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Robot having a centering and flat finding means

US6126380A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 1998
Grant dateOct 3, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/136
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a wafer handling robot which does not require a second mechanism for performing the task of pre-alignment. The robot uses the moving elements of the wafer handling robot which perform the wafer handling tasks to perform the tasks of centering and notch or flat finding of a wafer.

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