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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:

Globalfoundries Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Heiko Wagner, Dresden, DE;

Sidheswara Mahapatra, Dresden, DE;

Assignee:

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 21/687 (2006.01); H01L 21/66 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/70775 (2013.01); H01L 21/6715 (2013.01); H01L 21/67103 (2013.01); H01L 21/68707 (2013.01); H01L 21/68742 (2013.01); H01L 22/12 (2013.01); H01L 22/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes providing a semiconductor processing system that includes a plurality of units. Each unit has a configuration that defines a predetermined orientation of a wafer that is provided in the unit and includes a plurality of wafer handling elements. An arrangement of the plurality of wafer handling elements of the unit relative to the predetermined orientation of the wafer is adjustable. For each of the plurality of units, the arrangement of the plurality of wafer handling elements of the unit is adjusted relative to the predetermined orientation of the wafer. For each of the plurality of units, an arrangement of the plurality of wafer handling elements relative to the predetermined orientation of the wafer is provided that is different from the arrangement of the plurality of wafer handling elements relative to the predetermined orientation of the wafer in one or more other units of the plurality of units.


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