Patent ID: 8936507
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus installed in a clean room, the apparatus comprising: an atmospheric transfer device; an atmospheric transfer chamber for accommodating the atmospheric transfer device; a cover member for separating a part of the atmospheric transfer device from the atmospheric transfer chamber; and a gas exhaust unit that adjusts a region enclosed by the cover member to have a lower pressure than that of the atmospheric transfer chamber, wherein the cover member is made of a corrosion resistant material or an anti-corrosion treatment is performed on the cover member, the atmospheric transfer device includes a pick for holding a substrate, and the cover member is configured to enclose only the part of the atmospheric transfer device, which is positioned below the pick, without enclosing the pick, and configured to separate the pick from the part of the atmospheric transfer device, such that the part of the atmospheric transfer device is suppressed from being corroded by a corrosive gas released from the substrate, a space is provided between the cover member and the atmospheric transfer device, the space having a labyrinth structure sufficient to maintain a pressure difference between the region enclosed by the cover member and the atmospheric transfer chamber, the atmospheric transfer device partly enclosed by the cover member is movable in a horizontal direction within the atmospheric transfer chamber, and the gas exhaust unit is vertically connected to a bottom of the cover member, wherein an upper portion of the cover member has a first protrusion which is protruded from a side surface of the upper portion toward said space, the atmospheric transfer device has a second protrusion which is protruded toward said space, and the first protrusion and the second protrusion form a flow path through the labyrinth structure extending in a horizontal direction.