Patent ID: 8790469
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: B08B,G06Q,H01L

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of processing chambers each including a liquid reservoir and an elevating arm, and configured to perform various processes including an extendable liquid processing in which a first target object and a second target object each including a set of wafers are processed with a liquid; a wafer carrier including a wafer arm configured to sequentially handle the first target object and the second target object in a predetermined order; a recipe generator including a first processor configured to generate a recipe capable of performing a series of processes including the extendable liquid processing for each of the first target object and the second target object by the plurality of processing chambers, and a common handling to handle the first target object and the second target object by the wafer carrier; a controller including a second processor and the recipe generator, and configured to control the plurality of processing chambers, the wafer carrier and the recipe generator, wherein the controller is programmed to control the plurality of processing chambers, the wafer carrier and the recipe generator such that when it is determined by the recipe generator that a first common handling to handle the first target object by the wafer carrier and a second common handling to handle the second target object by the wafer carrier are temporally overlapped with each other, the recipe generator generates a new recipe for the second target object in which the extendable liquid processing for the second target object is extended so that the extendable liquid processing is prolonged while the wafer carrier carries the first target object, and all remaining processes of the second target object temporally following the extendable liquid treatment are shifted to an extent that the extendable liquid processing is extended so as to avoid the temporal overlapping of the first common handling with the second common handling.