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Integrated thermal unit having a shuttle with a temperature controlled surface

US7601934B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 2007
Grant dateOct 13, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/67748
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated thermal unit comprising a bake plate configured to heat a substrate supported on a surface of the bake plate; a chill plate configured to cool a substrate supported on a surface of the chill plate; and a substrate transfer shuttle configured to transfer substrates from the bake plate to the cool plate, wherein the substrate transfer shuttle has a temperature controlled substrate holding surface that is capable of cooling a substrate heated by the bake plate.

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