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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:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Jacob Newman, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Andrew J. Constant, Cupertino, CA (US);

Michael R. Rice, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Paul B. Reuter, Austin, TX (US);

Shay Assaf, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Sushant S. Koshti, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/67201 (2013.01); B65G 47/90 (2013.01); H01L 21/67727 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for integrating load locks into a factory interface footprint space. A factory interface for an electronic device manufacturing system can include an interior volume defined by a bottom, a top and a plurality of sides, a first load lock disposed within the interior volume of the factory interface, and a first factory interface robot disposed within the interior volume of the factory interface, wherein the first factory interface robot is configured to transfer substrates between a first set of substrate carriers and the first load lock.


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