Patent ID: 6183026
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
An end effector for handling a substrate, the end effector comprising:an end effector body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the end effector body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the end effector body including at least one aperture disposed between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion and extending from the lower surface to the upper surface; anda contact member coupled with the proximal end portion of the end effector body for contacting a substrate over a contact surface area which is smaller in size than the surface of the substrate facing the contact member and spacing the substrate from the end effector body so that the substrate does not contact the upper and lower surfaces of the end effector body, the at least one aperture of the end effector body overlapping in position with a portion of the substrate and being vertically spaced from the portion of the substrate when the substrate is in contact with the contact member.