Patent ID: 11971661
Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1,
wherein the first side transfer mechanism includes a first first-side transfer mechanism configured to carry in and out the substrate with respect to the carrier and a second first-side transfer mechanism provided on a side with the stack of the unit blocks rather than the first first-side transfer mechanism and configured to vertically move to deliver the substrate between the first transfer mechanism and the third transfer mechanism, and
wherein the substrate processing apparatus includes:
a filter provided on a substrate transfer region of the first first-side transfer mechanism and configured to purify a supplied gas and discharge the purified gas to the transfer region;
a gas supply mechanism provided at a position so as not to overlap the filter when viewed from above and configured to suck a gas and supply the gas to the filter; and
a temporary carrier placing unit where the carrier is to be temporarily placed in the transfer region.