Patent ID: 7025554
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vacuum processing system comprising: a load port on which a plurality of cassette containers is to be arranged in a first direction, each of the cassette containers holding a plurality of objects to be processed; a common transfer chamber having first and second sides which are opposite to each other, the load port being provided on the first side of the common transfer chamber; a plurality of process units provided on the second side of the common transfer chamber along the first direction, each of the process units including a process chamber in which an object is processed and a transfer section positioned between the process chamber and the common transfer chamber, the respective process units extending from the common transfer chamber in a second direction; a first transfer device provided in the common transfer chamber to transfer an object between any of the transfer sections and the common transfer chamber; and a plurality of second transfer devices each of which is provided in each of the transfer sections to transfer an object between the process chamber and the transfer section of the same process unit.