Patent ID: 8323410

Claim:
A processing system for chemically treating a plurality of substrates, comprising: a chemical treatment chamber; a temperature controlled substrate holder mounted within said chemical treatment chamber and configured to support two or more substrates arranged substantially coplanar with one another on a support surface thereof in a single process space, wherein said support surface Of said temperature controlled substrate holder is configured to receive said two or more substrates simultaneously; a gas injection assembly coupled to said chemical treatment chamber and configured to introduce one or more process gases to said single process space in said chemical treatment chamber in order to chemically alter exposed surface layers on said two or more substrates; a heater assembly coupled to said gas injection assembly and configured to elevate a temperature of said gas injection assembly; a vacuum pumping system coupled to said chemical treatment chamber; and a dedicated substrate handler configured to simultaneously transfer said two or more substrates arranged substantially coplanar with one another into said chemical treatment chamber when loading said two or more substrates onto said temperature-controlled substrate holder and out of said chemical treatment chamber when unloading said two or more substrates from said temperature-controlled substrate holder.