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Substrate processing apparatus equipped with substrate scanner

US11551955B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 26, 2020
Grant dateJan 10, 2023
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Expiry dateJan 19, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67219
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A substrate processing apparatus includes a process station for processing a substrate; a cassette station integrated with the process station; a substrate carriage equipped for transferring the substrate between said process station and the cassette station through a passage located at an interface between the process station and said cassette station; and a substrate scanner equipped at said interface between the process station and the cassette station for capturing surface image data during transportation of the substrate that passes through the passage.

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