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Semiconductor production system with an in-line subsystem

US6356338B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 6, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/70991
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor production system has an exposure apparatus, a coater-developer, and an in-line subsystem for connecting the exposure apparatus and the coater-developer. The in-line subsystem has a removing unit for removing gaseous chemical substances that enter from an in-line connecting section. The system has a shutter or an air curtain to suppress entry of gaseous chemical substances from the in-line connecting section.

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