Patent ID: 11935772
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Semiconductors (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. An apparatus for processing a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
a wet chamber configured to perform a wet process on the substrate using a chemical;
a dry chamber configured to dry the substrate processed by the wet chamber;
a first transfer robot;
a second transfer robot; and
a shared shutter between the wet chamber and the dry chamber,
wherein a first connection opening is formed through a sidewall of the wet chamber that is adjacent the dry chamber, a second connection opening is formed through a sidewall of the dry chamber that is adjacent the wet chamber, and the shared shutter is configured to open and close the first and second connection openings,
wherein the wet chamber comprises a loading opening through which the substrate is loaded, and a loading shutter is configured to open and close the loading opening,
wherein the dry chamber comprises an unloading opening through which the substrate is unloaded, and an unloading shutter is configured to open and close the unloading opening,
wherein the second transfer robot is configured to load the substrate to the wet chamber through the loading opening,
wherein the first transfer robot is configured to unload the substrate from the dry chamber through the unloading opening, and
wherein the first transfer robot and the second transfer robot are configured to cooperate such that the first transfer robot receives the substrate from the second transfer robot at the first and second connection openings.