Patent ID: 6463676
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B01J,B41J,C23C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transferring a substrate, using an apparatus comprising:a cassette table for mounting plural cassettes which receive plural substrates in an atmosphere; and an atmospheric loader arranged between (1) said plural cassettes and (2) two lock chambers and having an atmospheric transferring device for transferring a substrate to be subjected to processing or a substrate which has been processed, the substrate transferring method comprising the steps of: carrying in, one by one, said substrate to one of said lock chambers by taking out, one by one, said substrate to be subjected to processing from a cassette, of the plural cassettes, which is mounted on said cassette table, by said atmospheric transferring device; and receiving, one by one, said substrate which has been processed to a position of said cassette from which said substrate had been taken out for processing, by taking out, one by one, said substrate which has been processed from one of said two lock chambers.