Semiconductor wafer processing carousel

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1996-04-16

1999-01-05

Bucci, David A.

Material or article handling

Apparatus for charging a load holding or supporting element...

With simultaneous charging and discharging of plural load...

20429825, 414331, 414416, 414937, 414939, B65G 4907

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058554653

ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor wafer processing carousel comprises an elevator chamber that accepts cassettes loaded with semiconductor wafers through a removable vacuum lock door, an elevator platform on which the cassettes ride up and down, an elevator drive to automatically position the elevator platform, a lid and a circular wafer handling chamber with an anteroom chamber connection to the elevator chamber. A double-axis wafer transfer arm provides for linear transfer through the anteroom chamber of selected wafers between the cassettes and a first pre-heating and cool-down process station within the circular wafer handling chamber. A multiple-spoke single-axis rigid-arm transfer carousel is centrally located within the circular wafer handling chamber and has access to multiple process stations. A set of independent cylindrical rings are positioned to rise up from the handling chamber bottom of the circular wafer handling chamber to contact and seal against the lid to isolate each of the process stations. A circular port with a diameter larger than the wafer is thus coupled from a detachable process reactor mounted on the lid down deep into the circular wafer handling chamber. The multiple-spoke single-axis rigid-arm transfer carousel is automatically positioned out of the way before the cylindrical rings are raised and sealed.

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