IP Library Granted Patent US 11,664,253
Granted Patent B2
US 11,664,253 · App. 16/541,227 · Granted May 30, 2023

Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

Inventor: Kazuya Yoshimori (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
H01L21/67259H01J37/22H01J37/32715H01L21/67069H01L21/6831H01J2237/2007H01J2237/24578H01J2237/334
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Patent No.
US 11,664,253
App. No.
16/541,227
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a housing configured to house a substrate, and a plasma supplier configured to supply plasma on an upper face of the substrate. The apparatus further includes a support configured to support the substrate and a ring surrounding an end portion of the substrate, the ring including a member having a lower face on which a mark to be photographed is provided. The apparatus further includes equipment configured to photograph the mark or receive an image of the mark through a wiring that includes a first end portion able to be disposed in a vicinity of the mark and a second end portion different from the first end portion.

Claims (13)

1. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a housing configured to house a substrate;

a plasma supplier configured to supply plasma on an upper face of the substrate;

a support configured to support the substrate and a ring surrounding an end portion of the substrate, the ring including a first member having a lower face on which a mark to be photographed is provided, and a second member disposed under the lower face of the first member;

equipment configured to photograph the mark or receive an image of the mark through a wiring that includes a first end portion able to be disposed in a vicinity of the mark and inserted into the second member so as to face the mark through a transparent portion of the second member, and a second end portion different from the first end portion; and

a controller configured to identify a position of the mark based on the image of the mark, and adjust a position of the substrate on the support based on the position of the mark.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first member and the second member has a ring shape.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the equipment is a camera configured to photograph the mark through the wiring from an outside of the ring.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the equipment is a receiver configured to receive the image of the mark at an outside of the ring through the wiring.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an imaging element configured to take the image of the mark from a position between the mark and the first end portion,

wherein the equipment receives the image taken by the imaging element through the wiring.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a pin configured to raise and lower the ring,

wherein the first end portion of the wiring is fixed to the pin.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 10, 2022
From: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
To: KIOXIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059004/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2019
From: YOSHIMORI, KAZUYA
To: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050059/0351 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-050341 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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