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Method and apparatus for implanting semiconductor wafer substrates

US7053386B1 · kind B1 · utility

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28Claims
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Filing dateFeb 5, 2001
Grant dateMay 30, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2237/20228
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A gripper for loading wafers onto an implant wheel W and removing them from the wheel. The gripper having a substrate engaging mechanism (14) for engaging the substrate and a means for rotating this substrate engaging mechanism, such that wafers can be removed from the implant wheel, rotated to a second orientation and replaced without leaving the process chamber.

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