Patent ID: 9624594
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: C23C,C25D,H01L

Claim:
1. An electroplating apparatus comprising: a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate in a vertical position, the substrate holder including at least one processing bath configured to process the substrate held by the substrate holder; a transporter configured to grip the hand lever of the substrate holder and horizontally transport the substrate holder; at least one lifter including a pair of receivers disposed at both sides of the at least one processing bath and a pair of elevating actuators disposed at both sides of the at least one processing bath, the pair of receivers having bottom portions, respectively, on which the pair of holder hangers can be supported, the pair of elevating actuators being configured to vertically move the pair of receivers between a first position at which the pair of receivers can receive the substrate holder from the transporter and a second position at which a lower part of the substrate holder on the receiver is placed in the at least one processing bath while the pair of holder hangers, supported by the pair of receivers, is located above the at least one processing bath; and a controller configured to control operations of the transporter and the at least one lifter and allow the transporter to move horizontally after the at least one lifter has received the substrate holder from the transporter.