Patent ID: 8092138
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A vacuum processing system, comprising: a vacuum transfer chamber having a robot disposed therein, the vacuum transfer chamber suitable to accommodate a large area substrate; a first processing chamber coupled to a first facet of the transfer chamber, the first processing chamber supported in a spaced-apart relation above a first machine base; a second processing chamber coupled to a second facet of the transfer chamber, the second processing chamber supported in a spaced-apart relation above a second machine base; a third processing chamber coupled to a third facet of the transfer chamber, the third processing chamber supported in a spaced-apart relation above a third machine base; a first horizontal platform; a first outer support member extending laterally beyond the first platform and into an interstitial space defined between the first base and the first processing chamber, the first outer support member slidably coupled to the first base supporting the first platform, the first outer support member extending laterally beyond the first platform and into an interstitial space defined between the second base and the second processing chamber, the first outer support member slidably coupled to the second base supporting the second processing chamber; a first inner support member extending laterally beyond the first platform and into the interstitial space defined between the first base and the first processing chamber, the first inner support member being substantially fixed to the first base, the first inner support member supporting the first platform, the first inner support member extending laterally beyond the first platform and into the interstitial space defined between the second base and the second processing chamber, the first inner support member being substantially fixed to the second base; a second horizontal platform; a second outer support member extending laterally beyond the second platform and into an interstitial space defined between the second base and the second processing chamber, the second outer support member slidably coupled to the second base supporting the second processing chamber, the second outer support member supporting the second platform, the second outer support member extending laterally beyond the second platform and into an interstitial space defined between the third base and the third processing chamber, the outer support member slidably coupled to the third base supporting the third processing chamber; and a second inner support member extending laterally beyond the second platform and into the interstitial space defined between the second base and the second processing chamber, the second inner support member being substantially fixed to the second base, the second inner support member supporting the second platform, the second inner support member extending laterally beyond the second platform and into the interstitial space defined between the third base and the third processing chamber, the second inner support member being substantially fixed to the third base.