Patent ID: 6051066
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: C23C,Y10S

Abstract:
An end effector for transferring a substrate between a cassette module and a process module, each of the substrates having a central portion for receiving deposition material and having a peripheral portion on which no deposition material is to be deposited, comprising,a body,a web having first and second opposite ends and coupled at the first end to the body,first means extending from the body through the first and second opposite ends of the web for holding the second opposite end of the web in a fixed relationship to the body,second means disposed on the body and fixedly disposed on the second opposite end of the web for supporting the substrate at the peripheral portion of the substrate without any contact of the central portion of the substrate with the body, the web, the first means and the second means, andthird means disposed between the body and the web for balancing the web relative to the body to provide a balanced relationship of the substrate on the web.