Patent ID: 6095741
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: F16K,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A dual slot valve for use in a semiconductor process cluster architecture arrangement, the dual slot valve comprising:a housing having a first side and a second side, the housing having a first slot at the first side and a second slot at the second side, the first slot being adjacent to a first wall surface of the housing, the second slot being adjacent to a second wall surface of the housing, a wafer transfer axis extending between the first and second slots and perpendicularly to the first and second wall surfaces, the wafer transfer axis being an axis along which a substrate is passed between a first module and a second module, the first module being attached to the first side of the housing and the second module being attached to the second side of the housing;a first door mounted for movement generally parallel to the wafer transfer axis and within the housing to enable movement of the first door between a closed position to close the first slot and an open position to open the first slot; anda second door mounted for movement generally parallel to the wafer transfer axis and within the housing to enable movement of the second door between a closed position to close the second slot and an open position to open the second slot.