Global Patent Index - EP 2044623 A2

EP 2044623 A2 20090408 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATED AND DISCRETIZED PROCESS SEQUENCE INTEGRATION

Title (en)

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATED AND DISCRETIZED PROCESS SEQUENCE INTEGRATION

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR INTEGRATION ISOLIERTER UND DISKRETISIERTER PROZESSE

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTÈME D'INTÉGRATION SÉQUENTIELLE DE TRAITEMENT ISOLÉ ET DISCRET

Publication

EP 2044623 A2 20090408 (EN)

Application

EP 07840397 A 20070712

Priority

  • US 2007073368 W 20070712
  • US 83224806 P 20060719
  • US 67247807 A 20070207
  • US 67247307 A 20070207

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008011329A2] A system for processing a semiconductor substrate is provided. The system includes a mainframe having a plurality of modules attached thereto. The modules include processing modules, storage modules, and transport mechanisms. The processing modules may include combinatorial processing modules and conventional processing modules, such as surface preparation, thermal treatment, etch and deposition modules. In one embodiment, at least one of the modules stores multiple masks. The multiple masks enable in-situ variation of spatial location and geometry across a sequence of processes and/or multiple layers of a substrate to be processed in another one of the modules. A method for processing a substrate is also provided.

IPC 8 full level

B05D 3/06 (2006.01); C23C 14/56 (2006.01); C23C 16/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 29/49 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); H01L 51/56 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

C23C 16/00 (2013.01 - KR); H01L 21/67155 (2013.01 - EP KR); H01L 21/67184 (2013.01 - KR); H01L 21/67207 (2013.01 - EP KR); H01L 21/67225 (2013.01 - EP KR); H01L 21/67236 (2013.01 - EP KR); H01L 21/67742 (2013.01 - KR); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01 - KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2008011329 A2 20080124; WO 2008011329 A3 20080320; CN 101490834 A 20090722; EP 2044623 A2 20090408; EP 2044623 A4 20121003; JP 2009544173 A 20091210; JP 5389645 B2 20140115; KR 101412398 B1 20140625; KR 20090060261 A 20090611

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2007073368 W 20070712; CN 200780026564 A 20070712; EP 07840397 A 20070712; JP 2009520905 A 20070712; KR 20097001016 A 20070712