Intelligent system for processing and storing articles
US5166884A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 1991 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03F7/70991
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system mounted with a transportable container for carrying articles such as semiconductor wafers which comprises a non-volatile memory used to store the identity, status and history of the articles in the container. Further, the system includes means for transmitting data from the memory to an information processor associated with a processing station which processes the articles in a carrier. In a preferred embodiment, the system includes data processing capability and both receives data from and transmits data to the processing station.
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