Patent ID: 6729824
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A substrate processing system comprising:a transfer chamber comprising: a body; a first transfer area defined within the body; a second transfer area defined within the body and separated from the first transfer area by a center axis of the body; a first passage coupling a first side of the body and the first transfer area; and a second passage coupling the first side of the body and the second transfer area, the first passage and the second passage forming an acute angle about the center axis; a transfer platform disposed between the first transfer area and the second transfer area; a first load lock chamber fluidly coupled to the first passage; a second load lock chamber fluidly coupled to the second passage; a first processing chamber coupled to a second side of the transfer chamber; a second processing chamber coupled to the second side of the transfer chamber on a side of the center axis opposite the first processing chamber; a first transfer robot disposed in the first transfer area and adapted to transfer substrates between the first load lock, the transfer platform and the first processing chamber; and a second transfer robot disposed in the second transfer area and adapted to transfer substrates between the second load lock, the transfer platform and the second processing chamber.