Patent ID: 8069813

Claim:
A semiconductor wafer electroless plating system, comprising: a chamber equipped to, receive a wafer in a dry state from an interfacing module, perform an electroless plating process on the wafer within the chamber, perform a drying process on the wafer within the chamber, and provide the wafer in a dry state to the interfacing module, wherein the chamber is defined to perform the electroless plating process and the drying process within a common internal volume of the chamber, wherein the chamber includes a platen defined to support the wafer during the electroless plating process, and wherein the chamber further includes a platen lift assembly for moving the platen from an upper region of the common internal volume of the chamber where the wafer is to be received from and provided to the interfacing module and subjected to the drying process, to the lower region of the common internal volume of the chamber where the wafer is to be subjected to the electroless plating process, and wherein the chamber includes a drive roller assembly and a stabilizer assembly defined to work together to support the wafer in a substantially horizontal orientation in an upper region of the common internal volume of the chamber upon receipt of the wafer from the interfacing module, during the drying process, and for provision of the wafer to the interfacing module, wherein both the drive roller assembly and the stabilizer assembly are defined separate from both the platen and the platen lift assembly.