Patent ID: 6273956
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A dual chamber apparatus for continuously processing a plurality of workpieces comprising:a common power source switchable between a first chamber and a second chamber,the first chamber for processing a second workpiece in a deep vacuum to completion therein when the power source is applied thereto and switched ON,a robot for removing at substantially atmospheric pressure a first workpiece from the second chamber after processing and reloading the second chamber with a third workpiece to be processed while the second workpiece is being processed in the first chamber,the second chamber for processing the third workpiece in a deep vacuum to completion therein when the power source is applied thereto and switched ON,the robot for removing at substantially atmospheric pressure the second workpiece from the first chamber after processing and reloading the first chamber with a fourth workpiece to be processed while the third workpiece is being processed in the second chamber, anda computer for repeatedly synchronously alternately controlling the power source application, the robot movement and the chamber processing as aforesaid.