Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate

Embodiments generally provide an apparatus and method for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system (e.g., a cluster tool). In one embodiment, the cluster tool is adapted to perform a track lithography process in which a photosensitive material is applied to a substrate, patterne...

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Hauptverfasser:	HERCHEN HARALD, ARMER HELEN R, BACKER JOHN A, LUE BRIAN, ISHIKAWA TETSUYA, LOWRANCE ROBERT, HUDGENS JEFFREY, PINSON JAY D, WANG CHONGYANG, CARLSON CHARLES, ROBERTS RICK J, RICE MICHAEL, QUACH DAVID H, WEAVER WILLIAM TYLER, SALEK MOHSEN S, VOLFOVSKI LEON
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACCESSORIES THEREFOR APPARATUS FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT CHEMISTRY CINEMATOGRAPHY CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL COATING METALLIC MATERIAL CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL CONTROLLING DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HOLOGRAPHY INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL MATERIALS THEREFOR METALLURGY MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS ORIGINALS THEREFOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES PHYSICS REGULATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Embodiments generally provide an apparatus and method for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system (e.g., a cluster tool). In one embodiment, the cluster tool is adapted to perform a track lithography process in which a photosensitive material is applied to a substrate, patterned in a stepper/scanner, and then removed in a developing process completed in the cluster tool. In one embodiment of the cluster tool, substrates are grouped together in groups of two or more for transfer or processing to improve system throughput, reduce the number of moves a robot has to make to transfer a batch of substrates between the processing chambers, and thus increase system reliability. Embodiments also provide for a method and apparatus that are used to increase the reliability of the substrate transfer process to reduce system down time.