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Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dale R. Du Bois, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, San Carlos, CA (US);

Karthik Janakiraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Hari K. Ponnekanti, San Jose, CA (US);

Sanjeev Baluja, Campbell, CA (US);

Prajeeth Wilton, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 11/0095 (2013.01); H01L 21/67196 (2013.01); H01L 21/67742 (2013.01); H01L 21/67748 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to semiconductor process equipment used to transfer semiconductor substrates between process chambers. More specifically, embodiments described herein are related to systems and methods used to transfer, or swap, semiconductor substrates between process chambers using a transport device that employs at least two blades for the concurrent transfer of substrates between processing chambers.


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