Patent ID: 6709522
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A system for treating workpieces with a plasma, wherein a plurality of workpieces are carried in slots within a magazine, said system comprising:at least one plasma treatment chamber having a processing space within the plasma treatment chamber; a magazine indexer; a magazine handler adapted to support a magazine, said magazine handler being operable to position the magazine on said magazine indexer and said magazine indexer being operable to position the magazine at a plurality of vertical positions corresponding to vertical positions of the slots; a kicker having an end effector to eject a workpiece from the magazine; and a pinch wheel assembly to move the workpiece from the magazine to a first position outside the plasma treatment chamber; and a workpiece translator having a first surface adapted to contact a first edge of the workpiece, said workpiece translator being operable to move the workplace with said first surface from a first position to said processing space within said plasma treatment chamber, and a second surface adapted to contact an opposed, second edge of the workpiece, and said workpiece translator being operable to move the workpiece with said second surface from the processing space within the plasma processing chamber to the first position outside the plasma processing chamber.