This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2021-0093462, filed on Jul. 16, 2021, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The example embodiments of the disclosure relate to a substrate processing apparatus having a chamber cover.
In a semiconductor device manufacturing process, a polishing process for planarizing a surface of a wafer while adjusting a thickness of the wafer is used. Since the polishing process is a process of processing a substrate through friction, technology for reducing production of foreign matter may be advantageous.
The example embodiments of the disclosure provide a substrate processing apparatus having a chamber cover.
A substrate processing apparatus according to example embodiments of the disclosure may include a first polishing chamber, a second polishing chamber, a dry polishing chamber and a loading chamber on a turntable. The dry polishing chamber may include a polishing device on the turntable, and a chamber cover including a cover plate, an interception filter at an intake port at the cover plate, and a particle barrier connected to the cover plate. The particle barrier may face the interception filter, and may be between the polishing device and the interception filter.
A substrate processing apparatus according to example embodiments of the disclosure may include a first polishing chamber, a second polishing chamber, a dry polishing chamber and a loading chamber on a turntable. The dry polishing chamber may include a polishing device on the turntable, and a chamber cover including a cover plate, a plurality of interception filters at an intake port at the cover plate, and a particle barrier connected to the cover plate. The particle barrier may face the plurality of the interception filters, and may be between the polishing device and the interception filters.
A substrate processing apparatus according to example embodiments of the disclosure may include a first polishing chamber, a second polishing chamber, a dry polishing chamber and a loading chamber on a turntable. The dry polishing chamber may include an upper exhaust port and a side exhaust port at an upper surface and a side surface of the dry polishing chamber, respectively, a chuck table on the turntable, a polishing device on the chuck table, the polishing device including a spindle, and a polishing wheel under the spindle, and a chamber cover including a cover plate, an interception filter at an intake port at the cover plate, and a particle barrier connected to the cover plate. The particle barrier may face the interception filter, may be between the polishing device and the interception filter, and may be open only at a lower surface thereof.
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The first polishing chamber 110, the second polishing chamber 120, the dry polishing chamber 130, and/or the loading chamber 150 may be disposed inside the outer wall 102 of the substrate processing apparatus 100. For example, the substrate process apparatus 100 may include a turntable T1, and a chuck table T2 disposed on the turntable T1. The first polishing chamber 110, the second polishing chamber 120, the dry polishing chamber 130, and/or the loading chamber 150 may be disposed to divide the turntable T1 into quadrant portions. Chuck tables T2 may be disposed in the first polishing chamber 110, the second polishing chamber 120, the dry polishing chamber 130, and/or the loading chamber 150, respectively. For example, the turntable T1 may horizontally rotate about a central axis perpendicular to the ground, and the chuck table T2 may be sequentially provided to the first polishing chamber 110, the second polishing chamber 120, the dry polishing chamber 130 and/or the loading chamber 150 by the turntable T1.
The substrate processing apparatus 100 may further include a loading port 10, a loading port 20, a positioning table 30, and/or a spinner table 40. Before execution of a substrate processing process, a wafer received in the loading port 10 may be transferred onto the positioning table 30, which includes a position alignment function, by a transfer device (not shown) such as a robot. The wafer position-aligned on the positioning table 30 may be transferred onto the turntable T1, and, for example, may be provided to the loading chamber 150. The loading chamber 150 may be used for preparation for initiation of a substrate processing process.
The substrate processing process, for example, a substrate polishing process, may proceed in the order of primary polishing, secondary polishing, third polishing, cleaning, etc. The primary polishing may be performed in the first polishing chamber 110, and a wafer on the chuck table T2 in the first polishing chamber 110 may be subjected to rough grinding. The rough-ground wafer may be provided to the second polishing chamber 120 by the turntable T1, and may be subjected to the secondary polishing. In the second polishing chamber 120, the wafer may be subjected to fine grinding. Thereafter, the finely-ground wafer may be provided to the dry polishing chamber 130 by the turntable T1, and may be subjected to the third polishing. In the dry polishing chamber 130, the wafer may be subjected to dry polishing. That is, the wafer may be polished to desired thicknesses in the primary and secondary polishing processes, respectively, and the dry polishing process may be performed for the wafer in the third polishing and, as such, a surface of the wafer may be mirrored.
Subsequently, the dry-polished wafer may be provided to the spinner table 40 by the transfer device (not shown), and may then be subjected to the cleaning process. On the spinner table 40, dust, foreign matter, etc. remaining on the wafer may be finally removed. The cleaned wafer may be transferred to the loading port 20.
The cleaned wafer may be transferred to another device. For example, the wafer may be transferred to a mounting device and, as such, a tape used to bond the wafer in the polishing process may be removed, a new tape such as a die attach film (DAF) may be attached to the wafer, and wafer ID discrimination, etc. may be performed.
The substrate processing apparatus 100 may further include a fan filter unit 50. The fan filter unit 50 may be disposed at an upper portion of the substrate processing apparatus 100, and, for example, may be disposed at a position corresponding to the spinner table 40. The fan filter unit 50 may blow air downwards in the substrate processing apparatus 100 by a motor (not shown) connected to the fan filter unit 50, and may introduce air into the substrate process apparatus 100.
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The base B may be disposed at a lower portion of the dry polishing chamber 130, and the turntable T1 may be installed on an upper surface of the base B. As described with reference to
The polishing device 160 may be disposed on the wafer W. The polishing device 160 may include a spindle 161, a spindle housing 162, a motor 163, a polishing wheel 164, and/or a polishing pad 165. The spindle 161 may be partially received in the spindle housing 162, and may be connected to the motor 163, which is disposed over the spindle housing 162. The spindle 161 may rotate about a vertical axis by the motor 163.
A lower portion of the spindle 161 may be exposed from a lower surface of the spindle housing 162. The polishing wheel 164 may be mounted to the lower portion of the polishing wheel 164. The polishing pad 165 may be attached to a lower portion of the polishing wheel 164. The polishing pad 165 may rotate about a vertical axis by the spindle 161, and may contact the wafer W. A surface of the wafer W after the primary and secondary polishing processes may be uneven, and may then be smoothed by the polishing pad 165 in the dry polishing process.
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The cover plate 141 may have a quadrangular plate shape, and may include the intake port 142. When the above-described upper exhaust port 132 and side exhaust port 134 suck air out of the dry polishing chamber 130, and then outwardly exhaust the sucked air, a negative pressure may be generated in the dry polishing chamber 130 by the upper exhaust port 132 and the side exhaust port 134 and, as such, ambient air may be introduced into the dry polishing chamber 130 through the intake port 142. The intake port 142 may have a quadrangular shape, without being limited thereto. In example embodiments, the intake port 142 may have a shape such as a circular shape, an oval shape, or the like. The cover plate 141 may include a metal such as stainless steel, aluminum, etc., plastic, or the like.
The interception filter 143 may be disposed in the intake port 142. For example, the interception filter 143 may be disposed to closely contact the intake port 142 such that ambient air communicates with air in the dry polishing chamber 130 only through the interception filter 143. The thickness of the interception filter 143 may be greater than the thickness of the cover plate 141. For example, the interception filter 143 may be disposed in the intake port 142, and may protrude from front and rear surfaces of the cover plate 141. In example embodiments, the interception filter 143 may be a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter capable of intercepting fine particles. For example, the interception filter 143 may intercept particles having a size of 0.3 μm or more. Since the interception filter 143 is disposed in the intake port 142, the interception filter 143 may reduce or prevent particles having a predetermined or alternatively, desired size or more in the dry polishing chamber 130 from being outwardly discharged.
The particle barrier 144 may be disposed to be positioned in the dry polishing chamber 130, and may be connected to the cover plate 141. The particle barrier 144 may include a facing surface 144f facing the interception filter 143. For example, the facing surface 144f may be disposed between the polishing device 160 and the interception filter 143, and may reduce or prevent foreign matter scattered from the polishing device 160 from directly scattering to the interception filter 143. The particle barrier 144 may be disposed to completely shield the intake port 142 and the interception filter 143 from the polishing device 160, and a height H1 of the particle barrier 144 may be greater than a height H2 of the intake port 142 (shown in
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In the dry polishing process, a polishing solution such as a slurry, etc. may not be provided on the wafer W, differently from the primary and secondary polishing processes, and, as such, a relatively large amount of scattering particles may be produced. Generally, the intake port may introduce ambient air by a negative pressure generated by the exhaust ports and, as such, there may be a possibility that scattering particles are outwardly discharged when the flow velocity of air introduced from the outside is insufficient. However, the dry polishing chamber 130 according to example embodiments of the disclosure includes the particle barrier 144, which blocks scattering particles directly moving from the polishing device 160 to the intake port 142, and the interception filter 143 disposed at the intake port 142 and, as such, it may be possible to reduce or prevent particles produced in the dry polishing chamber 130 from being outwardly discharged.
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The inner barrier 444a may include a facing surface 444af facing an interception filter 143, and a lower surface 444al connected to a cover plate 141 and the facing surface 444f. The outer barrier 444b may include a facing surface 444bf facing the interception filter 143, and an upper surface 444bu connected to the cover plate 141 and the facing surface 444f. Although not shown, the inner barrier 444a and the outer barrier 444b may include side surfaces connected to the lower surface 444al and the upper surface 444bu, respectively. The facing surface 444af and the facing surface 444bf may overlap in a horizontal direction. The upper surface 444bu and the lower surface 444al may overlap with each other in a vertical direction.
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The particle barrier 844 may be disposed to face all of the plurality of interception filters 143. For example, a length L3 of the particle barrier 844 may be greater than the sum of lengths L4 of the interception filters 143. For example, all of the interception filters 143 may be disposed between opposite longitudinal ends of the particle barrier 844. Although the interception filters 143 are shown in
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In accordance with example embodiments of the disclosure, it may be possible to reduce or prevent foreign matter in a dry polishing device from being outwardly discharged.
While example embodiments of the disclosure have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure and without changing essential features thereof. Therefore, the above-described example embodiments should be considered in a descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
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