Patent ID: 7292909
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: a plurality of operation units provided in an apparatus space, including a process space for performing a given process on a substrate and a transport space for transporting the substrate, to perform a given process or a transport operation on the substrate; a door that allows a person to enter into said apparatus space; a stop device that stops said plurality of operation units upon opening of said door; a disabling device for placing the operation of said stop device in a disabled state, while placing a predetermined operation unit of said plurality of operation units in a stopped state; and an operation instruction device for re-operating said predetermined operation unit that has been placed in a disabled state by said disabling device; wherein danger levels are preset for said plurality of operation units, respectively, and said predetermined operation unit has a danger level higher than that of the other operation units.