Carrier system for silicon wafer
US4778331A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 19, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S414/138
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a carrier system for carrying a silicon wafer or a cassette accommodating the wafers to arbitrary positions by loading an arm with them. This carrier system is arranged such that: a screw shaft is perpendicularly provided in a rotationally drivable manner between an upper plate and a bottom plate which are vertically connected through a plurality of guide bars to each other; a movable plate is so disposed as to be vertically movable by the rotation of the screw shaft and is guided by the guide bars in a vertically slidable manner between the upper plate and the bottom plate; a cylindrical member is perpendicularly so provided on the movable plate as to be rotationally drivable and penetrate the upper plate and protrude upwards therefrom; a horizontal movement member is fixed to an upper end of the cylindrical member; a carriage provided with the rotary arm is disposed in a horizontally movable manner on the horizontal movement member; a driving wire spanned between pulleys axially supported within the horizontal movement member is secured to the carriage; and the rotary arm including a wafer arm and a cassette arm which are disposed in positions orthogonal to eac…
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