IP Library Granted Patent US 12678833
Granted Patent B2
US 12678833 · App. 18/693,077 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Substrate processing module and substrate processing device provided with same

Inventor: Yasunori Deguchi (Yamatokoriyama, JP)
Assignee: DAIKIN FINETECH, LTD.
B08B3/08B08B13/00H10P72/0411H10P72/0416H10P72/0422H10P72/0426H10P72/30H10P72/3202H10P72/3206H10P72/3312H10P72/3402
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12678833
App. No.
18/693,077
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate processing module of a substrate processing device includes a first tank and a second tank that are arranged in a first direction and in which a substrate can be disposed, first transport units and that move the substrate into the second tank and the first tank, and a second transport unit that transports the substrates in a second direction intersecting the first direction and transfers the substrates to and from the first transport units. The second transport unit includes a chuck that holds the substrate and passes above the first tank, and an actuator that moves the chuck in the second direction. The actuator of the second transport unit is disposed on a side of the first tank in the first direction in the substrate processing module.

Claims (30)

1 . A substrate processing module that processes a substrate, the substrate processing module comprising:

a first tank and a second tank that are arranged in a first direction that is a front-back direction of the substrate processing module, and in which a substrate can be disposed;

a first transport unit that transports the substrate to the first tank and the second tank; and

a second transport unit that transports the substrate in a second direction intersecting the first direction and transfers the substrate to and from the first transport unit,

wherein the first tank is located on a front side of the substrate processing module,

the second tank is located on a back side of the substrate processing module,

the second transport unit includes a chuck that holds the substrate and passes above the first tank, and an actuator that moves the chuck in the second direction,

the actuator includes a moving head moving in the second direction and supporting the chuck,

the actuator of the second transport unit is disposed on a side of the first tank in the first direction in the substrate processing module, and

the moving head moves in the second direction with at least a portion of the moving head overlapped with the first tank as viewed in a third direction intersecting both the first and second directions.

2 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator of the second transport unit is disposed above or below the first tank.

3 . The substrate processing module according to claim 2 , wherein the actuator of the second transport unit is disposed above the first tank.

4 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator of the second transport unit is disposed in a drive space isolated from a treatment space in which the first tank and the second tank are disposed.

5 . The substrate processing module according to claim 4 , wherein

a top plate portion is provided above the treatment space, and

the drive space is located above the top plate portion.

6 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein

the second transport unit includes an arm extending in a height direction so as to connect the actuator and the chuck, and

the arm is located in front of the first tank.

7 . The substrate processing module according to claim 6 , further comprising a hanging plate that partitions an upper space of the first tank and the arm.

8 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein

the first transport unit includes two first transport units,

one of the first transport units includes a first chuck movable into the first tank in a state of holding the substrate,

another of the first transport units includes a second chuck movable into the second tank and movable above the first tank in a state of holding the substrate, and

the first chuck and the second chuck are configured to be able to transfer the substrate between the first chuck and the second chuck.

9 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein

the first tank is a cleaning tank, and

the second tank is a chemical liquid tank.

10 . A substrate processing device comprising: the substrate processing module according to claim 1 ; and another module connected to the substrate processing module in the second direction.

11 . The substrate processing module according to claim 1 , wherein the moving head transports the substrate by the chuck from outside the substrate processing module into the substrate processing module or vice versa.