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Substrate holding/rotating device, substrate processing apparatus including the same, and substrate processing method

US10998220B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 22, 2018
Grant dateMay 4, 2021
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/68785
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The substrate holding/rotating device includes a plurality of movable pins each having a support portion in contact with a peripheral edge portion of the substrate to support the substrate, and a rotation unit which rotates the plurality of movable pins around the rotation axis, a support portion of each of the movable pins included in a first pin group is disposed so as to move between a first hold position included hold positions, the first hold position close to a rotation axis and a second hold position included the hold positions, the second hold position far apart from the first hold position to one in a circumferential direction and also so as to move between the first and second hold positions and an open position far apart from the rotation axis.

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