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Multiple loadlock system

US6034000A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/908
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A semiconductor processing system having a holding chamber coupled to a mainframe processing system and at least one loadlock chamber coupled to the holding chamber in which unprocessed wafers are transferred from the loadlock chamber to the holding chamber for subsequent processing by the mainframe system.

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