Patent ID: 8303716
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: B08B,H01L

Abstract:
1. A processing system for chemically treating a plurality of substrates, comprising: a chemical treatment system comprising a chemical treatment chamber, a temperature controlled substrate holder mounted within said chemical treatment chamber and configured to support two or more substrates arranged substantially coplanar with one another on a support surface thereof in a single process space, a gas injection assembly coupled to said chemical treatment chamber and configured to introduce one or more process gases to said single process space in said chemical treatment chamber in order to chemically alter exposed surface layers on said two or more substrates, a heater assembly coupled to said gas injection assembly and configured to elevate a temperature of said gas injection assembly, and a vacuum pumping system coupled to said chemical treatment chamber; a thermal treatment system comprising a thermal treatment chamber, one or more temperature controlled substrate holders mounted within said thermal treatment chamber and configured to support two or more substrates, wherein said one or more temperature controlled substrate holders include a mechanism to elevate a thermal treatment substrate temperature of said two or more substrates in order to evaporate said chemically altered exposed surfaces layers thereon, a substrate lifter assembly coupled to said thermal treatment chamber for vertically translating said two or more substrates between a transfer plane and said one or more temperature controlled substrate holders, and a vacuum pumping system coupled to said thermal treatment chamber and configured to evacuate gaseous products of said thermal treatment chamber; an isolation assembly coupled to said chemical treatment system and said thermal treatment system; and a dedicated substrate handler configured to simultaneously transfer said two or more substrates arranged substantially coplanar with one another into and out of said chemical treatment system and said thermal treatment system.