Patent ID: 9293355
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H01L,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A substrate transfer system comprising: a substrate transfer robot disposed in a robot installment area defined between a first apparatus and a second apparatus comprising an opening, the robot installment area including a plurality of side walls, the first apparatus including a plurality of cassettes disposed at different locations in the first apparatus and each configured to accommodate at least one substrate, the substrate transfer robot being configured to transfer the at least one substrate from each of the plurality of cassettes to the second apparatus via the opening, the substrate transfer robot comprising: wherein the minimal rotation area is defined by a minimal rotation radius that is an outermost radius of the substrate transfer robot from the center of rotation when the substrate transfer robot is in a collapsed state, wherein the minimal rotation radius is larger than a first minimum distance between the center of rotation and a first side wall of the plurality of side walls, and wherein the minimal rotation radius is larger than a second minimum distance between the center of rotation and a second side wall of the plurality of side walls.