LS Series

Full Featured Coater and Developer Systems with Stepper Interface

Inline Coater and Developer Cluster for High Volume Production

LS 4000 coater – and developer system for wafer sizes up to 200mm with stepper interface offers maximum throughput for high volume production in combination with flexible system configuration for various process applications.

System Features

  • Flexible tool configuration with up to 12 processing modules and 4 I/O stations
  • Wafer sizes up to 200mm diameter
  • Available as cluster with stepper interface
  • Up to 4 SMIF load ports for 200mm Wafer
  • High throughput
  • User friendly software allows upgrade of process modules and system components
  • SECS/GEM interface
  • Customer specific solutions

Handling System

  • 3-axis Pick & place robot
  • Contactless wafer centering “on-the-fly”
  • OCR, bar and matrix code support
  • Edge gripping of wafers available
  • Intelligent cassette slot scanning detects carrier type, wafer size and double or cross loaded slots
  • FOUP load ports can be integrated

Coater Module

  • Optimized bowl design with symmetric exhaust for optimal process results
  • Programmable Edge Bead Removal, wafer backside and bowl rinse
  • Dispense system for up to 5 different media per bowl with automatic nozzle change
  • Temperature controlled dispense lines
  • Range of resist pumps to choose from:
    » customer-specific
    » pressure tank
    » stepper motor driven pump
    » syringe

Developer Module

  • Proven process bowl design with symmetric exhaust
  • Dispense system for up to 3 different media per bowl
  • Various developer media can be applied by:
    » Puddle nozzle
    » Fan spray nozzle
    » Binary spray nozzle
  • Programmable top-, backside & bowl rinse

Hot- and Coolplate Module

  • Up to 6 hot- or coolplates per module
  • Standard hotplate (60° – 200°C)
  • High-temperature hotplate (60° – 450°C)
  • Hotplate with heated cover
  • HMDS Priming hotplate (60° – 200°C)
  • Coolplate (15° – 45°C), with either water or Peltier cooling
  • Distance control via
    » programmable proximity
    » fixed proximity