Patent ID: 6009890
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A substrate transporting and processing system comprising:a supply section for a container, which container is dimensioned for housing therein, in a horizontal state, a plurality of substrates to be processed;a discharge section for the container;substrate unloading means for unloading a plural number of said plurality of substrates from the container;substrate loading means for loading a plural number of substrates into a container;attitude changing means for changing the attitude of a plural number of substrates of said plurality of substrates between a horizontal state and a vertical state;a processing section for suitably processing a plural number of substrates of said plurality of substrates simultaneously in one group; anda substrate transport means for delivering, in a vertical state, substrates between said attitude changing means and said processing section and for transporting the plural number of substrates in said processing section.