Patent ID: 8506774
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: C23C,G11B

Abstract:
1. A vacuum processing device, comprising: a body with a plurality of adjacent processing spaces in a single vacuum chamber, wherein a first processing space includes a plurality of processing chambers radially arranged along a first circle, and a second processing space includes a plurality of processing chambers radially arranged along a second circle; a first rotary carrying table having a plurality of susceptors configured to carry a processed object respectively, aligned with respective processing chambers of the first processing space, and a center of rotation aligned with a center of the first circle; a second rotary carrying table having a plurality of susceptors aligned with respective processing chambers of the second processing space, and a center of rotation aligned with a center of the second circle; a solid pick-and-place arm having a central axis of rotation and first and second chucks on first and second ends of the arm, respectively, wherein the arm solidly maintains an angular relationship between the first and second ends as the arm rotates about the central axis, wherein the chucks trace a third circle upon rotation of the pick-and-place arm, and wherein the third circle intersects both the first and second circles; and a first delivery position having a first pusher lifting the susceptor with the processed object arranged on a position intersecting with the first circle and the third circle, and a second delivery position having a second pusher lifting the susceptor with the processed object arranged on a position intersecting with the second circle and the third circle; wherein the pick-and-place arm simultaneously replaces respective susceptors with processed objects lifted by the first pusher on the first delivery position and by the second pusher on the second delivery position.