Patent ID: 7066703
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: C23C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A substrate processing system comprising: a transfer chamber forming an enclosed volume having therein a transfer arm configured to transfer a substrate; a processing chamber separate from said transfer chamber; a chuck assembly with a plurality of chucks configured to receive the substrate, said chuck assembly being movably configured to provide for transfer of the substrate between said transfer chamber and said processing chamber such that when one of said plurality of chucks is in a processing position within said processing chamber another one of said plurality of chucks is in a substrate exchange position within said transfer chamber; and a valve movably mounted within said enclosed volume of the transfer chamber and configured to form a separately sealed intermediate chamber within said enclosed volume of the transfer chamber such that another substrate on said another one of said plurality of chucks can be processed while located at said substrate exchange position.