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Granted Patent B2
US 12,512,306 · App. 18/145,145 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Lift pin assembly and substrate treating apparatus

Inventors: Wan Hee Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kuk Saeng Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jun Hyeak Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
H01J37/32715H01L21/6833H01L21/68742H01J2237/2007H01J2237/20235H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 12,512,306
App. No.
18/145,145
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a lift pin assembly, including: a lift pin inserted into a pin hole; a moving plate moving up and down by a driving unit; a bellows module including a lower flange supported by the moving plate and a bellows shaft supporting the lift pins; and a pressurizing member provided between the lower flange and the moving plate to apply constant pressure in a lifting direction of the bellows module.

Claims (49)

1 . A substrate treating apparatus, comprising:

a support formed in which pin holes are formed in a vertical direction; and

a lift pin unit for loading and unloading a substrate onto and from the support,

wherein the lift pin unit includes:

a lift pin provided to move up and down along the pin hole;

a moving plate moving up and down by a driving unit;

a bellows module including a lower flange supported by the moving plate and a bellows shaft supporting the lift pins;

a pressurizing member provided between the lower flange and the moving plate to apply constant pressure in a lifting direction of the bellows module; and

a sagging prevention member configured to prevent sagging of the lift pin.

2 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pressurizing member is provided in the form in which disc springs are stacked and disposed.

3 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the disc springs are inserted between the lower flange and the moving plate in a constant preload state.

4 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the moving plate has a concave groove, into which the lower flange is inserted, on an upper surface, and

a height adjustment bolt which penetrates from a bottom surface of the moving plate and is coupled to the lower flange located in the concave groove is included.

5 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the height adjustment bolt passes through a central hole of the disc springs and is coupled to the lower flange.

6 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein according to a rotation of the height adjustment bolt, a height of the lower flange is varied in the concave groove.

7 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the number of disc springs increases or decreases according to a height adjustment of the height adjustment bolt.

8 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bellows shaft includes an insertion groove, into which the lift pin is inserted, at an upper end.

9 . A lift pin unit for loading and unloading a substrate, the lift pin unit comprising:

a lift pin inserted into a pin hole;

a moving plate moving up and down by a driving unit;

a bellows module including a lower flange supported by the moving plate and a bellows shaft supporting the lift pins;

a pressurizing member provided between the lower flange and the moving plate to apply constant pressure in a lifting direction of the bellows module; and

a sagging prevention member configured to prevent sagging of the lift pin.

10 . The lift pin unit of claim 9 , wherein the pressurizing member is provided in the form in which disc springs are stacked and disposed.

11 . The lift pin unit of claim 10 , wherein the disc springs are inserted between the lower flange and the moving plate in a constant preload state.

12 . The lift pin unit of claim 10 , wherein the moving plate has a concave groove, into which the lower flange is inserted, on an upper surface, and

a height adjustment bolt which penetrates from a bottom surface of the moving plate and is coupled to the lower flange located in the concave groove is included.

13 . The lift pin unit of claim 12 , wherein the height adjustment bolt passes through a central hole of the disc springs and is coupled to the lower flange.

14 . The lift pin unit of claim 12 , wherein according to a rotation of the height adjustment bolt, a height of the lower flange is varied on the concave groove.

15 . The lift pin unit of claim 12 , wherein the number of disc springs increases or decreases according to a height adjustment of the height adjustment bolt.

16 . A substrate treating apparatus, comprising:

a process chamber for forming a process space;

a gas supply unit for supplying process gas into the process chamber;

a plasma generating unit for generating plasma from the process gas introduced into the process chamber; and

a substrate support unit provided in the process space and supporting a substrate,

wherein the substrate support unit includes:

a susceptor including an electrostatic electrode adsorbing a substrate with electrostatic force; and

a lift pin unit for loading and unloading the substrate onto and from the substrate support, and

the lift pin unit includes:

a lift pin inserted into a pin hole of the susceptor;

a moving plate moving up and down by a driving unit and having a concave groove on an upper surface;

a bellows module including a lower flange positioned in the concave groove and a bellows shaft supporting the lift pin;

a height adjustment bolt which passes through a through hole formed on a bottom surface of the moving plate and is coupled to the lower flange located in the concave groove, and moves the bellows module in a vertical direction according to a rotation direction;

a pressurizing member provided between the lower flange and a bottom of the concave groove to apply constant pressure in a lifting direction of the bellows module; and

a sagging prevention member configured to prevent sagging of the lift pin.

17 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the pressurizing member is provided in the form in which disc springs are stacked and disposed.

18 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the disc springs are inserted between the lower flange and the moving plate in a constant preload state.

19 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the height adjustment bolt passes through a central hole of the disc springs and is coupled to the lower flange.

20 . The substrate treating apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the bellows shaft includes an insertion groove, into which the lift pin is inserted, at an upper end.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: JEONG, WAN HEE; KIM, KUK SAENG; CHOI, JUN HYEAK
To: SEMES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0193596 · Dec 31, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0097529 · Aug 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230215705A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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