Patent ID: 7815739
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor processing system comprising: a casing configured to form a handling area in an airtight state, the handling area comprising a main-process area and a pre-process area airtightly divided from each other by a partition wall and connected through a connection port to be opened and closed by a partition door, the main-process area and the pre-process area being respectively connected to their own lines for vacuum-exhausting gas therefrom and their own lines for supplying an inactive gas thereinto and thereby configured to adjust pressure therein independently of each other; a transfer port unit disposed on the casing to place thereon a transfer container for storing a plurality of target objects, the transfer port unit being configured to allow the transfer container to be opened to the main-process area while maintaining an airtight state of the main-process area; a vertical batch main-processing apparatus connected to the main-process area and configured to perform a semiconductor process on the target objects; a vertical batch pre-processing apparatus connected to the pre-process area and configured to perform a pre-process on the target objects, the vertical batch pre-processing apparatus being configured to transform a semiconductor oxide film on the target objects into an intermediate film, which is decomposed or sublimated more easily than the semiconductor oxide film, so as to remove the semiconductor oxide film; a vertical batch heat-processing apparatus connected to the pre-process area and configured to heat the target objects to decompose or sublimate the intermediate film; and a transfer mechanism disposed inside the handling area to directly or indirectly transfer the target objects between the transfer container, the vertical batch main-processing apparatus, the vertical batch pre-processing apparatus, and the vertical batch heat-processing apparatus, wherein the vertical batch main-processing apparatus comprises wherein the vertical batch pre-processing apparatus comprises wherein the vertical batch heat-processing apparatus comprises wherein the transfer mechanism comprises