Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a method for carrying the post-CMP cleaning of the wafer, which can improve the cleaning speed of the post-CMP cleaning of the wafer and meet the requirement of wafer productivity.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that the method for carrying the wafer after CMP cleaning comprises the following steps:
Step S01, a handover unit receives the wafer after CMP and performs pre-cleaning;
Step S02, conveying a first wafer in the delivery unit to a first cleaning unit by using a double mechanical arm to perform first cleaning, wherein the time of the first cleaning is 110-130 seconds;
S03, conveying the first wafer subjected to the first cleaning to a second cleaning unit by using a double mechanical arm to perform second cleaning, wherein the second cleaning time is 170-190 seconds;
Step S04, returning the double manipulators to the delivery unit, and conveying the second wafer in the delivery unit to the first cleaning unit for first cleaning;
s05, keeping moisture of the second wafer after the first cleaning unit is cleaned, and then enabling the second wafer to enter the second cleaning unit before the second cleaning of the first wafer is completed;
S06, after the positions of the first wafer and the second wafer are exchanged by the double manipulators, the second wafer is cleaned in the second cleaning unit, and the first wafer is sent into the wafer box of the loading table by the double manipulators;
and S07, sequentially repeating the steps S02-S06, sequentially placing the wafers into the wafer boxes of the loading table, and taking the wafer boxes away by a subsequent manipulator when the number of the wafers reaches the requirement.
Furthermore, a temporary storage unit is further arranged between the second cleaning unit and the loading table and is used for temporarily storing cleaned wafers which are not placed on the loading table.
Further, in step S01, the pre-cleaning is used to soak the wafers after CMP in ozone water in groups of two wafers, and then perform ultrasonic cleaning to ensure that the wafers are in a wet state.
Further, the cleaning process of the first cleaning unit is as follows, and the wafer is brushed by the pure water and the alkaline liquid medicine in sequence when the brush rotates.
Further, the cleaning process of the second cleaning unit is as follows, the nozzle sequentially sprays ozone and acidic liquid medicine to the wafer, and finally spin-dries the wafer.
Further, two clamping jaws which are arranged up and down are arranged on the double manipulator and are used for clamping wafers in a wet state and a dry state respectively.
Due to the application of the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages:
The wafer is clamped by the double manipulators, so that the wafer after the wafer is cleaned can be moved to the cleaning position of the wafer before the wafer is cleaned, the wafer after the wafer is interchanged in position and then is conveyed to the subsequent station, the conveying time of the wafer can be effectively shortened, the productivity is improved, the cleaning efficiency is improved, and the requirement of batch cleaning of the wafer is met.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments, and common alternatives known to those skilled in the art are also included in the scope of the invention.
Example 1
Referring to fig. 1, a method for carrying a post-CMP cleaning wafer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a transfer unit 1, a first cleaning unit 2, a second cleaning unit 3, a dual robot 4, and a loading table 6.
Specifically, the transfer unit 1 mainly performs a function of transferring wafers after CMP in a previous process, receives the wafers after CMP, and pre-cleans the wafers, wherein the pre-cleans are performed by immersing the wafers in ozone water and cleaning the wafers by ultrasonic waves, and the wafers are immersed in the ozone water in a group of two wafers, so that the wafers are in a wet state.
The cleaning process of the first cleaning unit comprises the steps that when the brush rotates, pure water and alkaline liquid medicine are sequentially used for brushing the wafer, and the cleaning process of the second cleaning unit comprises the steps that the nozzle is used for sequentially spraying ozone and acidic liquid medicine on the wafer, and finally the wafer is dried.
The double mechanical arm 4 comprises two clamping jaws which are arranged up and down, the clamping jaw positioned above is used for clamping the wafer in the dry state, the clamping jaw positioned below is used for clamping the wafer in the wet state, and the double mechanical arm 4 is used for conveying all the wafers among the delivery unit 1, the first cleaning unit 2, the second cleaning unit 3 and the loading table 6, wherein only the wafer cleaned by the second cleaning unit 3 needs to be clamped by the clamping jaw in the dry state.
The loading table 6 is located at the rear end of the second cleaning unit, and a wafer cassette is disposed on the loading table 6, for placing cleaned wafers, in this embodiment, 23 wafers can be placed on one wafer cassette, and when the wafers 23 wafers are removed by a robot in the subsequent process.
The embodiment discloses a method for carrying wafer after CMP cleaning.
Referring to fig. 1, in step S01, the handover unit receives the wafers after CMP, and the wafers are soaked in ozone water in groups of two and cleaned by ultrasonic waves to ensure that the wafers are in a wet state.
In step S02, the double robot arm conveys the first wafer 10 in the delivery unit into the first cleaning unit, and cleans the first wafer with the brush in combination with pure water and alkaline chemical solution for 110 seconds.
In step S03, the first wafer 10 after the first cleaning is carried into the second cleaning unit by the double manipulators, and is spin-dried after being spray-washed by the nozzles in combination with ozone and acidic liquid medicine, and 170 seconds are required in the process.
Please refer to fig. 2:
In step S04, the double robot returns to the transfer unit, and the second wafer 20 in the transfer unit is transferred to the first cleaning unit to be cleaned for 110 seconds for the first time, and the first wafer 10 is cleaned in the second cleaning unit.
Referring to fig. 3, in step S05, since the time for the first wafer 10 to be cleaned in the second cleaning unit is longer than the time for the second wafer 20 to be cleaned in the second cleaning unit, the second wafer 20 is continuously moisturized in the first cleaning unit after the second wafer 20 is cleaned in the first cleaning unit, and then enters the second cleaning unit before the second wafer 10 is cleaned in the second cleaning unit.
In step S06, after the positions of the first wafer and the second wafer are interchanged by the dual robots, the first wafer 10 in the second cleaning unit is taken out by the clamping jaw in the dry state, the second wafer 20 is put into the second cleaning unit by the clamping jaw in the wet state for cleaning, and the first wafer 10 is sent into the wafer box of the loading table.
Step S07, repeating the steps S02-S06 in sequence, placing the cleaned wafers into the wafer boxes of the loading table in sequence, and taking the wafer boxes filled with 23 wafers by a subsequent manipulator when the number of the wafers in the wafer boxes reaches 23.
Example two
The invention discloses a method for carrying cleaning after CMP of various wafers, which comprises the following steps:
and step S01, the delivery unit receives the wafer after the CMP to keep moisture.
In step S02, the double robot hand conveys the first wafer 10 in the delivery unit into the first cleaning unit, and cleans the wafer with the brush and the pure water and the alkaline chemical solution for 130 seconds.
In step S03, the first wafer 10 after the first cleaning is carried into the second cleaning unit by the double manipulators, and is spin-dried after being spray-washed by the nozzles in combination with ozone and acidic liquid medicine, and 190 seconds are required in the process.
In step S04, the double robots return to the transfer unit, and the second wafer 20 in the transfer unit is transferred to the first cleaning unit for the first cleaning for 130 seconds, and the first wafer 10 is cleaned in the second cleaning unit.
In step S05, after the second wafer 20 is cleaned by the first cleaning unit, the second wafer 20 is continuously moisturized in the first cleaning unit, and then enters the second cleaning unit before the second cleaning of the first wafer 10 is completed.
In step S06, after the positions of the first wafer 10 and the second wafer 20 are interchanged by the dual robots, the first wafer 10 in the second cleaning unit is taken out by clamping the clamping jaw in the dry state, then the second wafer 20 is put into the second cleaning unit by clamping the clamping jaw in the wet state, and the first wafer 10 is sent into the wafer box of the loading table.
Step S07, repeating the steps S02-S06 in sequence, placing the cleaned wafers into the wafer boxes of the loading table in sequence, and taking the wafer boxes filled with 21 wafers by a subsequent manipulator when the number of the wafers in the wafer boxes reaches 21.
Example III
Referring to fig. 4, the difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment is that a temporary storage unit 5 is further installed between the loading table and the second cleaning unit, for storing the wafers that are not placed after being cleaned by the second cleaning unit 4.
The invention discloses a method for carrying cleaning after CMP of various wafers, which comprises the following steps:
and step S01, the delivery unit receives the wafer after the CMP to keep moisture.
Step S02, the double manipulators convey the first wafer in the delivery unit into the first cleaning unit to clean the first wafer for 120 seconds by combining the brush with pure water and alkaline chemical.
And S03, conveying the first wafer after the first cleaning into a second cleaning unit by using a double mechanical arm to perform spin-drying after the spray nozzle is matched with the spray cleaning of ozone and acid liquid medicine, wherein 180 seconds are required in the process.
Step S04, the double manipulators return to the delivery unit, the second wafer in the delivery unit is conveyed to the first cleaning unit to be cleaned for 120 seconds for the first time, and the first wafer is cleaned in the second cleaning unit.
And step S05, after the second wafer is cleaned in the first cleaning unit, continuing to moisturize in the first cleaning unit, and then entering the second cleaning unit before the second wafer is cleaned for the second time.
And S06, after the positions of the first wafer and the second wafer are interchanged by the double manipulators, taking the first wafer out of the second cleaning unit by clamping the clamping jaw in a dry state, putting the second wafer into the second cleaning unit by clamping the clamping jaw in a wet state, and cleaning, wherein the first wafer is sent into the wafer box of the loading table.
Step S07, repeating the steps S02-S06 in sequence, placing the cleaned wafers into the wafer boxes of the loading table in sequence, and taking the wafer boxes filled with 25 wafers by a subsequent manipulator when the number of the wafers in the wafer boxes reaches 25.
And step 08, when the cleaned wafer cannot be put into the wafer box, temporarily storing the wafer in the temporary storage unit for moisturizing so as to be sent to the loading table later.
The wafer is clamped by the double manipulators, so that the wafer after the wafer is cleaned can be moved to the cleaning position of the wafer before the wafer is cleaned, the wafer after the wafer is interchanged in position and then is conveyed to the subsequent station, the conveying time of the wafer can be effectively shortened, the productivity is improved, the cleaning efficiency is improved, and the requirement of batch cleaning of the wafer is met.
The foregoing is merely a specific application example of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited in any way. All technical schemes formed by equivalent transformation or equivalent substitution fall within the protection scope of the invention.