Patent ID: 6517303
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: C03B,C03C,F27D,H01L,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for processing a substrate, comprising:a first chamber; a second chamber coupled to the first chamber and configured to perform a process on the substrate; a valve to selectively seal the first chamber from the second chamber when closed and to permit transfer of the substrate between the first chamber and the second chamber through the valve when open; a substrate transfer shuttle moveable along a linear path, defined by guide rollers, between one position in the first chamber and another position in the second chamber to transfer the substrate between the first chamber and the second chamber, and further moveable along the linear path between the another position in the second chamber and the one position in the first chamber to transfer the substrate between the second chamber and the first chamber, the shuttle having one or more substrate support fingers disposed thereon; and a substrate support disposed in the second chamber and adapted to move from a lower position to a higher position, wherein at least a portion of the substrate support moves between the substrate support fingers of the shuttle.