Patent ID: 7323058

Claim:
An electroless deposition system, comprising: a processing mainframe; at least one substrate cleaning station positioned on the mainframe; an electroless deposition station positioned on the mainframe, wherein the electroless deposition station comprises: an environmentally controlled processing enclosure; a first fluid processing station positioned in the processing enclosure; a second fluid processing station positioned in the enclosure; and a substrate transfer shuttle positioned in the enclosure to transfer substrates between the first and second fluid processing stations; and a substrate transfer robot positioned on the mainframe and configured to access an interior of the processing enclosure, wherein at least one of the first and second fluid processing stations comprises: a rotatable substrate support assembly configured to support a substrate for processing; and a plurality of fluid catch rings inwardly and upwardly extending from an interior of the processing stations toward a perimeter of the substrate positioned on the substrate support assembly, wherein each of the plurality of fluid catch rings is configured to collect fluid from the substrate as the substrate is positioned in a corresponding elevation.