Patent ID: 6126703
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A processing system comprising:a plurality of types of internal processing machines that perform various processes on a substrate; andan interface section that delivers and receives said substrate to and from an external processing machine for performing a specific process on said substrate, whereinsaid interface section includes:a transfer unit for taking in said substrate from at least one of said internal processing machines and transferring the substrate to said external processing machine; anda substrate table unit for temporarily holding said substrate in transferring said substrate between said internal processing machine and said external processing machine via said transfer unit, andsaid substrate table unit has a first and second tables that are laid one on top of the other and can move up and down and stop at a specific height, each of said first table and said second table having two placement tables side by side to allow two substrates to be temporarily placed on them in transferring a substrate between said external processing machine and said internal processing machine, and said transfer unit transferring said substrate between said first and second tables and at least one of said internal processing machines.