Patent ID: 6079098
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for processing substrates in at least two automatic processing units, comprising the steps of:at least temporarily holding a substrate in a first automatic processing unit;identifying positional coordinates and geometrical data of the substrate;performing a predetermined processing operation on the substrate based, in part, on the positional coordinates and the geometrical data;conveying the substrate to a second automatic processing unit and at least temporarily holding the substrate in the second automatic processing unit;communicating the geometrical data from the first automatic processing unit to the second automatic processing unit;identifying the positional coordinates of the substrate in the second automatic processing unit; andperforming another predetermined processing operation on the substrate based, in part, on the positional coordinates in the second automatic processing unit and the geometrical data communicated to the second automatic processing unit by the first automatic processing unit.