Patent ID: 7585142
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: B65G,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing substrates comprising: a substrate handling chamber having a substrate load port sized and shaped to allow one or more substrates to be transferred through the load port; and a movable platform configured to a substrate carrier thereon, the movable platform being movably engaged with the handling chamber between a first position and a second position, the first position being such that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is inaccessible by a substrate handling robot inside the chamber, the second position being near to the load port so that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is accessible by a substrate handling robot inside the handling chamber, the movable platform configured to rotate on a hinge about a generally vertical axis between the first and second positions; and at least two stationary substrate load platforms accessible to a substrate handling robot inside the handling chamber, the movable load platform being linearly aligned with the stationary load platforms when in the first position and misaligned with the stationary load platforms when in the second position.