Patent ID: 8892248

Claim:
A substrate processing system comprising: a housing comprising a first housing module configured to hold an isolated atmosphere therein and closable openings configured for communicably connecting the first housing module to a second housing module having a substrate holding station and a substrate holding station reference point associated therewith; a transport apparatus partly within the first housing module and configured to transport a substrate; at least one target; at least one transmitter configured to transmit an identification signal to the at least one target; and a controller operably connected to the transport apparatus, the at least one target and the at least one transmitter, the controller being configured to receive data signals, based on the identification signal, from one of the at least one target and the at least one transmitter and effect transfer of the substrate with the transport apparatus from the first housing module to the substrate holding station of the second housing module through the closeable opening, based on the data signals.