Patent ID: 6083566
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: C23C,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for handling a plurality of substrates having an outer edge, comprising:a load lock chamber for passing said substrates;an unload lock chamber for passing said substrates;a transfer chamber in which said substrates are moved to and from a substrate carrier;a vacuum robot for moving said substrates from said load lock chamber to said transfer chamber, and for moving said substrates from said transfer chamber to said unload lock chamber;a substrate transit having a single axis of motion for moving said substrates to and from said substrate carrier;a vacuum elevator for positioning said substrates on said substrate transit axis of motion in said transfer chamber;a main vacuum chamber including at least one chamber module having a process station with a first side and a second side, and said substrate carrier moving said substrates within said main vacuum chamber; anda vertically oriented race-track shaped track for guiding said substrate carrier within said main vacuum chamber.