Vertical heat treatment apparatus having wafer transfer mechanism and method for transferring wafers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5162047
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07789820

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According to this invention, a method of transferring a plurality of semiconductor wafers between a carrier and a support ring type boat comprises the steps of picking up the semiconductor wafer from the carrier on a station by an arm in a substantially horizontal state, positioning the wafer supported by the arm above a support ring of the boat, positioning a receiver below the support ring, moving the receiver upward to a position where a pin of the receiver reaches the arm through an opening of the support ring, lifting the wafer from the arm by the pin, moving the arm backward from the boat, moving the receiver downward to a position where the wafer is transferred from the receiver to the support ring, and then loading the boat into a heat treatment furnace.

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  • TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kitayama, Hirofumi Aikawa, JP 14 1104
Wada, Atsushi Chofu, JP 172 1018

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