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US 12,580,165 B2Granted
Apparatus for treating substrate and method for measuring degree of wear of consumable component
AssigneeSemes Co., Ltd.
InventorChul Ho Won
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating a substrate includes a process chamber having a process space, a support unit that supports the substrate in the process space, a lift pin module having a lift pin that moves a consumable component on the support unit in an up/down direction, and a measurement unit that measures a degree of wear of the consumable component and has a light receiving member that receives light emitted in a horizontal direction.
Claims13
An apparatus for treating a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
- a process chamber having a process space;
- a support unit configured to support the substrate in the process space;
- a lift pin module having a first lift pin configured to move a consumable component on the support unit in an up/down direction;
- a measurement unit configured to measure a degree of wear of the consumable component, the measurement unit having a light receiving member configured to receive light emitted in a horizontal direction;
- a substrate lift module configured to vertically move the substrate placed on the support unit;
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- a view port on which the light receiving member is installed,
- wherein an irradiation member configured to emit the light is attached to a substrate type sensor transported into the process space and configured to monitor a substrate treating process performed in the process chamber,
- wherein the apparatus further comprises a controller,
- wherein when measuring the degree of wear of the consumable component,
- the controller is configured to control the substrate lift module to raise the substrate type sensor to a height corresponding to the view port, and
- control the lift pin module to move the consumable component upward to a position where the consumable component interferes with the light,
- wherein the light emitted by the irradiation member is a laser, and
- wherein, in the measuring the degree of wear of the consumable component,
- the position where the consumable component interferes with the light is a position such that an upper surface of the first lift pin of the lift pin module is above an upper surface of the support unit, and
- the height corresponding to the view port is a height such that an upper surface of a second lift pin of the substrate lift module is above the upper surface of the support unit.
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An apparatus for treating a substrate, the apparatus comprising:
- a process chamber having a process space;
- a gas supply unit configured to supply a process gas into the process space;
- a power supply unit configured to excite the process gas into plasma;
- a support unit configured to support the substrate in the process space;
- a lift pin module including a first lift pin configured to move a ring member on the support unit in an up/down direction and a lifting unit configured to raise and lower the first lift pin;
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- a measurement unit configured to measure an etch amount of the ring member, the measurement unit having a light receiving member configured to receive light emitted in a horizontal direction,
- a substrate lift module configured to vertically move the substrate placed on the support unit, and
- a view port on which the light receiving member is installed,
- wherein an irradiation member configured to emit the light is attached to a substrate type sensor transported into the process space and configured to monitor a substrate treating process performed in the process chamber,
- wherein the apparatus further comprises a controller,
- wherein
- when measuring a degree of wear of the ring member, the controller is configured to control the substrate lift module to raise the substrate type sensor to a height corresponding to the view port, and
- control the lift pin module to move the ring member upward to a position where the ring member interferes with the light,
- wherein the light emitted by the irradiation member is a laser, and
- wherein, in the measuring the degree of wear of the ring member,
- the position where the ring member interferes with the light is a position such that an upper surface of the first lift pin of the lift pin module is above an upper surface of the support unit, and
- the height corresponding to the view port is a height such that an upper surface of a second lift pin of the substrate lift module is above the upper surface of the support unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.