Patent ID: 6108929
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B01J,B41J,C23C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A conveyor system for use in a vacuum processing apparatus, comprising:a cassette mount unit for receiving plural substrates to be processed, wherein said cassette mount unit is exposed to the air;an atmospheric conveyor loader having a first conveyor unit for conveying a substrate to be processed;a load lock chamber for receiving said substrate to be processed from said first conveyor unit;an unload lock chamber for delivering said substrate to be processed which has been processed, to said first conveyor unit, wherein said unload lock chamber is a separate chamber from said load lock chamber; anda vacuum conveyor load unit having a conveyor chamber comprising a second conveyor unit which conveys said substrate to be processed between said load lock chamber or said unload lock chamber and at least one of a plurality of vacuum processing chambers.