Patent ID: 8944739
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A wafer handling system for a semiconductor fabrication facility (FAB), comprising: a first semiconductor tool having a plurality of loadports including a first loadport, each of the plurality of loadports having a single respective tool access door and being configured for receiving a first wafer carrier operable to hold a plurality of wafers; a second semiconductor tool having a plurality of loadports including a second loadport, each of the plurality of loadports having a single respective tool access door and being configured for receiving a second wafer carrier operable to hold a plurality of wafers; and a loadport bridge mechanism spanning between the first and second loadports, the loadport bridge mechanism including wafer transport robot configured and operable to transport a wafer outside a wafer carrier from the respective tool access door of the first loadport of the first semiconductor tool to the respective tool access door of the second loadport of the second semiconductor tool.