Patent ID: 7059583

Claim:
A dual slot valve for use in a semiconductor process cluster tool architecture arrangement, the dual slot valve comprising: a housing having a first side and a second side, the housing having a first slot at the first side and a second slot at the second side for passing a substrate between a first module and a second module, the first module being attached to the first side of the housing and the second module being attached to the second side of the housing; a first door being movably mounted within the housing to enable closure of the first slot; a second door being movably mounted within the housing to enable closure of the second slot; one door actuator, the one door actuator being connected to each of the first and second doors; and a mount configured to move the one door actuator with the first and second doors centered with respect to an axis, the mount moving the centered doors into a position between the first and second slots, the mount being further configured to cause the one door actuator to tip to a tipped orientation with respect to the axis so that in the tipped orientation either of the first and second doors closes a respective one of the first and second slots while the other of the first and second doors opens the respective other of the slots.