1 via the substrate transfer chamber 14. In the film forming chamber 2-1, for example, a film forming process is performed using nitrogen gas as a reaction gas to form a nitride film on the substrate. After the film formation process in the film formation chamber 2-1, the substrate is robot 3-
1 is transferred to the film forming chamber 2-2 and, for example, a silicon film is formed using silane gas as a reaction gas.

【0006】以下、同様にして複数の成膜チャンバー・
・・3−nを搬送されて成膜処理された基板は、基板冷
却室18で冷却後、基板搬出室20を介して基板搬出カ
セット21に載置されて搬出される。上記したような成
膜装置が、その設置ラインの長さが20以上にも及び、
設置床はかなり広い面積を必要とする。
Thereafter, a plurality of film forming chambers
The substrate on which the film has been formed by carrying 3-n is cooled in the substrate cooling chamber 18 and then placed on the substrate unloading cassette 21 via the substrate unloading chamber 20 and unloaded. The film forming apparatus as described above has an installation line length of 20 or more,
The installation floor requires a fairly large area.

【0007】なお、このような成膜室を用いて基板の表
面に所要の膜を形成する従来技術を開示したものとして
は、特開昭59−10224号公報、あるいは特開平2
−294018号公報等を挙げることができる。
A conventional technique for forming a desired film on the surface of a substrate using such a film forming chamber is disclosed in JP-A-59-10224 or JP-A-HEI-2.
-294018 publication etc. can be mentioned.

【0008】[0008]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】上記したように、従来
の技術においては、成膜装置の設置に必要とする床面積
が大きく、また、各成膜チャンバー間の基板搬送のため
の予備室や搬送ロボットも数多く必要であり、装置の複
雑化と共に設備コストも大きいという問題がある。
As described above, according to the prior art, the floor area required for installing the film forming apparatus is large, and the preparatory chamber for transferring the substrate between the film forming chambers is not required. A large number of transfer robots are required, and there is a problem that the equipment cost is high and the equipment is complicated.

【0009】本発明の目的は、上記従来技術の問題を解
消し、成膜装置の設置床面積を低減させると共に、基板
搬送室や搬送ロボットの数を最小限として成膜装置の構
成を簡素化し、設備こすとを低減した成膜装置を提供す
ることにある。
An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, reduce the installation floor area of the film forming apparatus, and simplify the structure of the film forming apparatus by minimizing the number of substrate transfer chambers and transfer robots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a film forming apparatus with reduced equipment rubbing.

【0010】[0010]

【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するため
に、本発明は、図1に示したような基本構成を採用した
ものである。すなわち、図1は本発明による成膜装置の
基本構成を説明する断面模式図であり、同図に示したよ
うに、真空雰囲気空間を保持する複数の成膜チャンバー
2−1〜2−4を設置床面に対して垂直方向に積上げ、
積層した複数の成膜チャンバーの側面側に基板搬送ロボ
ット3−1を有する共通の基板搬送室3を設け、また、
上記基板搬送室3には、基板搬送ロボット3−1を垂直
方向に移動させるロボット昇降機構3−20を備え、複
数の成膜チャンバー2−1〜2−4への基板の搬入およ
び搬出を共通に行うようにしている。
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts a basic configuration as shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating the basic configuration of the film forming apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of film forming chambers 2-1 to 2-4 for holding a vacuum atmosphere space are provided. Stacked vertically to the installation floor,
A common substrate transfer chamber 3 having a substrate transfer robot 3-1 is provided on the side surface side of a plurality of stacked film forming chambers, and
The substrate transfer chamber 3 is provided with a robot elevating mechanism 3-20 for moving the substrate transfer robot 3-1 in the vertical direction, and the substrate is commonly carried in and out of the plurality of film formation chambers 2-1 to 2-4. I am going to do it.

【0011】なお、各成膜チャンバーと基板搬送室3と
の間には、真空ゲート4−1〜4−4が備えてある。ま
た、図1において、2−1−1と2−1−2,2−2−
1と2−2−2,2−3−1と2−3−2,2−4−1
と2−4−2は成膜チャンバー内に収納されている電極
対である。各成膜チャンバーは、同種の成膜を行うチャ
ンバーでもよいし、異なる成膜を行うチャンバーでもよ
く、またドライエッチング等の電界加工チャンバーでも
よい。例えば、成膜チャンバー2−4をアルミニウム薄
膜のスパッタチャンバー、成膜チャンバー2−3を窒化
膜の成膜チャンバー、2−2をアモルファスシリコン膜
の成膜チャンバー、そして成膜チャンバー2−1をドラ
イエッチングチャンバー、というように必要な成膜ある
いは加工、もしくは予熱,冷却等のチャンバーとするこ
とができる。
Note that vacuum gates 4-1 to 4-4 are provided between each film forming chamber and the substrate transfer chamber 3. Further, in FIG. 1, 2-1-1 and 2-1-2, 2-2-
1 and 2-2-2, 2-3-1 and 2-3-2, 2-4-1
And 2-4-2 are electrode pairs housed in the film forming chamber. Each film forming chamber may be a chamber for forming the same kind of film, a chamber for forming a different film, or an electric field processing chamber such as dry etching. For example, the film forming chamber 2-4 is an aluminum thin film sputtering chamber, the film forming chamber 2-3 is a nitride film forming chamber, the 2-2 is an amorphous silicon film forming chamber, and the film forming chamber 2-1 is dry. The chamber may be a chamber for film formation or processing, preheating, cooling, etc., such as an etching chamber.

【0012】[0012]

【作用】本発明は、上記のように構成したことにより、
成膜装置の設置床面積を低減させると共に、基板搬送室
や搬送ロボットの数を最小限として成膜装置の構成を簡
素化し、設備コストを低減した成膜装置を提供すること
ができる。
The present invention, which is configured as described above, provides
It is possible to provide a film forming apparatus in which the installation floor area of the film forming apparatus is reduced and the number of substrate transfer chambers and transfer robots is minimized to simplify the structure of the film forming apparatus and reduce the facility cost.

【0013】[0013]

【実施例】以下、本発明の実施例を図面を参照して詳細
に説明する。図2は本発明による成膜装置の1実施例を
説明する一部破断した斜視図であって、図1と同一符号
は同一部分に対応し、5−1〜5−4は電極予備室、6
は基板を搬入,搬出するローダ/アンローダである。
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a partially broken perspective view for explaining one embodiment of the film forming apparatus according to the present invention. The same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 correspond to the same parts, and 5-1 to 5-4 are electrode preliminary chambers. 6
Is a loader / unloader for loading and unloading substrates.

【0014】図示した成膜装置1は、成膜チャンバー2
−1〜2−4を床面に対して垂直方向に積層してなり、
これら成膜チャンバー2−1〜2−4には基板搬送室3
とこの基板搬送室3に取り付けられたローダ/アンロー
ダ6が設けてある。さらに、この実施例では、各成膜チ
ャンバーに電極予備室5−1〜5−4が設けてある。な
お、基板搬送室3内には複数の成膜チャンバー2−1〜
2−4に対して矢印A−A’に示したように、上下方向
に移動する基板搬送ロボットが収納されている。
The illustrated film forming apparatus 1 includes a film forming chamber 2
-1 to 2-4 are laminated in a direction perpendicular to the floor surface,
A substrate transfer chamber 3 is provided in these film forming chambers 2-1 to 2-4.
A loader / unloader 6 attached to the substrate transfer chamber 3 is provided. Further, in this embodiment, electrode preparatory chambers 5-1 to 5-4 are provided in each film forming chamber. In addition, a plurality of film formation chambers 2-1 to 2-1 are provided in the substrate transfer chamber 3.
As shown by the arrow AA ′ with respect to 2-4, a substrate transfer robot that moves in the vertical direction is housed.

【0015】この実施例によれば、ローダ/アンローダ
6から搬入された基板を基板搬送室3の基板搬送ロボッ
トで所要の成膜チャンバーにセットして成膜処理を実行
させる。通常は、基板への成膜順序で成膜チャンバーを
積層するのが好ましく、例えば成膜チャンバー2−4か
ら順次成膜チャンバー2−1に基板を搬送することによ
って、所要の成膜処理等を行う。
According to this embodiment, the substrate loaded from the loader / unloader 6 is set in the required film forming chamber by the substrate transfer robot in the substrate transfer chamber 3 and the film forming process is executed. Generally, it is preferable to stack the film forming chambers in the order of film forming on the substrate. For example, by carrying the substrates sequentially from the film forming chamber 2-4 to the film forming chamber 2-1, a required film forming process or the like can be performed. To do.

【0016】成膜処理済の基板は、再び基板搬送ロボッ
トによりローダ/アンローダ6から搬出される。なお、
上記実施例では、ローダ/アンローダ6は成膜室2と積
層させていないが、このローダ/アンローダ6も成膜室
2と積層した構成としてもよいことは勿論である。ま
た、成膜処理の前工程である加熱処理用のチャンバーを
成膜室2と積層させた構成とすることもできる。
The substrate on which the film forming process is performed is carried out from the loader / unloader 6 again by the substrate transfer robot. In addition,
In the above embodiment, the loader / unloader 6 is not laminated with the film forming chamber 2, but it goes without saying that the loader / unloader 6 may also be laminated with the film forming chamber 2. Alternatively, a chamber for heat treatment, which is a pre-process of the film forming process, may be stacked with the film forming chamber 2.

【0017】これにより、成膜装置の設置床面積は従来
に比較して大幅に低減させることができ、また、付属す
る各種のチャンバーや基板搬送ロボットの必要数を最小
限とすることができ、設備コストを著しく小さくするこ
とが可能となる。図3は本発明による成膜装置の他の実
施例を説明する一部破断した斜視図であって、図1,図
2と同一符号は同一部分に対応する。
As a result, the installation floor area of the film forming apparatus can be significantly reduced as compared with the conventional one, and the required number of attached chambers and substrate transfer robots can be minimized. The equipment cost can be significantly reduced. FIG. 3 is a partially broken perspective view illustrating another embodiment of the film forming apparatus according to the present invention, and the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 1 and 2 correspond to the same portions.

【0018】同図に示した実施例では、成膜チャンバー
2−1〜2−4を設置床面に対して垂直方向に積層する
構成は前記図2の実施例と同一であるが、ローダ/アン
ローダ6が矢印B−B’に示したように上下方向に昇降
動作を行うことによって、基板を基板搬送室3−2〜3
−5との間で受け渡しするように構成している。なお、
搬送ロボット3−1はローダ/アンローダ6に収容する
のを可とするが、各基板搬送室3−2〜3−5にそれぞ
れ設置してもよい。
In the embodiment shown in the figure, the structure in which the film forming chambers 2-1 to 2-4 are stacked in the direction perpendicular to the installation floor surface is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. The unloader 6 moves up and down in the vertical direction as shown by the arrow BB ′, so that the substrate is transferred to the substrate transfer chamber 3-2 to 3-3.
-5 is configured to be handed over to and from. In addition,
The transfer robot 3-1 can be housed in the loader / unloader 6, but may be installed in each of the substrate transfer chambers 3-2 to 3-5.

【0019】図示したように、この実施例ではローダ/
アンローダ6は昇降する構成であるので、各成膜チャン
バーに付属する基板搬送室3−2〜3−5には真空ゲー
ト4−9〜4−12(4−12は図示せず)が設けら
れ、ローダ/アンローダ6が到来したとき、この基板搬
送室3の真空ゲートが解放されて基板の受け渡しが行わ
れる。
As shown, in this embodiment the loader /
Since the unloader 6 is configured to ascend and descend, vacuum gates 4-9 to 4-12 (4-12 are not shown) are provided in the substrate transfer chambers 3-2 to 3-5 attached to each film forming chamber. When the loader / unloader 6 arrives, the vacuum gate of the substrate transfer chamber 3 is released to transfer the substrate.

【0020】この実施例によれば、上記実施例と同様に
成膜装置の設置床面積は従来に比較して大幅に低減させ
ることができ、また、付属する各種のチャンバーや基板
搬送ロボットの必要数を最小限とすることができ、設備
コストを著しく小さくすることが可能となる。
According to this embodiment, like the above embodiment, the installation floor area of the film forming apparatus can be greatly reduced as compared with the conventional one, and various attached chambers and substrate transfer robots are required. The number can be minimized, and the facility cost can be significantly reduced.

【0021】[0021]

【発明の効果】以上説明したように、本発明によれば、
成膜装置を構成する複数の成膜チャンバー、あるいはこ
れらの成膜チャンバーと付属の各種処理チャンバーや基
板搬送室等を垂直方向に積層することにより、成膜装置
の設置床面積を低減できると共に、成膜装置自体の構成
も簡略化でき、設備コストを大幅に削減することができ
る。
As described above, according to the present invention,
By vertically stacking a plurality of film forming chambers forming the film forming apparatus, or these film forming chambers and various processing chambers and substrate transfer chambers attached thereto, the installation floor area of the film forming apparatus can be reduced, The structure of the film forming apparatus itself can be simplified and the equipment cost can be significantly reduced.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明による成膜装置の基本構成を説明する断
面模式図である。
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view illustrating a basic configuration of a film forming apparatus according to the present invention.

【図2】本発明による成膜装置の1実施例を説明する一
部破断した斜視図である。
FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a film forming apparatus according to the present invention.

【図3】本発明による成膜装置の他の実施例を説明する
一部破断した斜視図である。
FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway perspective view illustrating another embodiment of the film forming apparatus according to the present invention.

【図4】従来の成膜装置の設備の概略を説明する側面図
である。
FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating an outline of equipment of a conventional film forming apparatus.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1・・・・成膜装置、2,2−1〜2−4・・・・成膜
チャンバー、2−1−1,2−1−2,2−2−1,2
−2−2,2−3−1,2−3−2,2−4−1,2−
4−2・・・・電極対、3,3−2,3−3,3−4,
3−5・・・・基板搬送室、3−1・・・・基板搬送ロ
ボット、3−20・・・・ロボット昇降機構、4−1,
4−2,4−3,4−4・・・・真空ゲート、5−1,
5−2,5−3,5−4・・・・電極予備室、6・・・
・ローダ/アンローダ。
1 ... Deposition apparatus, 2, 2-1 to 2-4 ... Deposition chamber, 2-1-1, 2-1-2, 2-2-1, 2
-2-2, 2-3-1, 2-3-2, 2-4-1, 2-
4-2 ... Electrode pair, 3,3-2,3-3,3-4
3-5 ...- Substrate transfer chamber, 3-1 ... Substrate transfer robot, 3-20 ...- Robot lifting mechanism, 4-1
4-2, 4-3, 4-4 ... Vacuum gate, 5-1
5-2, 5-3, 5-4 ... Electrode spare chamber, 6 ...
-Loader / unloader.

───────────────────────────────────────────────────── フロントページの続き (51)Int.Cl.5 識別記号 庁内整理番号 FI 技術表示箇所 // H01L 21/285 S 7738−4M (72)発明者 青木 大也 富山県婦負郡八尾町保内2丁目1番地 国 際電気株式会社富山工場内 (72)発明者 村松 文雄 富山県婦負郡八尾町保内2丁目1番地 国 際電気株式会社富山工場内 (72)発明者 竹田 智彦 富山県婦負郡八尾町保内2丁目1番地 国 際電気株式会社富山工場内─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. 5 Identification code Internal reference number FI technical display location // H01L 21/285 S 7738-4M (72) Inventor Daiya Aoki Yanai-cho, Nagi-gun, Toyama Prefecture 2-chome Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. Toyama Plant (72) Inventor Fumio Muramatsu 2-chome, Yao-cho Yanai-cho, Toyama Pref. Machiho 2-1, 1 Kokusai Electric Co., Ltd. Toyama Factory

Claims (2)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】設置床面に対して垂直方向に積み重ねた複
数の成膜チャンバーと、前記複数の成膜チャンバーの側
面に設置した基板搬送室とを備えたことを特徴とする成
膜装置。
1. A film forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of film forming chambers stacked in a direction perpendicular to an installation floor surface; and a substrate transfer chamber installed on a side surface of the plurality of film forming chambers.
【請求項2】設置床面に対して垂直方向に積み重ねた複
数の成膜チャンバーと、前記複数の成膜チャンバーの側
面に設置した基板搬送室と、前記基板搬送室に収納して
前記複数の成膜チャンバー間を移動して基板を受け渡し
する基板搬送ロボットとを備えたことを特徴とする成膜
装置。
2. A plurality of film forming chambers stacked in a direction perpendicular to an installation floor surface, a substrate transfer chamber installed on a side surface of the plurality of film forming chambers, and a plurality of substrate transfer chambers accommodated in the substrate transfer chamber. A film forming apparatus comprising: a substrate transfer robot that moves between film forming chambers to transfer a substrate.
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