IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,236,743
Granted Patent B2
US 11,236,743 · App. 16/228,116 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Substrate processing apparatus and recording medium

Inventors: Masanori Okuno (Toyama, JP); Hideki Horita (Toyama, JP); Kazuyoshi Yamamoto (Toyama, JP); Kazuhide Asai (Toyama, JP); Toshihiko Yonejima (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 11,236,743
App. No.
16/228,116
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a technique that includes: a main controller configured to execute a process recipe including a plurality of steps to perform a predetermined process on a substrate so as to acquire device data when executing the process recipe; and a storage part configured to store the acquired device data, wherein the main controller is configured to: acquire the device data in a predetermined specific step among the steps constituting the process recipe; calculate a value of the acquired device data in the specific step; compare the calculated value with a value of the device data in the specific step calculated at a time of previous execution of the process recipe; and generate an alarm when the calculated value shows a predefined tendency.

Claims (33)

1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising:

a main controller configured to execute a process recipe including a plurality of steps to perform a predetermined process on a substrate so as to acquire device data when executing the process recipe; and

a storage part configured to store the acquired device data,

wherein the main controller is configured to:

acquire the device data, which includes a current value, a rotational speed, and a back pressure of an auxiliary pump, in a predetermined specific step among the steps constituting the process recipe;

calculate an average value for each of the device data acquired in the specific step;

compare the calculated average value with a previous average value for each of the device data acquired in the specific step during previous execution of the process recipe; and

generate an alarm if it is determined that at least one of the following conditions is met:

the calculated average value for the current value is larger than the previous average value for the current value and has been increased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe,

the calculated average value for the back pressure is larger than the previous average value for the back pressure and has been increased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe, and

the calculated average value for the rotational speed is smaller than the previous average value for the rotational speed and has been decreased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe.

2. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the storage part is configured to store a cleaning recipe for directly supplying a cleaning gas to an exhaust pipe by passing the cleaning gas by a process chamber for processing the substrate, and

wherein the main controller is configured to execute the cleaning recipe while generating the alarm.

3. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the main controller is configured to execute the cleaning recipe after the process recipe is completed.

4. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the process recipe includes at least a boat-loading process, a preparing step, a film-forming process, a purging step and a boat-unloading process, and

wherein the specific step is selected from the boat-loading process and the preparing step prior to the film-forming process.

5. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the specific step is a process of starting evacuation from an atmospheric pressure.

6. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main controller is configured to acquire a maximum value of the device data in the specific step.

7. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display part,

wherein the main controller is configured to display contents of the alarm the display part.

8. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the preset number of times is set to three times or larger and seven times or smaller.

9. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main controller is configured to generate the alarm when a predefined tendency of the at least one of the conditions in each of the device data changes.

10. The substrate processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main controller is configured to generate the alarm if it is determined that at least two of the conditions are met.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a process in a substrate processing apparatus including a main controller configured to execute a process recipe including a plurality of steps to perform a predetermined process on a substrate so as to acquire device data when executing the process recipe, and a storage part configured to store the acquired device data, the process comprising:

acquiring device data, which includes a current value, a rotational speed, and a back pressure of an auxiliary pump, while executing the process recipe, and storing the acquired device data;

acquiring the device data in a predetermined specific, step among the steps constituting the process recipe from the stored device data;

calculating an average value for each of the device data acquired in the specific step;

comparing the calculated average value with a previous average value for each of the device data acquired in the specific step during previous execution of the process recipe; and

generating an alarm if it is determined that at least one of the following conditions is met:

the calculated average value for the current value is larger than the previous average value for the current value and has been increased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe,

the calculated average value for the back pressure is larger than the previous average value for the back pressure and has been increased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe, and

the calculated average value for the rotational speed is smaller than the previous average value for the rotational speed and has been decreased in succession for a preset number of times of executing the process recipe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2019
From: OKUNO, MASANORI; HORITA, HIDEKI; YAMAMOTO, KAZUYOSHI; ASAI, KAZUHIDE; YONEJIMA, TOSHIHIKO
To: KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047944/0642 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-245066 · Dec 21, 2017 · national
JP JP2018-224852 · Nov 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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