Patent ID: 7566665
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: C23C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing line in which a plurality of processing units for applying a series of processes for forming an integrated circuit on a semiconductor wafer of one size is disposed in a one-line transport system, said manufacturing line comprising; a semiconductor wafer import/export unit that imports or exports a semiconductor wafer from outside the manufacturing line, a first processing unit that cleans said semiconductor wafer; a second processing unit that forms a metal film or an insulation film on said semiconductor wafer; a third processing unit that forms a resist pattern in order to form a circuit element or a wire on said semiconductor wafer; a fourth processing unit that removes a metal film portion or an insulation film portion of said semiconductor wafer; and a fifth processing unit that inspects an integrated circuit formed on said semiconductor wafer, wherein each of said first, second, third, fourth, and fifth processing units is removably plugged into said transport system.