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Patent US6588121 - Vacuum processing apparatus - Google Patents
A vacuum processing apparatus includes a means for transferring wafer cassettes from a transferring chamber to a lock chamber. The wafer cassettes are mounted within a cassette table and are arranged in a single line. The vacuum processing apparatus further includes lock chambers connected to a plurality...http://www.google.com/patents/US6588121?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6588121 - Vacuum processing apparatus
Publication number US6588121 B2
Application number US 09/780,444
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Publication number 09780444, 780444, US 6588121 B2, US 6588121B2, US-B2-6588121, US6588121 B2, US6588121B2
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US 6588121 B2
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U.S. Classification 34/92, 34/60
International Classification B01J3/00, H01L21/677, B41J2/36, C23C14/56, B41J2/365, H01L21/00
Cooperative Classification Y10S134/902, Y10S414/14, Y10S414/137, Y10S414/139, B01J3/006, C23C14/564, H01L21/67167, B41J2/365, H01L21/67736, H01L21/67253, H01L21/67028, B41J2/36, H01L21/67748
European Classification B01J3/00F, H01L21/677A11, H01L21/67S2D4, H01L21/67S8B, H01L21/67S2Z2C, B41J2/365, H01L21/677B6, C23C14/56D, B41J2/36