Patent ID: 7462564

Claim:
A method of operating a processing system to treat a substrate comprising: transferring said substrate into a chemical treatment system comprising a temperature controlled chemical treatment chamber, a temperature controlled substrate holder mounted within said chemical treatment chamber, a vacuum pumping system coupled to said chemical treatment chamber, a gas distribution system configured to introduce one or more process gases into said chemical treatment chamber and having a temperature controlled portion exposed to said one or more process gases in said chemical treatment chamber, and a controller coupled to said chemical treatment system; setting chemical processing parameters for said chemical treatment system using said controller, wherein said chemical processing parameters comprise a chemical treatment processing pressure, a chemical treatment chamber temperature, a chemical treatment gas distribution system temperature, a chemical treatment substrate temperature, a chemical treatment substrate holder temperature, and a chemical treatment gas flow rate; processing said substrate in said chemical treatment system using said chemical processing parameters; transferring said substrate into a thermal treatment system comprising a thermal treatment chamber, a temperature controlled substrate holder mounted within said thermal treatment chamber, and a vacuum pumping system coupled to said thermal treatment chamber, and said controller coupled to said thermal treatment chamber, wherein said thermal treatment system is coupled to said chemical treatment system via an isolation assembly; setting thermal processing parameters for said thermal treatment system using said controller, wherein said thermal processing parameters comprise a thermal treatment processing pressure, a thermal treatment chamber temperature, a thermal treatment substrate temperature, and a thermal treatment substrate holder temperature; and processing said substrate in said thermal treatment system using said thermal processing parameters.