Patent ID: 6117238
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: C23C,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for transferring a substrate between a cassette module and a process module, the substrate having a central portion for receiving deposition material and having first and second end portions which are disposed at opposite ends of the substrate in a first direction and on which no deposition material is to be deposited, the apparatus comprising:a body,first means supported by, and extending in the first direction from, the body for cooperating with the body in supporting the substrate on the body only at the first end portion of the substrate in the first direction and in supporting the substrate on the first means only at the second end portion of the substrate in the first direction,second means operatively coupled to the first means and the body for rigidifying the support of the first means by the body, and the extension of the first means from the body, in the first direction, andthird means operatively coupled to the body and the first means for balancing the support of the second end portion of the substrate on the first means in a second direction transverse to the first direction.