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Substrate conveying system

US5640440A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 1995
Grant dateJun 17, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/7075
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A substrate conveying system includes an attracting device for attracting a substrate with reduced pressure, a moving device for relatively moving the substrate relative to the attracting device, and a detecting device for detecting the pressure of the attracting device during the relative movement of the substrate to thereby obtain positional information related to the substrate.

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