Patent ID: 8562271

Claim:
A substrate processing system comprising: a load port module configured to hold at least one substrate container for storing and transporting substrates; at least one substrate processing chamber; at least one isolatable transfer chamber capable of holding an isolated atmosphere therein configured to couple the substrate processing chamber and the load port module, where the at least one substrate processing chamber and the at least one transfer chamber are arranged to form independent and substantially continuously parallel transport paths that have isolated atmospheres from each other where each of the substantially continuously parallel transport paths is a continuous substantially straight line path at least through a respective transfer chamber and into a respective processing chamber; and a substrate transport mounted at least partially within each of the at least one transfer chamber and having a drive section fixed to a respective transfer chamber and having a SCARA arm configured to support at least one substrate, the SCARA arm being configured to bi-directionally extend in a substantially continuous linear motion along a respective continuous substantially straight line path to transport the at least one substrate from the at least one substrate container and to the processing chamber with but one touch of the at least one substrate, wherein the SCARA arm comprises a first arm link, a second arm link, and at least one end effector serially pivotally coupled to each other, where the first and second arm links have unequal lengths.