Apparatus and method for treating substrates
AssigneeSemes Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-Jong Kim, Kyo-Woog Koo, Jung Keun Cho
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Abstract
A substrate treating apparatus includes a substrate support unit with a chuck on which a substrate is loaded; a bottom chamber having an open top and configured to surround the circumference of the chuck; a top chamber configured to open or close the top of the bottom chamber such that the substrate is dried while the top chamber is sealed from the outside; and a direct injection nozzle member installed at the top chamber to inject fluid directly to the substrate while the top of the bottom chamber is closed. According to the substrate treating apparatus, drying efficiency of an entire substrate is enhanced, external contaminants are blocked, and generation of an oxide layer is suppressed.
Claims12
A substrate treating apparatus comprising:
- a substrate support unit with a chuck on which a substrate is loaded;
- a bottom chamber having an open top and configured to surround a circumference of the chuck;
- a top chamber configured to open or close the top of the bottom chamber such that the substrate is dried while the top chamber is sealed from an external environment;
- a direct injection nozzle member installed at the top chamber to inject fluid directly to the substrate while the top of the bottom chamber is closed;
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- an indirect injection nozzle member installed at an edge of the top chamber to inject fluid to a center of the top chamber such that the fluid is indirectly injected to the substrate;
- wherein the top chamber comprises a flow induction member configured to guide a flow of fluid injected from the indirect injection nozzle member to the center of a top surface of the top chamber such that the fluid reaches first a center of the substrate, the flow induction member comprising a conic guide protrusion protruded toward the center of the substrate from the center of the top surface of the top chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.