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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jagan Rangarajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Golubovsky, San Jose, CA (US);
Edwin Velazquez, Union City, CA (US);
Adrian S. Blank, Gilroy, CA (US);
Steven M. Zuniga, Soquel, CA (US);
Balasubramaniam C. Jagannathan, Bangalore, IN;
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A cleaning system includes a blade handling assembly configured to transport and clean a substrate. The blade handling assembly for handling a substrate in the cleaning system includes a gripping assembly including a pair of gripping blades, the blades operable with a gripping actuator to hold a substrate at its edges. The assembly includes a first blade actuator for moving the gripping assembly and substrate between a horizontal and a vertical orientation utilizing a first axis. The assembly includes a second blade actuator for moving the vertically oriented gripping assembly and substrate 180 degrees utilizing a second axis, thereby causing the substrate to face an opposite direction.