WO2007123032A1 - 縦型基板搬送装置および成膜装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vertical substrate transfer apparatus and a film forming apparatus capable of performing transfer and film formation in a posture in which the substrate is substantially upright.
- the substrate placed horizontally is subjected to stagnation and warpage due to its own weight, and it becomes difficult to perform accurate film formation immediately in terms of film thickness and flatness.
- the size of the film forming apparatus becomes larger corresponding to the substrate area, and it becomes necessary to secure a considerable occupied space.
- Patent Document 1 Patent No. 2948842
- Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-83997
- the substantially upright posture of the substrate is maintained by supporting one side of the substrate by the carrier. It needs to be installed in the carrier.
- the film formation surface is limited. Therefore, the film formation surface of the substrate is determined by the transport attitude of the substrate, and there is a problem that the film formation surface can not be changed while being transported.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is possible to form a film on any surface regardless of the transport posture of the substrate, and to support and transport the substrate without interfering with the non-film formation surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vertical substrate transfer apparatus and a film forming apparatus capable of
- the vertical substrate transfer apparatus of the present invention is a vertical substrate transfer apparatus for transferring a substrate to a processing chamber in a substantially upright posture, and the surface of the substrate is shifted. And a posture conversion mechanism for converting the transport posture of the carrier, and a transfer chamber for storing the carrier whose posture has been converted and for transporting the carrier to the processing chamber.
- the film formation surface can be changed while the substrate is being transported. Furthermore, it becomes possible to support the substrate without interfering the carrier on the non-film formation surface of the substrate. Therefore, even if the non-film formation surface has already been subjected to any treatment, the substrate can be properly supported regardless of the region where the treatment is applied, and the carrier can be adjusted according to the type of substrate. It is possible to prevent the increase in the device cost by eliminating the need to change the configuration of the device.
- the structure of the carrier is not particularly limited, but preferably, it has a frame shape surrounding the periphery of the substrate, and a clamp mechanism for holding the edge of the substrate is provided on the inner peripheral side. This allows the substrate to be processably supported on either side of the substrate. Further, as the attitude change, it is possible to have a configuration having a rotation mechanism that rotates the carrier around the vertical axis.
- the transfer chamber is preferably a load lock chamber for introducing a substrate into the processing chamber.
- the processing chamber can be formed of various processing chambers such as a deposition chamber, an etching chamber, and a heat treatment chamber.
- the film forming process is, for example, sputtering process or C VD processing etc. correspond.
- the processing chamber can be configured of a film forming chamber provided with a sputtering cathode.
- a film forming chamber provided with a sputtering cathode.
- snow cathodes so as to face each other across the substrate
- simultaneous film formation on both sides of the substrate can be performed.
- two substrates can be formed simultaneously by forming the transfer chamber so that two substrates can be accommodated so that the respective film formation surfaces face each other.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration view of a film forming apparatus provided with a vertical substrate transfer mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a process of transferring a substrate to a carrier held in a loading unit in the film forming apparatus of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 A side view of the carrier shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of an essential part for explaining one operation of the clamp mechanism of the carrier.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing an example of the configuration of a clamp mechanism.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts showing another example of the configuration of the clamp mechanism.
- FIG. 7 is a side view of an essential part of a carrier provided with the clamp mechanism of FIG.
- FIG. 8 A sectional view of an essential part showing still another example of the configuration of a clamp mechanism.
- FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the main parts showing still another example of the configuration of the clamp mechanism.
- FIG. 10 is a side view of the main part of a carrier provided with the clamp mechanism of FIGS. 8 and 9;
- FIG. 11 A process diagram for explaining one action of the film forming apparatus of FIG.
- FIG. 12 is a side view showing a configuration example of a substrate.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a film forming apparatus 1 provided with a vertical substrate transfer mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the configuration of the film forming apparatus 1 will be described.
- the film forming apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is a large-area thin substrate (hereinafter simply referred to as “substrate”) such as a glass substrate for a liquid crystal display device or a large-sized maza-glass having a size capable of forming a plurality of the glass substrates. ) W is subjected to a predetermined film forming process.
- the film forming apparatus 1 includes a loading unit 2, a first posture conversion unit 3, a film formation unit 4, a second posture conversion unit 5 and a removal unit 6, and transports the substrate W in a posture in which the substrate W is substantially upright in this order. Conveying line is configured.
- the feeding unit 2 is installed in the atmosphere and horizontally mounted by a transfer mechanism (not shown).
- the substrate W is placed upright and supplied to the transfer line.
- a carrier 15 supporting the substrate W in a substantially upright posture stands by.
- a sensor 16 for detecting the front and back of the substrate transferred to the carrier 15 is installed in the loading unit 2.
- the carrier 15 transports the substrate W in the order of the first posture conversion unit 3, the film forming unit 4, the second posture conversion unit 5 and the extraction unit 6 while holding the substrate W in the upright posture, as described later. Do.
- the first posture conversion unit 3 is installed in the atmosphere, and includes a first rotation mechanism 7 and a second rotation mechanism 8.
- the first posture conversion unit 3 corresponds to the “posture conversion mechanism” of the present invention.
- the first rotation mechanism 7 converts the traveling direction of the carrier 15 by 90 degrees and transports the carrier 15 to the second rotation mechanism 8.
- the first rotation mechanism 7 converts the transport posture of the substrate W by rotating the carrier 15 around the vertical direction.
- the first rotation mechanism 7 is configured to be rotatable in at least one of a rotation direction indicated by an arrow R1 in FIG. 1 and a rotation direction opposite to R1.
- the carrier 15 transported to the first rotation mechanism 7 is configured to be stopped at the position of the rotation center C1 of the first rotation mechanism 7! .
- the second rotation mechanism 8 further rotates the carrier 15 in the traveling direction by 90 degrees by rotating in the rotation direction indicated by the arrow R 2 around the vertical direction passing through the center C 2 and transports it to the film forming unit 4. .
- the second rotation mechanism 8 is configured to be able to mount the carrier 15 whose attitude has been converted by the first rotation mechanism 7 in a two-row parallel state.
- the center C2 of the second rotation mechanism 8 and the center C1 of the first rotation mechanism 7 are offset with respect to the carrier loading direction to the second rotation mechanism 8. Therefore, by rotating the second rotation mechanism 8 by 180 degrees, the loading positions of the two carriers can be individually adjusted to the extension of the unloading position of the first rotation mechanism 7.
- Carriers 15, 15 whose postures have been converted such that the film formation surfaces of the substrate W face outward by the first rotation mechanism 7 are transported to the second rotation mechanism 8 as described later.
- the second rotation mechanism 8 simultaneously transports the carriers 15 and 15 placed in two rows to the film forming unit 4.
- the film forming unit 4 includes a first load lock chamber 9, a film forming chamber 10, and a second load lock chamber 11.
- the first load lock chamber 9 is provided with gate valves (not shown) before and after the first load lock chamber 9 and is configured so that the inside can be depressurized to a predetermined degree of vacuum.
- the first load lock chamber 9 is configured as the “transfer chamber” of the present invention, and the second rotation mechanism 8 to the carriers 15, 15 are arranged in parallel. After loading in the state, the gate valve on the inlet side is closed and the inside is depressurized to a predetermined degree of vacuum. After that, the gate valve on the outlet side is opened, and carriers 15, 15 are simultaneously transported to the film forming chamber 10 in two rows.
- the film forming chamber 10 corresponds to the “processing chamber” of the present invention, and performs a film forming process on a predetermined surface of the substrate W supported by the carriers 15 and 15.
- the film forming chamber 10 is formed of a sputtering chamber, and the inside is depressurized to a predetermined degree of vacuum.
- a pair of sputter cathodes 10A and 10B are disposed as film forming sources on both sides in the direction of movement of the carriers 15 and 15.
- the second load lock chamber 11 is provided with gate valves (not shown) before and after the second load lock chamber 11, and the inside of the second load lock chamber 11 is configured to be depressurizable to a predetermined degree of vacuum.
- the inside is depressurized to a predetermined degree of vacuum, and after loading the carriers 15, 15 from the film forming chamber 10, the gate valve on the inlet side is closed and the inside is closed. Open to the atmosphere. Then, the gate valve on the outlet side is opened, and the carriers 15 and 15 supporting the film-formed substrate W are transported to the second posture conversion unit 5.
- the second posture conversion unit 5 is installed in the atmosphere, and includes a third rotation mechanism 12 and a fourth rotation mechanism 13.
- the third rotation mechanism 12 rotates the carrier 15, 15 in the traveling direction by 90 degrees by rotating in the rotation direction indicated by the arrow R3 around the vertical direction passing through the center C3 to the fourth rotation mechanism 13.
- the third rotation mechanism 12 transports the carriers 15, 15 whose attitude has been changed with respect to the fourth rotation mechanism 13 one by one.
- the center C3 of the third rotation mechanism 12 and the center C4 of the fourth rotation mechanism 13 are offset with respect to the carrier unloading direction from the third rotation mechanism 12. Therefore, by rotating the third rotation mechanism 12 by 180 degrees, it is possible to individually adjust the two carried-out carriers to the extension of the loading position of the fourth rotation mechanism 13.
- the fourth rotation mechanism 13 converts the traveling direction of the carrier 15 by 90 degrees, and transports the carrier 15 toward the extraction unit 6.
- the fourth rotation mechanism 13 converts the transport posture of the carrier 15 by rotating around the vertical direction passing through the center C4.
- the carrier 15 conveyed to the fourth rotation mechanism 13 is configured to be stopped at the position of the rotation center C4 of the fourth rotation mechanism 13.
- the fourth rotation mechanism 13 has a small rotational direction indicated by arrow R4 in FIG. 1 and a rotational direction opposite to R4. At least one of the two carriers 15 and 15 transported from the third rotation mechanism 12 is placed on the force transfer line at the take-out portion 6 by being configured to be rotatable at least on one side.
- the take-out portion 6 is for taking out from the carrier 15 the film-formed substrate W which is installed in the atmosphere and supported in a substantially upright posture.
- a transfer mechanism (not shown) for taking out the substrate W from the carrier 15 and letting it lie horizontally is installed in the takeout portion 6. This transfer mechanism has the same configuration as the transfer mechanism installed in the charging unit 2
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the transfer mechanism.
- the transfer mechanism 17 has a grid shape, and a plurality of in-plane grid points are provided with suction nozzles 18 capable of vacuum suction on one main surface of the substrate W (FIG. 2A).
- the transfer mechanism 17 is configured to be rotatable about a predetermined one side, and makes the substrate W supported by suction horizontally stand upright or converts the upright attitude into a laid attitude as well. ( Figure 2B, C).
- One transfer mechanism 17 having such a configuration is installed in each of the loading section 2 and the unloading section 6.
- the carrier 15 that transfers the substrate W with the transfer mechanism 17 supports any surface of the substrate W so as to be processable (film formation in the present embodiment).
- the carrier 15 has a frame shape surrounding the periphery of the substrate W, and is provided with a clamp mechanism 20 for clamping the edge of the substrate W on the inner peripheral side (FIG. 2C).
- the clamp mechanism 20 may clamp four sides of the substrate W, as shown in FIG. 3, which is configured to be able to clamp the upper and lower edges of the rectangular substrate W.
- the clamp mechanism 20 may be configured to continuously clamp along the edge of the substrate W, or may be configured to clamp one edge of the substrate W at a plurality of places.
- FIG. 4 shows one configuration example of the clamp mechanism 20.
- the clamp mechanism 20 has a pair of clamp claws 20a and 20b on the inner peripheral side of the carrier 15.
- the clamp mechanism 20 is operated by pressing the operation parts 21a and 21b provided corresponding to the clamp claws 20a and 20b.
- the claws 20a, 20b are configured to be openable and closable.
- the clamp claws 20a and 20b to be opened and closed can be arbitrarily determined by the selection operation of the operation parts 21a and 21b, and the substrate W can be delivered even from the direction of displacement.
- FIG. 5A and 5B are cross-sectional views of an essential part showing an example of a specific configuration of the clamp mechanism 20.
- FIG. 1 In the illustrated clamp mechanism 20-1, it is assumed that the opening and closing state of one clamp 20a is shown.
- the other clamp mechanism 20b is also opened and closed by the same mechanism.
- first shaft portions 31a, 31b for rotatably supporting the clamp claws 20a, 20b are provided.
- the clamp claws 20a and 20b are substantially triangular in cross section, and the first shaft portions 31a and 31b respectively support the apexes outside the clamp claws 20a and 20b.
- Longitudinal holes 33a, 33b are respectively formed at the inner top portions of the clamp claws 20a, 2Ob, and one end of each of the shaft-like operating members 21a, 21b is formed through the second shaft portions 32a, 32b in these long holes. Is connected.
- the operation members 21a and 21b pass through the carrier base 15B across the inner and outer peripheral edge portions, and pressing the operation members 21a and 21b in the axial direction moves the clamp claws 20a and 20b to the first shaft portion 31a. , 31b (Fig. 5B).
- panel members 34a, 34b are accommodated which bias the operation members 21a, 21b toward the outer peripheral edge 15B2 of the carrier base 15B.
- the panel members 34a, 34b bias the clamp claws 20a, 20b to the clamp position shown in FIG. 5A when the pressing operation on the operation members 21a, 21b is released.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are cross-sectional views of the main parts showing another specific example of the configuration of the clamp mechanism 20.
- an opening / closing mechanism of one of the pair of clamp claws 20a and 20b is shown.
- the clamp claw 20b is pivotally supported by one end of the operation member 21b, and is turned to the open position shown in FIG. 6B against the biasing force of the panel member 34b by pressing operation of the operation member 21b in the axial direction. Be done.
- the input operation of the pressing force on the operation member 21b is also performed via the operation window 35b on the upper surface side of the carrier base 15B in the drawing.
- the input direction of the pressing force is not limited to the axial direction of the operation member 21b as shown in FIG. 6B, and for example, a mechanism shown in FIG. 6C may be adopted.
- a guide block 36 having a triangular cross section is attached to the input side end of the operating member 21b, and the operating force input in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the operating member 21b is converted in the axial direction of the operating member 21b.
- a plurality of clamp mechanisms 20-2 having the above-described configuration are incorporated in the carrier base 15B.
- the clamp claws 20a and 20b are opened and closed by the plurality of clamp mechanisms 20-2.
- the force on the clamp claw side of the one side can also be attached and detached.
- FIG. 7 by alternately arranging a clamp mechanism for rotating one clamp claw and a clamp mechanism for rotating the other clamp claw, both clamp claws 20a and 20b can be rotated together. Therefore, the substrate can be attached and removed on either side of these clamp claws.
- the clamp mechanism 20-2 having the operation member 21a shows a clamp mechanism for rotating the clamp claw 20a
- the clamp mechanism 20-2 having the operation member 21b shows a clamp mechanism for rotating the clamp claw 20b.
- the operation window 35 is formed so as to penetrate the carrier base 15B so that the operation members 21a and 21b can also operate the both side force of the carrier base 15B.
- clamp bodies 37a and 37b for supporting the clamp claws 20a and 20b are configured to be rotatable around pivots 39a and 39b, and among the clamp bodies 37a and 37b, By turning any force by the operating member 40, the clamp claws 20a and 20b are operated to open and close.
- FIGS. 8A and 8B show the configuration of a clamp mechanism 20-3 for opening and closing operation of the clamp claw 20b, and the pivot shaft 39b is integrally coupled with the clamp body 37b.
- FIGS. 9A and 9B show the configuration of a clamp mechanism 20-3 for opening and closing the clamp claw 20a, and the pivot shaft 39a is integrally coupled to the clamp body 37a.
- the torsion panels 41a and 41b are respectively attached to the pivoting shafts 39a and 39b, and the clamp bodies 37a and 37b are attached in the direction opposite to the direction in which the clamp bodies 37a and 37b rotate. I'm upset.
- the clamp claws 20a and 20b return to the original closed position by the biasing force of the totion panels 39a and 39b.
- the clamp claws are moved to the side where they move.
- the board can be removed and attached.
- the substrate W is transferred onto the carrier 15.
- FIGS. 2A to 2C show a process of transferring the substrate W to the carrier 15.
- the substrate W is placed on the transfer mechanism 17 in a posture lying horizontally in the horizontal direction (FIG. 2A). At this time, the deposition surface of the substrate W is directed to the upper surface side.
- the transfer mechanism 17 sucks the lower surface side of the substrate W by the suction nozzle 18, and then turns it 90 degrees to make the substrate W stand upright (FIG. 2B).
- Carrier 15 stands by at the feeding section 2.
- the transfer mechanism 17 transfers the substrate W on the carrier 15 standing by at the loading unit 2 in a substantially upright posture.
- the clamp mechanism 20 of the carrier 15 opens only the clamp claw 20 a on the side to which the substrate W is transferred, as shown in FIG. 3A. Introduce the substrate W into the inside. After the substrate W is disposed inside the carrier 15, the clamp claws 20a are closed to clamp the edge of the substrate W. Thereafter, the suction operation by the suction nozzle 18 is released, and the transfer mechanism 17 rotates to the original position (FIG. 2C).
- the substrate W transferred to the carrier 15 in the loading unit 2 is subjected to posture conversion via the first posture conversion unit 3 and conveyed to the film forming unit 4.
- 11A to 11C show an example of the attitude conversion process of the substrate W (carrier 15) in the first attitude conversion unit 3.
- the first posture conversion unit 3 transports the carrier 15 supplied to the transport line in a single row from the loading unit 2 to the film forming unit 4 in two rows in parallel, and is supported by the carriers 15 and 15 arranged in parallel.
- the film formation surface Wa of the substrate W is disposed to face the sputtering cathodes 10A and 10B of the film formation chamber 10, respectively.
- the substrate W transferred to the carrier 15 in the loading section 2 has its film formation surface directed downward in the drawing.
- the first rotation mechanism 7 rotates 90 degrees in the R1 direction.
- the substrate W rotates with the carrier 15, and posture conversion is performed so that the film formation surface Wa is positioned on the left side in the drawing.
- the carrier 15 whose attitude has been converted is conveyed to the second rotation mechanism 8.
- the second rotation mechanism 8 rotates 180 degrees in the R2 direction.
- the next carrier 15 to which the substrate W has been transferred in the loading unit 2 is transported to the first rotation mechanism 7.
- the first rotation mechanism 7 rotates the substrate W together with the carrier 15 by rotating 90 degrees in the R1 direction so that the film forming surface Wa is positioned on the left side in the drawing. Convert.
- the carrier 15 whose attitude has been changed is conveyed to the second rotation mechanism 8.
- a carrier 15 supporting the substrate W whose film forming surface Wa is located on the left side in the drawing and a substrate W whose film forming surface Wa is located on the right side in the drawing are supported.
- Carriers 15 are mounted in parallel in two rows. In this state, the second rotation mechanism 8 rotates in the R 2 direction to simultaneously rotate these carriers 15 and 15 by 90 degrees as shown in FIG.
- the pair of carriers 15, 15 transported to the film forming unit 4 are transported to the film forming chamber 10 with the film forming surfaces of the substrate W facing the sputtering cathodes 10A and 10B, respectively, and are simultaneously formed into a film. After the film formation, the carriers 15 and 15 are transported to the second posture conversion unit 5.
- the second posture conversion unit 5 converts the postures of the carriers 15 and 15 stored at the same time in two rows, and transports the single rows to the extraction unit 6.
- the third rotation mechanism 12 rotates in the R3 direction to simultaneously rotate the pair of carriers 15 and 15 by 90 degrees, and then toward the fourth rotation mechanism 13 as the carrier.
- Transport 15 single rows at a time.
- the fourth rotation mechanism 13 first mounts the carrier 15 positioned on the right side on the third rotation mechanism 12 in FIG. 1, and then rotates in the R4 direction to turn the film forming surface Wa of the substrate W downward in the figure. Transport it toward the unloader 6.
- the carrier 15 is directed to the fourth rotation mechanism 13 and the carrier 15 is transported.
- the fourth rotation mechanism 13 receives the carrier 15, the fourth rotation mechanism 13 rotates in the R4 direction and conveys the film-forming surface Wa of the substrate W toward the lower side in the drawing toward the extraction unit 6.
- the take-out unit 6 receives the film-formed substrate W from the carrier 15, and transports it to the next process in a posture lying horizontally.
- the removal of the substrate W is performed using the above-described transfer mechanism 17, and the substrate W is received from the carrier 15 in an operation reverse to the operation shown in FIG.
- the empty carrier 15 is transported to the loading unit 2 and the substrate W is transferred at the loading unit 2. Thereafter, the same operation as described above is repeated.
- the substrate supplied in the loading section 2 is In the first posture conversion unit 3 which is not related to the posture of W, any one surface can be transported to the film forming chamber 10 as a film formation surface.
- the processing surface of the substrate W can be arbitrarily changed during transport, the substrate W is transported in parallel with the film forming chamber 10 so that the processing surfaces face each other. It is possible.
- productivity can be improved.
- the carrier 15 capable of double-sided film formation and the rotational direction of the first rotation mechanism 7 regardless of whether the film formation surface of the substrate W conveyed to the loading unit 2 is the upper or lower side.
- the film formation surface can be made to face the film formation source.
- the carrier 15 includes the clamp mechanism 20 that clamps the edge of the substrate W, interference due to the contact between the non-film-forming surface of the substrate W and the carrier 15 can be avoided. Therefore, even if the non-film-forming surface of the substrate W has already been subjected to some processing, the non-film-forming surface is not damaged by the contact with the carrier.
- FIG. 12 shows a configuration example of a substrate W to which a film forming process is performed using the film forming apparatus 1.
- the substrate W shown is a color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display panel in which the color filter layer CF is formed on one side.
- FIG. 12A shows an example in which an ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) layer 22 is formed as a transparent electrode layer on the color filter layer CF.
- FIG. 12B shows an example in which an ITO layer 22 is formed on the color filter layer CF and on the back surface of the substrate W.
- the substrate W is transferred onto the carrier 15 by the transfer mechanism 17 shown in FIG. 2 with the color filter layer CF at the top, the color filter layer CF and the transfer mechanism 17 Contact can be avoided, and after carrier transfer, it is possible to form a film on any of the color filter side and the back side of the substrate.
- the sputtering chamber was described as the film forming chamber 10 by way of example.
- the film forming method is not limited to the sputtering method, and other film forming methods such as the CVD method and the evaporation method. May.
- a gas head for supplying a reaction gas, an evaporation source or the like corresponds.
- the film formation chamber 10 may be configured by another processing chamber such as an etching chamber or a heat treatment chamber.
- two substrates are transported to the film forming chamber 10 and film formation is performed on one side of each, but one substrate is transported to the film forming chamber 10, Both sides simultaneously Let me have a film.
- the rotation direction of the substrate W by the first rotation mechanism 7 of the first posture conversion unit 3 may be determined based on the output of the sensor 16 that detects the front and back of the substrate W. As a result, regardless of the orientation of the film forming surface Wa of the substrate W, the transfer of the substrate W onto the carrier 15 becomes possible in the loading section 2.
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