Patent ID: 11972964
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC H  C | IPC C  H

Claim 8:
9. A substrate processing system for processing of a plurality of substrates, comprising:
a first deposition module being a first in-line module and having a first plurality of vacuum deposition sources;
a second deposition module being a second in-line module and having a second plurality of vacuum deposition sources; and
a glass handling module between the first deposition module and the second deposition module, the glass handling module comprises a vacuum orientation module, the vacuum orientation module comprises:
at least a first vacuum orientation chamber, comprising:
a vacuum chamber;
a first transportation track within the vacuum chamber, the first transportation track having a first support structure and a first driving structure and defining a transportation direction;
an orientation actuator to change a substrate orientation between a non-vertical orientation and a non-horizontal orientation, the vacuum chamber has a first pair of two slit openings at opposing side walls of the vacuum chamber in the transportation direction; and

a second transportation track within the vacuum chamber, the second transportation track having a second support structure and a second driving structure extending along the transportation direction, the vacuum chamber has a second pair of two slit openings at the opposing side walls of the vacuum chamber.