Patent ID: 8815013
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: C23C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A system for processing a substrate, comprising: a unitary mainframe having a plurality of modules attached thereto, one of the plurality of modules being a combinatorial module configured to perform site isolated processing of the substrate where different regions of the substrate are processed according to varied process sequences, the combinatorial module having a shutter garage affixed to the combinatorial module the shutter garage housing a moveable shutter outside of a processing region of the combinatorial module, the shutter garage having a first transport mechanism contained therein for transporting the moveable shutter to and from the processing region, the first transport mechanism configured to rotate the moveable shutter; a second transport mechanism disposed within the unitary mainframe, the second transport mechanism configured to transfer the substrate between the plurality of modules, wherein at least one of the plurality of modules stores multiple masks, the multiple masks enabling in-situ variation of feature sizes across multiple layers of the substrate, the multiple masks further enabling in-situ variation of spatial location and geometry across a sequence of processes applied to the substrate, wherein the second transport mechanism transports the masks independent of the substrate.