Patent ID: 8257498
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A substrate transfer module connected to a substrate processing module adapted to implement desired processing on a substrate, the substrate transfer module comprising: a substrate transfer device adapted to transfer a substrate and including a transfer chamber adapted to house the substrate transfer device in an interior thereof that is isolated from an external atmosphere; and an isolation device adapted to isolate at least the holding unit and the substrate held by the holding unit from an interior atmosphere of the transfer chamber, wherein the isolation device defines a tubular space, and the tubular space is formed by combining two tubular parts, each of which has one end being closed and another end being opened, so as to form a closed space, the two tubular parts are vertically separable from each other so that the tubular space is divided, and the holding unit and the substrate held by the holding unit are exposed when the two tubular parts are separated vertically from each other so that the tubular space of the isolation device is divided.