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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Tsutomu Ueyama, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Adachi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshio Matsumura, Hikone, JP;
Yasuhide Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A substrate processing apparatus comprises a processing part and a transferring part. In the processing part there are a plurality of stages in which a plurality of processing units are arranged in a row along a horizontal direction and the stages are arranged in a stack vertically. Thus, the processing units are arranged in matrix. The transferring part includes a plurality of horizontal transferring devices each movable in the horizontal direction and a vertical transferring device movable in the vertical direction. Hence, a substrate is movable both horizontally and vertically to be transferred to the desired processing unit.