Substrate processing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026076147-A1
Application number	US-202519323138-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2025
Priority date	Sep 9, 2024
Publication date	Mar 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus including: a housing having a treatment space for processing a substrate inside; and substrate supporter for supporting the substrate in the treatment space, and the substrate supporter includes a first support pin and a second support pin, a height of an upper end of the first support pin is provided to be higher than a height of an upper end of the second support pin, so that when the substrate is placed on the substrate supporter, the substrate is inclined downward from a center to an edge of the substrate. Accordingly, regardless of the manufacturing tolerance, the shape of the substrate supported on the substrate supporter may be constant, and pattern lining phenomenon may be prevented from occurring in the edge region of the substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a first body; a second body combined with the first body to provide a treatment space for processing the substrate therein, and disposed below the first body; a fluid supply unit for supplying a treatment fluid to the treatment space; a lifting unit for raising and lowering the first body or the second body so that a relative position of the first body and the second body changes between an open position where the treatment space is open to the outside and a closed position where the treatment space is closed off from the outside; a substrate loader which is installed in the first body and in which a substrate loaded or unloaded by an external transfer robot at the open position is placed; and a substrate supporter installed on the second body and supporting the substrate at the closed position, wherein the substrate supporter includes: a support plate; a first support pin and a second support pin which are installed on the support plate to protrude upward from an upper surface of the support plate, and on which the substrate is placed, and a height of an upper end of the first support pin is higher than a height of an upper end of the second support pin.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein when viewed from above, the second support pin is located farther from a center of the substrate than the first support pin while the substrate is supported by the substrate supporter.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of second support pins is provided, and
the plurality of second support pins is arranged to surround the first support pin.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of second support pins has the same height at upper ends thereof.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first support pin is provided to support the center of the substrate.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of second support pins is provided,
the plurality of second support pins is disposed to surround the first support pin, and a distance between each of the plurality of second support pins and the first support pin is provided to be the same as each other.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein intervals between the adjacent second support pins are provided to be the same as each other.

8 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a lower supply port for supplying a treatment fluid to the treatment space is formed on a bottom surface of the second body,
the substrate supporter further includes legs supporting the support plate so that the support plate is located at a height spaced apart from the bottom surface of the second body, and when viewed from above, the lower supply port is formed at a position overlapping the support plate.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first support pin is installed on the support plate so that a height of the first support pin is adjustable.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a first groove formed with a thread is formed in the support plate, and
the first support pin is screw-coupled to the first groove.

11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate loader includes:
a plurality of fixed rods fixedly coupled to the first body; a support rod extending from the fixed rod toward an inside thereof and connecting the adjacent fixed rods among the plurality of fixed rods; and a support protrusion formed on an upper surface of the support rod so as to protrude upward from the upper surface of the support rod, and when viewed from above, the support protrusion is located outside the second support pin.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at the open position, an upper end of the support protrusion is higher than an upper end of each of the first support pin and the second support pin, and
at the closed position, the upper end of each of the first support pin and the second support pin is located higher than the support protrusion.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the treatment fluid is a supercritical fluid.

14 . An apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a housing having a treatment space for processing a substrate inside; and a substrate supporter for supporting the substrate in the treatment space, wherein the substrate supporter is provided to support the substrate to be inclined downward from a center to an edge of the substrate when the substrate is placed on the substrate supporter.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the substrate supporter includes a first support pin and a second support pin,
an upper end of the first support pin is provided higher than an upper end of the second support pin, and when viewed from above, the second support pin is located farther from a center of the substrate than the first support pin while the substrate is supported by the substrate supporter.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first support pin supports the center of the substrate,
a plurality of second support pins is provided, and the plurality of second support pins is arranged to surround the first support pin.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein a distance between each of the plurality of second support pins and the first support pin is the same, and intervals between the adjacent second support pins are provided to be the same as each other.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of second support pins has the same height at upper ends thereof.

19 . An apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a first body; a second body combined with the first body to provide a treatment space for processing the substrate therein, and disposed below the first body; a fluid supply unit for supplying a supercritical fluid to the treatment space; a lifting unit for raising and lowering the first body or the second body so that a relative position of the first body and the second body changes between an open position where the treatment space is open to the outside and a closed position where the treatment space is closed off from the outside; a substrate loader which is installed in the first body and in which a substrate loaded or unloaded by an external transfer robot at the open position is placed; and a substrate supporter installed on the second body and supporting the substrate at the closed position, wherein the substrate supporter includes: a support plate; a first support pin and a plurality of second support pins which are installed on the support plate to protrude upward from an upper surface of the support plate, and on which the substrate is placed, the plurality of second support pins having the same height, and an upper end of the first support pin is provided higher than upper ends of the plurality of second support pins, and the first support pin supports a center of the substrate, the plurality of second support pins is arranged to surround the first support pin, and a distance between each of the plurality of second support pins and the first support pin is the same, and intervals between the adjacent second support pins are provided to be same as each other.

20 . The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the substrate loader includes:
a plurality of fixed rods fixedly coupled to the first body; a support rod extending from the fixed rod toward an inside thereof and connecting the adjacent fixed rods among the plurality of fixed rods; and a support protrusion formed on an up

Assignees

• Semes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang Min
• Oh Seung Hoon
• Choi Yong Hyun
• Lee Yong Hee
• Cho Young Chun
• Im Yong Joon
• Lee Young Hun
• Choi Tae Jong
• Choi Gil Heyun

Classifications

• H10P72/7614 Primary

  characterised by a plurality of individual support members, e.g. support posts or protrusions · CPC title

• H10P72/0408 Primary

  for drying · CPC title