Patent ID: 7842205
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06Q,H01L

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing method comprising: transferring a container with a first substrate holder provided in the container from a container supplier to a substrate supplier that sells a substrate provided with a TFT; manufacturing the substrate provided with the TFT by the substrate supplier; replacing the first substrate holder by a second substrate holder to provide the second substrate holder in the container depending on a size of the substrate in the substrate supplier; storing the substrate in the container in an atmosphere where electrostatic is eliminated by an ionizer in the substrate supplier by holding the substrate by the second substrate holder; transferring the container to a production plant from the substrate supplier; installing the container in a treatment apparatus in the production plant to introduce the substrate into the treatment apparatus in the production plant; and performing a treatment on the substrate in the treatment apparatus in the production plant, wherein the substrate supplier is outside the production plant, wherein the second substrate holder has a different size than the first substrate holder, and wherein the container that has been used at the production plant is recalled and recycled by the substrate supplier.