Patent ID: 9268739
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H01L,H02J

Claim Text:
1. A method of acquiring data in a substrate processing apparatus including a carrier block to which a carrier storing therein a plurality of substrates is carried, a plurality of processing modules that process substrates which are carried therein from the carrier block, and a substrate transport mechanism that transports the substrates between the processing modules, the substrate transport mechanism having a base and a first holding member mounted to the base to advance and retract, said method comprising: holding a sensor substrate by the first holding member, the sensor substrate having a sensor section for acquiring data on the processing modules and a first power supply section with a rechargeable electricity storage section for supplying electric power to the sensor section; advancing the first holding member to transfer the sensor substrate to a processing module; acquiring data on the processing module by the sensor section of the sensor substrate; and causing the first holding member to receive the sensor substrate, whose electric charge is consumed, from the processing module and retract, and charging the first power supply section of the sensor substrate in a non-contact manner by a second power supply section that moves together with the base while the first holding member holding the substrate is in its retracted position.