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Electronic substrate processing system using portable closed containers and its equipments

US5621982A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1994
Grant dateApr 22, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67772
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic substrate processing system comprising a processing equipment for processing electronic substrates including semiconductor wafers and liquid crystal substrates; a cleaning equipment for cleaning said electronic substrate in a predetermined processing step; a portable closed container for accommodating a cassette containing said electronic substrate; a purging station for gas-purging said portable closed containers; and a storage member for storing said portable closed containers, wherein said cassette accommodates said electronic substrates which have been cleaned by said cleaning equipment being set in said portable closed container and purged with an inert gas in said purging station, and said portable closed container or containers is stored in said storing section when necessary.

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