Patent ID: 9355878
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a first chamber and a second chamber that are provided in direct contact and stacked one above the other; a first opening that is provided in a first wall of the first chamber that faces the second chamber, and that allows a substrate to pass through the first opening; a second opening that is provided in a wall of the second chamber that faces the first chamber, that is in communication with the first opening, and that allows the substrate to pass through the second opening; a first opening and closing member that is provided inside the first chamber so as to move up and down and that opens and closes the first opening; a first substrate mounting member that is provided closer to the second chamber than the opening and closing member, that mounts the substrate and that moves the substrate between within the first chamber and within the second chamber; a first substrate processing member that is provided in the second chamber and that processes the substrate; a third opening that is provided in a second wall of the first chamber that faces the first wall of the first chamber, and that allows the substrate to pass through the third opening; a third chamber that is provided stacked above or below the first chamber on the opposite side of the first chamber to the second chamber; a fourth opening that is provided in a wall of the third chamber that faces the first chamber, that is in communication with the third opening, and that allows the substrate to pass through the fourth opening; a second opening and closing member that is provided inside the first chamber so as to move up and down and that opens and closes the third opening; a second substrate mounting member that is provided closer to the third chamber than the second opening and closing member, that mounts the substrate and that moves the substrate between within the first chamber and within the third chamber; a second substrate processing member that is provided in the third chamber and that processes the substrate; a fifth opening that is provided in a third wall of the first chamber that intersects with the first and second walls of the first chamber, and that allows the substrate to pass through the fifth opening; a fourth chamber having approximately the same height or less as the first chamber that is attached to the third wall of the first chamber, and that includes a wall provided with a sixth opening in communication with the fifth opening; a substrate transport member that is provided inside the fourth chamber, that transports the substrate between the fourth chamber and the first chamber or the first or second substrate mounting member positioned within the first chamber; a gate valve disposed between said fifth and sixth openings; a first drive source that is provided outside of the first chamber and that moves the first opening and closing member up or down; a second drive source that is provided outside of the first chamber and that moves the second opening and closing member up or down; and a third drive source that is provided outside the first chamber and outside the third chamber and that moves the second substrate mounting member up or down.