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Transfer device centering method and substrate processing apparatus

US6332751A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 30, 2000
Grant dateDec 25, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H9/20
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In centering a transfer device so that tweezers of the transfer device transfer a substrate to a predetermined delivery position on a spin chuck when the substrate is delivered to a coating unit by means of the transfer device, the substrate is transferred onto the spin chuck in the coating unit by means of the tweezers, a positional deviation amount of the substrate with respect to the delivery position on the chuck is detected by a detecting device, a positional deviation amount of the tweezers is computed based on this detection value, and a position at which the tweezers deliver the substrate is corrected based on the positional deviation amount of the tweezers. Thus, centering of the substrate transfer device can be performed automatically in a short time.

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